Not quite Sandman, but here's a dealer's quote from the early HQ era to bring a tear to the eye....
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Not quite Sandman, but here's a dealer's quote from the early HQ era to bring a tear to the eye....
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Wow, 51hp from a 308 and 61 from a 350 chev times have changed.
Nah, I'm just driving around looking for someone with licence.
@ micks-sandman...Hi Mick, I sold that ute in october 81 as I was getting married. It was a great ute and I never had a moment's drama with it, and it was driven all over NSW, in all weather and road condition's.
The ute I have now is an 07 VZ commodore,and am very happy to say I have never had any drama's with it either. It is no "Sandman HZ", but it still has a "Z" in the name.
Cheers.
"Proud To Be An Old Fart".
Nocturne great illustration of what was happening then... Robbo good on ya nothing wrong with either Z I am sure, I had a HX ute(3 on tree,253)cant remember if it was a sandman, dident care back then just wanted the v8. Very interesting price structures back then, I only bought second hand.
They are the RAC ratings for each motor (an old rating system) , the actual horsepower is also listed as there as 240 and 275 for eachOriginally Posted by cafiem
Interesting to see the RAC ratings, my ute had 42hp listed on the rego papers in WA in the early eighties. (it was a L31 ute but the person who registered it listed it as a 253 size engine - used to do police vehicle inspections and hence cheaper rego) I can remember talking about this rating and where it came from when I owned the ute and no one could give me a clear answer.
Nearly on the Road
GMH price list effective 1st August 1977.
Base Belmont van $5,286, Base Belmont ute $5,193.
Options:
253 $153.78,
308 $369.30
4 speed $210.99
hi perf 4 speed $260.55
auto $436.81
Sports wheels $220.11
Full instrumention $117.52
Bucket seats $194.33
OR just order the Sandman pack on top of the base model price for an extra:
10cwt van $1199.63
10cwt ute $1165.12
14.5 cwt van $1090.27
14.5 cwt ute $1055.78
V8 engines still same cost option, except 4 speed is standard, hi perf 4 speed only $38.26 extra but auto still $436.81
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