Not enough time in a day to do what we want and work as well!Originally Posted by sandman77hx
I sure the wait would be worth it! Mind you there is a limit to one’s life span!! Ha ha
Not enough time in a day to do what we want and work as well!
I sure the wait would be worth it! Mind you there is a limit to one’s life span!! Ha ha
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...
Why would you turn SANDMAN van into a Ute? Beyond me!!
Retire young & be part of he living poor, we managed it in the '70, '80 & '90 - enjoy.
Not enough time in a day to do what we want and work as well!
I sure the wait would be worth it! Mind you there is a limit to one’s life span!! Ha ha
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
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.
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
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??
BQZ
Going through Unique Cars from the 90's have come across a number of "convertable" utes. Must have been the rage at one stage.
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