Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
I don't think that is possible Jennie at least for HJ-HZ as Pagewood never built van bodies. They built their own HQ van bodies, but the HJ-HZ bodies came complete from Elizabeth, painted and hard-trimmed and never went into the Pagewood BAP, they went straight to the VAP. Pagewood did build their own ute bodies for all of HQ-HZ though.
What he might mean is dented utes were finished off on the van line, but this would only be in the VAP.
I am thinking we have the wrong years for this guy I know his age, and think his story is correct, but he would have been there earlier doing his apprenticeship, more likely 72-76, as I remember him painting that windowless yellow van, (I have put pics up here a few times in various threads of three vans together in the 80's),for a friend and he had his own spray painting business....