How do we feel about body swaps???

[HQ Sandman Ute]

Hi everyone haven't been on for awhile, if the cars id is the tags and the chassis number the nsw rta go by the chassis number to id the car for year and model. I dont see anything wronf with this, as long as you have a shell with the factory 2 seats and floor shift. The sandmans dont have the id on the body so its id stays with the id tags and the chassis number.

Sorry Bobcat, this is incorrect. I bought a 1972 HQ ute and found out later it had a HX chassis. Still is registered on my papers as a 1972 HQ.

[HK1837]

The problem you have is a HJ Sandman body is unique, and there are 2 x types: Elizabeth and Acacia Ridge. You might as well just build up the car as it is, and by by putting the body on a Sandman chassis and tags it is still not really a Sandman as the body is different.

[locodriver2007]

So what is different on a HJ sandman body say compared to a HX Kingswood with a full length roof lining from the factory??

[HK1837]

So what is different on a HJ sandman body say compared to a HX Kingswood with a full length roof lining from the factory??

What WB says is one. There is heaps of differences between a HX van body and a HJ van body, you'd never get away with that one!
Plus they differ between assembly plants.

[wbute]

Square hole in the firewall for the harness to go through for one.

[mook]

This is a bit of a weird one and kinda related. But are WB pillers shorter than earlier models?

[thatotherguy]

This is a bit of a weird one and kinda related. But are WB pillers shorter than earlier models?

shouldnt be mook, problem ???

[HK1837]

Bobcat is right. If you turned up for a blue slip in NSW with a 1972 HQ with a HX chassis it'd be registered as a HX. And it shouldn't pass a blue slip in NSW until it had HX emissions equipment and other relevant ADR's complied with (like amber blinkers etc).

[Innuendo]

Yup, that is correct NSW will base it on the Chassis number. HX chassis under a HQ body = HX
Same with engine, Put a blue/black motor in a HQ and you have to meet the ADR's of the blue/black engine.

That's not to say some dodgy things didn't get through. Like re-stamping numbers etc or confusing the girl at the DMT/RTA/TRMS counter!

When I replaced the passenger skirt on my 9/71 Bathurst Special XU-1 I wanted to weld in and retain the original chassis number and wasn't taking no for an answer.
I had to go to the NSW police with all documentation, fill out a stat dec and have the car and number inspected. The police wanted to add a police number. I said NO WAY. In the end they agreed to allow the original number and police documention stating it had been inspected, cleared and the reasons why.