Quote Originally Posted by TwoTees View Post
I want to be able to open my bonnet and let other people look at my van and not have some big mouth know it all say "Thats not a Sandman! I read on the sandman site that an mismatch chassis means this van is a HQ!"
I hate to tell you, but with sandman's being so hard to pick, you're going to get that big mouth know it all telling you that at car shows even if you have a fully matching sandman. It's just the nature of the game. Thinkening of the skin is highly recomended.

And yes out of these options
a- in the eyes of the law (RTA).
b- in the eyes of the owner.
c- in the eyes of a buyer.

It is the legal aspect I've been joining greg on debating. Which is why I can't 'agree to disagree' it being law and all.

Now on the other two matters, that's up to each individual buyer and seller. To debate that would be as productive as me arguing with Byron that a supermint with stripes, HZ 253 4speed is the best sandman ever. While he is of the opinion that DL7 not green and 308 auto is the way forward. I mean, clearly I'm right and green and manual is best, but there is no future in me trying to sell this concept to Byron. So in that instance agreeing to disagree is fine, and we can all walk away from the argument feeling we know what's right.

Plus the other thing to take note of, the community outside of all us sandnuts, don't care. With the HZ I just got, I had a mate looking at it going "cool sandman" and I said "well, it's just a hz van" so he goes "oh, how's it different to a sandman..." (I've rambeled enough over the years he could recognise I'm bolting all the gts options on the car) "well, when it left the factory, these plates here say it was..." I say. My mate at this point glazed over and said something like "so exactly the pg13'n same... sweet van" Then we went for a cruise along the beach.
So TwoTees, if you want to restore yours as per the plates. Most people are going to love it, not know the difference and not pick you up on it and you'll generally you'll be greated by a smile and a thumbs up. However this will won't change the legal status of the car.