Could this be a HX Sandman ute?? See pics of tags attached!

[adam perth]

HX sandman ute GVM can be 1800 kgs, 1860 kgs and 2200 kgs and fairly sure (HK1837?) even 2155 kgs..


but yeah most of them are 1860 kgs.

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you may have been able to claim sandman ?if you car was early HX, like the one above, look how low the chassis number is... That one i think is the 202 4 sp Mandarin brochure car ute on the dock perhaps...

yours is built 6 months later.

[HK1837]

^^Adam is correct, HX Sandman utes can be 1800, 1860, 2155 and 2200kg. The only reason that HX brochure ute had 19V trim was because it was built during HJ production. There is a group of such HX's, all probably brochure or press cars, they'll all be double digit chassis numbers. If you look closely at the HZ brochure the van is actually a HX from memory.

[Doubz]

Hey I have uploaded pics of the gearshift hole and a couple of others too!

This ute has been sprayed twice since the factory green it was then blue and now white, the guards have weld in GTS flutes and as you can see in the pics the old girl has a bit of rust too!

Now I have done the 304 T700 and VN borgwarner diff disc brake conversion the next thing was to do the body. If it was a sandman I would put her back to original state sandman colours n stripes 253 M20 10 bolt salsbury if not ill just cut out the rust and paint her in 2k white

I doubt that the doors guards bonnet and front are the original ones, could have been in a smash? maybe the dash has been changed too? who knows with a 35 year old car ?

If this is a sandman I would be pretty chuffed but if its not Im still happy!

What was the GVM for a standard HX ute did they come in at 2200kg? When did HJ production cease? As I said Im no holden history guru thats why Im here asking you blokes

The dash does not have a decal kit

Any more info is greatly appreciated!!

[wbute]

Too many things say no, wrong dash facia with sedan/wagon power aerial and demister switches, silver door handles and windscreen trim, wrong mirrors, wrong trim.
Its a nice ute and just enjoy it as. Still can't see why they optioned like it was though. Why not buy the Sandman as a delete stripes option?

[Robbo]

You have a very nice ute, and the way it's been optioned it is far more rare than a sandman. Tradesmen often ordered vehicle's to suit there need's, and this would be one of them. Having been a tradesman through this period, I used to see some very nice vehicle's arrive on job site's.
Most bloke's didn't want all the blackout's..wheel's and stripe's and stuff that came with a sandman. So they ordered a belmont or king'swood with what they required, some even ordered station wagon's with it all. They were ordered to suit their individual need's, nothing more. It was a great time to be a tradie, most guy's these day's have van's.

[wbute]

You can't.

[Dick61]

Check out this HZ, white roof over Super Mint. L31, M41, LSD, air and steer - obviously they really wanted a white roof or possibly wanted the bench seat.

Can't what?
Byron has put in an earlier post that a car has air and steer, how is this determined from the tags?

[HK1837]

It isn't from the tags, but this is what it had when new.

[James]

So Byron, when can we buy this book?

[HK1837]

Believe it or not, finishing it is only a small hurdle. Editing and publishing are 10x as hard!