Blast from the past

**jennie285** · 27-04-2010, 09:22 PM

I was asked to email these pics today, and thought you all might like to have a look as well.....these were taken in 1980-81 the blue van was a HQ metalic painted van which had been modified with all statesman caprice trims etc.

The yellow van was also a Belmont with a chev motor in it....

The white van with windows was just a kingswood HJ with a 202, but was later given a 308 with a 4sp out of a written off HX red van, not sure of name of colour...the guy who wrote the van off, replaced it with the blue van pictured.....

Rodney's original jasmine yellow Sandman van

**agr071** · 27-04-2010, 09:27 PM

Cool pics.
Do you have any other van pics?

**jennie285** · 27-04-2010, 09:42 PM

No I didn't really take many as film development was expensive.....I could have another one of the line up, I am missing an album, when it turns up, I will put some pics on.....

**ozbox** · 28-04-2010, 11:06 AM

standard equipment in the vans in those days was the good ole bean bag...:lol:

**Absinth** · 28-04-2010, 05:42 PM

Strange how one of the first things to go on the HZ Sandmans was the front spoiler???

**jennie285** · 28-04-2010, 06:42 PM

Rodney had two goes at it....he hit a culvert on his way home to (farm) repaired it, then hit a fox....gave up after that..I never saw one on it...will def have one on the new ones though...will drive more carefully....