Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
Point taken, but in reality you may as well build a replica from a good HQ van as use what used to be a Sandman. If the one you find with a good body happens to have once been a Sandman but now has lost its chassis then build a replica from it. However you'll pay much more for this than you will for a normal body (like 4 x as much), and in the end the final value won't be much different.
I have taken onboard every bit of reasoning you have put forward and i agree for the most part. Very true that i wont be a genuine sandman. But more genuine as a replica than a kingswood into sandman mockup..if that makes sense.

No doubt you have been searching for a genuine hq sandman for much longer than i have ( ive only been searching for 5yrs and only come up with 'replicas') so clearly, theyre like rocking horse poo and feel like i have to take what i can get. Im all ears if you know of a matching numbers van