Are you serious!??!!

**Vombil** · 20-01-2012, 06:15 PM

I thought id let everyone know that today i found out why sandmans are now an endangered species... they all got crushed!

While i was at a gents house getting a coupla parts he mentioned he once owned a wrecking yard. He said that he paid no more than $500 for a sandman van and after pulling out dash, steering wheel, buckets and console he would send them off to the crushers... GTS wheels and guards weren't worth stuffing around for and nor where doors and tailgates etc etc. Kinda brings a tear to my eye but helps to justify why they are now filthy rare and appreciated by many!

The beneficiaries were the always popular ute variant.

Reckons he could buy a factory 350 Stato for $2k and by the following weekend hed made 10K by wrecking it out. Also told me how he once got asked to go and pick up a blokes fact 308 prem because it broke down at the Zoo. He didnt want anything for it. The owner gave him strict instructions for a pick up before he got a parking ticket!

**micks_sandman** · 20-01-2012, 06:50 PM

WOW thats why everything is so expensive today???

**jennie285** · 20-01-2012, 07:44 PM

It doesn't surprise me, we couldn't sell ours for ages in 1987 and then let it go too cheap. How sad though, but at least the ones we are finding will have a good home for as long as we both shall live.....

**thatotherguy** · 20-01-2012, 08:08 PM

tried to sell my factory 308 windowless sandman in 1989 for $3750 in excellent cond didnt even get one enquiry .my first job in 1979 was in a wrecking yard and at the time we were wrecking monaros,gt falcons and chargers ,s series vals etc i remember paying $25 for HDs,HRs,HQs,HTs XR,XT,and as for the valiants the people would pay us to take them away

**Vombil** · 20-01-2012, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by thatotherguy

tried to sell my factory 308 windowless sandman in 1989 for $3750 in excellent cond didnt even get one enquiry .my first job in 1979 was in a wrecking yard and at the time we were wrecking monaros,gt falcons and chargers ,s series vals etc i remember paying $25 for HDs,HRs,HQs,HTs XR,XT,and as for the valiants the people would pay us to take them away

makes me sick!

**Robbo** · 20-01-2012, 09:08 PM

$500 for a van back in the 70's would be right from memory, they were just like the holden's and ford's now. Years from now it will be the same, as certain car's become rare.

**1BadVan** · 20-01-2012, 09:50 PM

I spoke to a guy a while ago that used buy HKTG Monaros drive them around for a while do nothing to them when the rego was up he would drive them across to Sims metsls and get the scrap money for them. He obviously regrets it know.

**cafiem** · 20-01-2012, 09:54 PM

I remember mates had cars like chargers,HK/HQ monaros,GTR toranas as well as panels vans ( unsure if genuine ) and none of us had any money.
It's more than likely a big part of why they are so popular today, I mean we are all grown up and want to re-live all those good times as we march headlong into our midlife crisises.