What have you done on,in or to your Sandman lately?

[jennie285]

Taking my van out for its biggest drive yet. Going to take my wife to Parks to have a look around and hopefully she won't have to push it back ;) and it makes it.

If you mean Parkes, you should have called in....

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Yesterday Finally Rodney and I felt like doing something in the sheds...we bought ourselves a 4 post hoist to fit two of our sandmans in one area, to leave more space for other projects. It did take all day to assemble, between reading the instructions to Rodney I cleaned off the blue steering column, in the ute, back to black, why someone would paint it bright blue is beyond me but now it is black again...we also did the stripes and blackouts last weekend, or rather the panel shop did them..

[V6HQUTE]

i didnt know theyd opened a sandman production line in parkes

[83 WB_Ute]

If you mean Parkes, you should have called in....

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Yesterday Finally Rodney and I felt like doing something in the sheds...we bought ourselves a 4 post hoist to fit two of our sandmans in one area, to leave more space for other projects. It did take all day to assemble, between reading the instructions to Rodney I cleaned off the blue steering column, in the ute, back to black, why someone would paint it bright blue is beyond me but now it is black again...we also did the stripes and blackouts last weekend, or rather the panel shop did them..

Cool, I wish that I had a hoist like that in my shed.. All the sandys look good as well.. I really like the ute!!

i didnt know theyd opened a sandman production line in parkes

Exactley what I thought!!

[GNW1974]

Fitted up the wiper blades, now the washers have stopped working. Waiting for the console to arrive from the Gold Coast this week. Looking for the motivation to sort out the tail and brake lights, no power at this stage.

[hj308]

All the front end has been painted including doors, motor rebuilt and will bring home in the next week or two, body will hopefully be painted in next fortnight, just had front calipers rebuild and booster, all chrome sent off last month, dash sent off , shifter and linkages sent off for work, getting clock back from repairer tomorrow, reco bosh starter due this week and still chasing up last of my rubber kit from Harrisons (arent they painful to deal with on par with Eastern Auto) new pinchweld arrived, have to go back up to Cools Trim to collect drivers seat which I had to take back. Got rebuilt quadrajet from Hume Performance last week, picked up some bits and pieces from power coaters, new radiator, and just won a pair of front over riders NOS on ebay.

[HX76King]

If you mean Parkes, you should have called in....[COLOR="Silver"]

Ha ha that's the one.

[MENTION=771]V6HQUTE[/MENTION] and I spent Saturday putting in newer VZ Calais seats. Seats are in! And feel a lot better than the old Holden ones that felt like a primary school metal work class put them in.

Now the seats have all new stainless steel bolts in the original mounting holes. A lot safer than the old set up.

And them more importantly I leart how to cut hoops in the van ;)

Pictures to come when I can figure out how to do it on my mobile.

[jaft]

Got the van back from the mechanics... Drove it into the carport of the oldies until i get my shed/carport concreted... hopefully in the next week or two....

Then time to bring them home..Attachment 5939

[agr071]

@V6HQUTE and I spent Saturday putting in newer VZ Calais seats. Seats are in! And feel a lot better than the old Holden ones that felt like a primary school metal work class put them in.

Did you have to modify the seats very much at all as i have a excellent pair of VX Calais seats sitting here?

[V6HQUTE]

[MENTION=771]V6HQUTE[/MENTION] and I spent Saturday putting in newer VZ Calais seats. Seats are in! And feel a lot better than the old Holden ones that felt like a primary school metal work class put them in.

Now the seats have all new stainless steel bolts in the original mounting holes. A lot safer than the old set up.

And them more importantly I leart how to cut hoops in the van ;)

Pictures to come when I can figure out how to do it on my mobile.

lesson for everyone do the passengers seat first, drivers took all morning and passenger took half hr lol, but there in and safer then the old ones, used my good stainless panel bolts too lol lucky i got heaps, youll have to work out the photos bradie, was good fun, old vans got covered in dust, had my vt commy paddock basher out having a crack too, gotta show these townies how to have proper fun

[playwme]

Did you have to modify the seats very much at all as i have a excellent pair of VX Calais seats sitting here?

What Agro said. Surely all the bolt holes didn't line up completely? Did you use the HZ rails or the VY ones.