gedday nick - yeah mate i still get a lot of enjoyment out of her - rego is a killer but hey i dont smoke so you gotta have some vice to spend your money on. i still have my eh ute too which is in really good nic but i will get her on the road this year. Im not real good on computers so i will try and put a photo onfor you - i think you wont really notice much difference. after i got her home from you it cost me about 6K to have rust cut out and other things to get her a queensland rego. It was a bit more than i thought but these older utes can be very expensive once you start looking really close - as you would know! I hope to do her up one day soon to her absolute orginal specs but i guess that is time and money. where i live now there is no one close to do any of the tradie work required so she will just have to wait. Still a very cool daily driver though. I am always scouring the net and papers for sandmans - probably cant afford another one with the eh as well but i like to keep an eye on it - there is a cracker on the Aussie Muscle Car website at the moment - a hz all original - asking price 49K!!! wow i hope he gets it but its certainly out of my league. I would love a van to go with the ute but again its starting to get silly re price i think. YOu probably would have seen it a couple of year s ago - there was a green hz van for sale out of melbourne on ebay. it looked straight but very tired and rusty. I rang the owner - an old butcher from melbourne - he had given up on the tools and it was time for her to be sold - in very very original condition - he bought it brand new. it was that nice green colour the hzs came in but the paint had stacks of surface rust. anway it went for under 8K - still kicking myself. somebody got a great investment. other than that they are always too modified or clapped out for my budget and skills. Where i live now there is an original HJ van sitting in a yard. jamaica lime - all faded but still with the black sandman decals. a bit of front end damage but thats all. Just looling really old and faded like a paddock car - long grass all around it. no salt or moisture in the air out here so really she is very saveable. owner wont part with it but its one of those ones that the owner also wont ever do anything with it if you know what i mean - almost cry every time i see it. anyway thats how it goes. i will try and work out how to put a photo on for you. cheers, mck





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