HZ Sandman Van

[HK1837]

Something doesn't look right with the door to guard edge. Maybe the stripe hasn't been wrapped around?

Looks good with the stripes on. I like HQ/J stripes on HQ's and HJ's and HX/Z Stripes on HX's and HZ's (funny that!).
But I'm not all anti Green like Byron, my Byron Green is Red.

Regards, Smooth

Not all greens are bad in my eyes, just the bright pastel ones! I don't mind Monterey Green or Jade Green. Just don't like Barbados Green, Jamaica Lime, Mint Julip, Panama Green, Supermint or Sage Green. Having said that if the right combination Sandman came up for me at the right price i'd still have it in those colours, I just wouldn't pay the same $ as I would for a colour I liked better. If it needed painting it wouldn't get painted in its original colour either. Each to their own!

[Taily]

Not all greens are bad in my eyes, just the bright pastel ones! I don't mind Monterey Green or Jade Green. Just don't like Barbados Green, Jamaica Lime, Mint Julip, Panama Green, Supermint or Sage Green. Having said that if the right combination Sandman came up for me at the right price i'd still have it in those colours, I just wouldn't pay the same $ as I would for a colour I liked better. If it needed painting it wouldn't get painted in its original colour either. Each to their own!

Pretty well known thing (at least around the dealerships that I have either frequented or worked at) was that you could have a yard full of cars every colour, the green one would be the last to drive out the gate. I don't know if that is true any more (I doubt it) but for the life of me don't understand it.

I personally like each model with its own stripes and actually like Jamaica Lime right up there with Absinth Yellow. The H and W series vans and utes (to me) don't really look their best in red or really dark colours like tuxedo either (blue the exception) but hey, each to their own and I'll never bag someone out for building what they dream of!

Regards,

Dave.

[Innuendo]

Not all greens are bad in my eyes, just the bright pastel ones! I don't mind Monterey Green or Jade Green. Just don't like Barbados Green, Jamaica Lime, Mint Julip, Panama Green, Supermint or Sage Green. Having said that if the right combination Sandman came up for me at the right price i'd still have it in those colours, I just wouldn't pay the same $ as I would for a colour I liked better. If it needed painting it wouldn't get painted in its original colour either. Each to their own!

Fair enough, but none are really pastel. They are just solid colours. I don't like all greens either, but just about all shades are better then any shade of Red in my eyes. But then again I'm not a sheep and never follow. I own many green cars and truly never set out to buy any Green cars. It's just how it ended up.

Barbados is a fantastic psychedelic '70's colour just perfect for a HQ Sandman. I love it! Fit's the era perfectly.
Same for Orange in the mid to late '70's.

Yup, each to their own. Whether it effects price and sales (of Sandman's)? That's debatable...
Quality cars regardless of colour sell well.

Regards, Smooth

[Dago]

[QUOTE=Innuendo;55373]Barbados is a fantastic psychedelic '70's colour just perfect for a HQ Sandman. I love it! Fit's the era perfectly.
Same for Orange in the mid to late '70's.[QUOTE]

So true... But each to their own.

[JDT]

Something doesn't look right with the door to guard edge. Maybe the stripe hasn't been wrapped around?

Looks good with the stripes on. I like HQ/J stripes on HQ's and HJ's and HX/Z Stripes on HX's and HZ's (funny that!).
But I'm not all anti Green like Byron, my Byron Green is Red.

Regards, Smooth

What you can see there is a bit of masking tape. I put it there to help hold the decal in place rather than just rely on the glue.

[Innuendo]

What you can see there is a bit of masking tape. I put it there to help hold the decal in place rather than just rely on the glue.

That explains that! I knew something wasn't right.
Looks great with the blue stripes.

Regards, Smooth

[HK1837]

Even though I do not like HX-HZ stripes, the white vans really do need them! Too white otherwise! Good work.

[Valencia]

They poo on the hq hj stripes hands down byron

[Alien DNA]

Disagree totally....HQ-J stripes all the way

[HK1837]

Disagree totally....HQ-J stripes all the way

I Agree. My personal preference is HQ-HJ with appropriate stripes and HX/HZ without except for maybe only white. Each to their own. I'm with WB though, the HX-HZ tailgate logo is cool.