how do i tell plz help ????

[fordman]

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hi all just wondering if you can help me out i found this what looks to be origanal yellow hq sandman i have chassis number DHQ32969A, engine QR1483, and licence plate from last time she was regod according to the licenceing department it was last licenced as a 4/74 yellow hq belmont p van only problem is some f wit stole the compliance tags can anyone plz help it also has the roof lining to the rear with the orig strip

[HK1837]

Without the ID plates it is no longer a Sandman unfortunately. Just a HQ Belmont van. Chassis number and engine number cannot be HQ Sandman but 4/74 certainly could be. Full length headling is not HQ Sandman. It does look like one, but there were heaps of those stripes around not fitted to Sandmans so could have been put on another one (it has stripes but no GTS guards). Looks like a trimatic badge on the LH side too but still could be a Sandman body.

[fordman]

how do you tell what the chassis numbers are from can it be broken down and same for motor numbers if yes what might the chassis and motor numbers from roughley
thanks for your reply too

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and why would someone steal belmont tags ????? strange one
and where flutes in the gaurds optional
and iv seen hq sandmans without the flutes behind the doors on the pillar and with the flutes whats the deal with that i know the flutes came from hg ht p van did they use hj roof on the last of hq sandys ???????????

[playwme]

[/COLOR]and why would someone steal belmont tags ????? strange one

Cause they thought they were Sandman tags.

[fordman]

Chassis number and engine number cannot be HQ Sandman but 4/74 certainly could be. Full length headling is not HQ Sandman.

please explan how you know that chssis and motor numbers arnt sandman im having trouble finding info on chassis motor numbers unlike a ford lol

[mauser]

Hi... you can see a hole in the floor for the floor shift. Did you manage to get a look and see if the rear console mount was welded to the floor? Did the column have the shift for the tri/three speed?

Mauser

BTW it might of had a front end smash to have that prem front and might of lost the GTS guards then.

[fordman]

Hi... you can see a hole in the floor for the floor shift. Did you manage to get a look and see if the rear console mount was welded to the floor? Did the column have the shift for the tri/three speed?

Mauser

BTW it might of had a front end smash to have that prem front and might of lost the GTS guards then.

yes hole in floor, yes welded in cosole bracket and all gts gear column plain just indicator stalk dark blue colum dash and seats looks all rigy just raped of all the gts stuff

ahd yes chassis was repaired on left side back in the day hence guards and front and doors

any info on the light blue and dark blue two tone interior

[HK1837]

Sounds like a Sandman shell with rails replaced with earlier ute or van rails as a result of the smash.

HQ lost the vents around 5/74.

I know what the numbers come from by 30 years of ID collecting!