Looking for a HX Sandman

[JadeHXSandy]

Why would you turn SANDMAN van into a Ute? Beyond me!!

It was really common in the mid 90's, a sandman wasn't worth as much as a UTE with all the GTS parts, and typically the panelvan trays were really clean and straight. I knew a guy who did one every few months. Bought a sandman for 2k, did a turret change, sold it as a 'GTS' ute for 7 or 8k.

My poor old girl is a perfect example. The people who did the job had a hot wb ute, smashed it, bought a clean HX sandman, changed the turret, instantly had a clean HX 'gts' like ute.

Now I am returning it back to look like a sandman ute with all the original bits back to stock, and if I find a clean van turret in a few years time I will return back to a van. When I bought mine I got the photo's of it just as they were starting to pull it apart to turn into a ute - I often look at those photo's wishing it was back to those days...

Jim

[jennie285]

Why would you turn SANDMAN van into a Ute? Beyond me!!

Sad to say that we almost did to our original one, we couldn't sell it for love nor money in 1986, vans were on the outer, and utes were in, heaps were doing it, and Rodney needed a ute for work...anyway we didn't and the person who bought it only had it 2 months, and wrote it off, he put the running gear into a ute, so it may live on in another form...wish we could have found it though.

[Jeza]

Here's a deaville windowless but it's a tag less HJ on Wb chassis - split the difference and it's aHX/Z! It's in Warnbro it probably belongs to Adam Perth. Body looks good in the pics - not sure if deaville though?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/perth...ody/1005971849

[Vombil]

Here's a deaville windowless but it's a tag less HJ on Wb chassis - split the difference and it's aHX/Z! It's in Warnbro it probably belongs to Adam Perth. Body looks good in the pics - not sure if deaville though?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/perth...ody/1005971849

looks like adams. maybe that was the same one that was on ebay a year or so ago in the east??

[adam perth]

i think one of the members on here JEZA sold a HX deaville blue 308 4 sp van on ebay about 2 years ago from Geelong...
i remember bidding on it..

[SKI_Pilot]

there is a Blue Kingswood van in SYDNEY on Ebay that might be o\k - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pannelvan...item19d411836e
has lots to be done but does it have to be a sandman? What a choice to make KINGSWOOD/SANDMAN OR Nothing ?

[robp]

there is a Blue Kingswood van in SYDNEY on Ebay that might be o\k - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pannelvan...item19d411836e
has lots to be done but does it have to be a sandman? What a choice to make KINGSWOOD/SANDMAN OR Nothing ?

Thank you for the link but that one is like comparing chock and cheese! I have learnt to be patient and something will turn one day and if it not it’s not the end of the wold… thanks again anyway.

[Jeza]

i think one of the members on here JEZA sold a HX deaville blue 308 4 sp van on ebay about 2 years ago from Geelong...
i remember bidding on it..

Good memory but it was a HJ. Sold It to a bloke over in Mornington, his name is Chris and is also a member on this site - not sure how active he is though...

[sandman77hx]

Going through Unique Cars from the 90's have come across a number of "convertable" utes. Must have been the rage at one stage.