Is this a Sandman

[wayne g]

Absinth

The car is a HJ - Mar 76. built in Adelaide. - 19V trim

Tyre placard - 9930173
Chrome scuff plates
Chrome tail light surrounds.

As stated previously it does not really matter to us whether it is a trus Sandman or not as we have no intention of showing it etc. Only out of curiosity is it worth pursing the origins of the car and to add to the database of info on panelvans/Sandmans.

There are a few pieces that make me think it is a Sandman and a few that make me think it is not.

The colour is a main thing that makes me it is - someone has gone to a lot of effort to get a car painted Jade Green - then they specifically ordered the car - you may also assume that they ordered the special version of that car. - In this case the Sandman.

Anyway - I'll put a few images up of the car in the near future - although there are a lot of things that are not legit about the car as it currently stands
- decals
- paint (almost British Racing Green currently)
- door handles
- mirrors
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There is a list - this will all be changed in the future - we plan on putting it back to true Sandman look- although the paint colour will change to either Papaya or Mint Julep.

cheers wayne

[Blocker]

Ahh being an HJ with 19V is a good thing!

If it was an HX or HZ with 19V then that's no good!

[wayne g]

Maybe yes / maybe no

Goes easy on us, that we want to repaint the car in 'not its original colour'.

Jade Green, just doesn't give me the 70's feel.

wayne

[Absinth]

Personally I think if you have a base model with factory metallic paint then it is most probably a Sandman. It doesn't make sense that metallic paint was not available on base model HQ, was available on base model HJ, wasn't available on base model HX, was available on early base model HZ and then not available on late base model HZ.

Jade green is a nice colour and even better with 19V trim. Your Sandman will be worth more if painted in it's original factory colour. I would paint it Jade green and put the white Sandman decals on it..... very cool. However it is your car so do whatever makes you happy.

While this is a Jade Green HX it looks pretty 70's to me..... especially as the photo was taken in the late 70's...

[wayne g]

Thanks for the images - both this and the interior.

Makes me want to go home and take the van out for a run.

I will put a few images up soon. - Just painted up my GTS rims and have yet to get an image of the van with the correct wheels.

btw - the wheels price total including purchase, sandblast, prime, paint, tyres etc cost around $1400 for 4. Thus the prices listed elsewhere on this forum for restoring a van are close to the mark. - but hey it's only money.

cheers wayne