"I reckon that during the 90's most of my generation would not have even known there was a HQ and HJ Sandman. HX and HZ were a bit hard to miss.
I know one HQ sandman van bit the dust by a tenant we had living in the cottage here. Off came the roof and it had a front cut put on from a hz ute and voila..... hq sandman van became a HZ ute. In 1995 a HQ sandman van was worth about $500 and any v8 HZ ute was worth about $5000."

My HX very nearly bit the dust in this exact way in 1996. I was lucky by one week to save it's life. Hahaha, Back then I didn't even know it was a Sandman, Just knew it was a windowless Holden panelvan and that is ALL I ever wanted.