Do we have a genuine sandman?

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HK1837 - what do you mean by both? I have only put the plate details for one of them.
Also i been back down to have a look in daylight, the missing letter is an L.

Last plate - 8M70RG?423515X

If that ? mark in the VIN is to be an L then it is an Adelaide built body so there wont be additional stamps on the plates with XX7.
Also the R means a 253 V8 not the 308 you have in there, but the M20 is for a trimatic.

***Whoa! Disregard this post. I attribute it to a very very late couple nights therefore not reading everything in the post.***

Yes M40 is trimatic, M20 & M21 is 4 speed