My HX P/V

[jennie285]

Hi Carlitto have a look at my shed thread on our Red van, we filled in our windows, and our panel beater did a terrific job, they look so much better, we have a mandarin red Sandman ute the colour is nice, you can also look at that.... btw

[carlitto64]

thank you again for all your great suggestions it is muchly appreciated, at the moment the drive line is a 6cyl with auto and banjo diff... that will be changed. i am seriously thinking about a 350 chev with turbo 350 and 10 bolt (as i had in a previous van) but as it has been a number of years since i have rebuilt a car, i am not sure on all the new regs ect. Or the other simple option is a injected 5lt and auto which seems to be a popular trasnplant. just prior to purchising the van i just sold my 1990 vn 5lt interceptor it never missed a beat even after all the punishment i put it through. i wish i had the forsight i wouldve kept it and trasplanted the drive line. D'oh. thank you jennie i will check out your rides. As for the side windows i dont like the look of them, had there have been two windows on each side i may of just put in bubble windows and be done. any way again thank you for all your great suggestions. cheers.

[carlitto64]

It's been a while since i have updated any progress, but over the last few weeks i have been able to get in to the garage and do some work on the van. slowly its past life is starting to show itself, although there is more damage than i first thought there was, but what do i expect for a van that is 30 years old.

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[jennie285]

If you like the look of the Mandarin red then get down to your nearest hobby shop and pick up one of the Biante HX panelvans in Mandarin Red. Then you'll be able to see exactly how it will look.

Or you can see it on our ute...



Its a very bright colour and looks great

[playwme]

What colour was it factory? Looks like a yellow under there along with the factory blackouts? Might be better off painting it the original colour if it's a genuine Sandman (as long as its a colour you could live with).

[wbute]

That tonneau looks a bit dodgy Jennie. Who made that?

[carlitto64]

Playwme, yeah it looks like that was the original color Absinth Yellow and tag confirms it, i think they call it (baby poo yellow), i dont dislike the color but as i am a long way off from painting it, it is still something that i have to decide. however i do like the color on Jennie's ute. Cheers

[Taily]

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That isn't Absinth Yellow. What are the numbers on your tag after "paint"?

That looks more to me like Papaya (or similar) to me....



Absinth looks like this:

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Great work though!

Dave

[jennie285]

That tonneau looks a bit dodgy Jennie. Who made that?

Rare spares it was ordered through, but some one made it, I will read the box and let you know. What part do you think appears dodgy, as can't really remember back to what Tarps looked like... BTW maybe you had better post that clock to me, and can the workings be swapped onto a white needle clock?
Cheers J

[carlitto64]

My bad i meant durham beige (568 15952). i was looking for the paint codes on this site but cant seem to find them?