hz sandman ute ???

[1hzman]

Hi i need help in identifing what ithink is a hz sandman ute, i bought a rusted out wreck thinking it
was a sandmam ???
Tags
holden
hz coupe uuility (yep thats right the u has been doubled stamped no t ?? it hasnt tamppered with in any way that i can see its genuine )
3/78 bhz(.....b)
gvw2200 seating cap 2
8m80rhh4.....z
model hz8wm80
body no 44....9
trim 1935 63v
paint 567 30526
eng L32 trans m20 gv 4
dont know if orig engine
had gts dash,4 speed box, gts steering wheel, gts wheels oh ( yeah the wreck went to the tip)
As this car is a brizzy built car should have xx7 or xu3 stamped-_ or does it,--_ as it has a stamping error on the large tag
every thing points to this being a sandman but i just dont know, can anyone out there help me with thanks 1hzman

[HK1837]

As it is Acacia Ridge build it has to have XU3 stamped on the BODY plate to make it a Sandman. Without it, it is not a Sandman. I think I have seen this one before, the PSN should be 444486, and recorded it as not a Sandman I may have misread the second last digit of the PSN, possibly the last as I remember the plates being hard to read. Stamping mistakes like the UU on utility are reasonably common. Missing the special vehicle package code has been known to occur but very rare, non-existant outside of HQ in my experience. The reason is these were stamped before the car was built at Acacia Ridge, even before it was painted. Whereas the ADR plate was stamped on the run whilst the car was on the end of the assembly line. Unfortunately you'll never know if it was one, XU3 HX and HZ utes are almost impossible to pick from a normal Holden ute, and all the stuff you have quoted (N66 rims, U17 dash, M20 4spd, sports steering wheel, XS6 buckets) were common options on HZ Holden utes. Only paint blackouts will help you. But not worth restoring as a Sandman as it'll neveer be recognised as one because of the lack of the XU3 code.