hx sandman

[Bobcat]

Hi everyone drove for 3 hours and had a look at this today,
It should have been in a shed to protect her and not let it rust away. The front, doors is totally stuffed rusted away, some rust in the a pillers. Why do people do this to cars


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[mauser]

... because they had nowhere else to put her.

Mauser

ps Did you get the rest of the tags for Byron. :-)

[Bobcat]

I have this one, will get the person to send me the little tag

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[mauser]

cool mate.. just send them to Byron. Everyone helps complete the picture.

Mauser

[jennie285]

Agree, at least our red van was sheded, even though the dog was with it....

[HK1837]

Are you sure it is a Sandman? Did you get this VIN tag?

It has some Sandman features like the Kingswood grille and Kingswood door trims (although it could simply be a Kingswood!) plus 1950kg GVM.

However it has some Sandman features missing like GTS headlight surrounds, mirrors, blackouts. Plus it is a trimatic which is very rare in Sandman.

My guess it is an XU4 Kingswood van with a full instrument dash and sports wheel either factory ordered or fitted later. Could still be a Sandman with bits removed over the years though. Interior looks too original though to have been majorly stuffed with elsewhere.

[Sandaro]

Are you sure it is a Sandman? Did you get this VIN tag?

It has some Sandman features like the Kingswood grille and Kingswood door trims (although it could simply be a Kingswood!) plus 1950kg GVM.

However it has some Sandman features missing like GTS headlight surrounds, mirrors, blackouts. Plus it is a trimatic which is very rare in Sandman.

My guess it is an XU4 Kingswood van with a full instrument dash and sports wheel either factory ordered or fitted later. Could still be a Sandman with bits removed over the years though. Interior looks too original though to have been majorly stuffed with elsewhere.

HK1837, it can't be a kingwood, WM compliance, see Bobcats 2nd post. Bobcat did it have full headlining?

[HK1837]

Correct, I didn't see the second post. Makes it a lot closer to being a Sandman, i'd still be very wary with it being a trimatic but being a Holden with Kingswood trim in the correct colours for the BODY tag convinces me more. If it has interior light door switches and rear headlining i'd be almost convinced.

[Bobcat]

Hi it had full headlining and door lights, the front clip has been changed at some stage

[HK1837]

A very rare Sandman then. From what I can tell for much of 1976 HJ and HX you could only get a trimatic behind a 253 in a Sandman and only on a van. If you wanted an auto Sandman ute you had to have L31 M41. Not sure why this was the case.