Tail gate badges

[ozbox]

its the elusive metal HOLDEN badge unique to hj utes n vans...ebay is your freind..they pop up now and then but are usually quite hard to get.

[wbute]

Did any kingswood sandman get the kingswood badging? HZ had the rts badge on the left.

[HK1837]

Did any kingswood sandman get the kingswood badging? HZ had the rts badge on the left.

Yes, as they were Kingswoods before Sandmans. HQ also got Belmont badge and HJ got HOLDEN.

[Blocker]

HK1837 I'm a visual guy and maybe some others are like me. I've got thoughts on putting a graphical timeline together (basic) that shows the series, mid series updates and naming changes. What do you think?

[KRUIZ]

Yes, as they were Kingswoods before Sandmans. HQ also got Belmont badge and HJ got HOLDEN.

so left to right would i have v8, holden,5.0

[Absinth]

V8 badge was HQ. Your tailgate sounds like a HZ Kingswood one. 2 prong RTS badge on the left, 3 prong kingswood badge in the middle and 2 prong engine capacity badge on the right.HOLDEN badge has two prong mounting.

[KRUIZ]

V8 badge was HQ. Your tailgate sounds like a HZ Kingswood one. 2 prong RTS badge on the left, 3 prong kingswood badge in the middle and 2 prong engine capacity badge on the right.HOLDEN badge has two prong mounting.

thanks for your input but not being smart but this ute has every original panel on it there has never been a panel put on it it had been painted blue when i got it but as you can see by the photos i have stripped it to nothing and every panel has the original mint julip. as i am painting it i am leaving tell tail signs so that i can prove to people that every panel is original. but i would like to know what the badges were as i want to put them back on. the holes in the tail gate have been there from factory as the red oxide is still there

[Vombil]

Holy shite! working fast huh. I wish i could string more than 2 half days together to even start on one of mine. Looks the goods. Very jealous :weights:

[GTS]

The original tailgate on my HJ had 2 holes on the right for the 5.0 badge and 2 holes in the centre for the metal HOLDEN badge and no holes on the left side. I got lucky and jagged a HOLDEN badge on ebay last year.

[Absinth]

thanks for your input but not being smart but this ute has every original panel on it there has never been a panel put on it it had been painted blue when i got it but as you can see by the photos i have stripped it to nothing and every panel has the original mint julip. as i am painting it i am leaving tell tail signs so that i can prove to people that every panel is original. but i would like to know what the badges were as i want to put them back on. the holes in the tail gate have been there from factory as the red oxide is still there

If you are a panel beater than you should be well aware that it is impossible to tell if a panel is the original one on a 35yr old car. Panels replaced early in a cars life with factory replacement panels are impossible to tell from original as they are prepped and painted to match the cars original colour. Plenty of owners over the years could and probably did change or add badges.

HJ Kingswood Sandman had the Kingswood badge in the middle and the 4.2L or 5.0L badge mostly on the drivers side but I have seen them on the passengers side also... (possibly an assembly plant thing?)

Hows that for a definitive anwser Adam???

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its the elusive metal HOLDEN badge unique to hj utes n vans...ebay is your freind..they pop up now and then but are usually quite hard to get.

Not that elusive, I have been stocking up and have 3... one of which is NOS.. gotta love Ebay




Finding them with both mounting pins not broken off is the hard part......... These were fitted to all HJ-HZ Holden utes and panelvans so there really should be heaps around but like fuel caps a lot of people must have removed them...