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

[Doubz]

They are very different. Here is some extract text from my book on HX Sandman (i've sent this to Doubz as he emailed me on it). Basically a HX Sandman is a Kingswood with side rub strips deleted plus some extra component options and feature changes.

This is what constitutes an HX Sandman (XU3):

Component Options:

· B30 – Floor covering – carpet;
· C57 Ventilator – Forced Air;
· M11 – Console Floor shift;
· D14 – Front Door Armrest;
· M20 – Manual Transmission – 4 speed Floor shift;
· XS6 – Front Bucket Seats;
· U17 – Cluster Assembly Instrument;
· N66 – Wheel - Rally Type.

Option M20 would be replaced by:
M21 if option L31 was selected.
M41 if auto transmission selected with L31 engine.
M40 if auto transmission selected with L20 or L32 engines.

With option XU3 feature changes to the base vehicle included:

· GTS Headlamp Bezels;
· GTS Steering Wheel;
· Cigar Lighter;
· Kingswood Door Trim & Hardware Complete;
· Front Door Jam Switch Package;
· Bright Front Door Sill Plates;
· Headlining Trim – full length (8WM70 only);
· Delete Endgate “HOLDEN” Nameplate;
· Delete Endgate Engine Badge (optional);
· Delete HOLDEN Grille and Badge (base model HX continued with HJ grille);
· Kingswood Lion Grille Badge;
· GTS Black Painted Grille;
· Black paintout on Door Frames and Door Openings;
· Black painted Door Handles;
· Black painted Windscreen Surround Mouldings;
· Black painted Lukey “Slim Line” Left and Right Hand Door Mirrors;
· Black paintout on upper Endgate – 8WM70;
· Mylar Insert – Rear Window Seal – 8WM80;
· Bright Tail Lamp surrounds;
· Decal Package (paint dependant) DX5, DY1, DY2, DY3, DY4 or DL7.

HX Sandman with passenger tyres (option code XX7) was identical except for:

· QEV tyre – ER70H14 Radial Ply Blackwall (XU3 was fitted with normal commercial load rated tyres as per late HJ XU3 with different tyres for 6cyl and V8 vehicles).




As easily seen, most of the feature changes is just inserting Kingswood stuff onto a base model ute or van.

This ute isn't Robinson Crusoe in the scheme of things. There are heaps of them built just like this, plenty with L31, M21, LSD, steer etc too that aren't Sandmans. In HX plenty of people wanted a base model in V8 4spd, didn't want the Kingswood and certainly didn't want the Sandman stripes. In HX you couldn't order DL7 - GMH introduced this in HZ probably because the buyers kept asking for a Sandman with no stripes. 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.

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Hey I dont want to re invent the wheel but what trim code would an XU3 come with? Stated above is that

With option XU3 feature changes to the base vehicle included:

· GTS Headlamp Bezels;
· GTS Steering Wheel;
· Cigar Lighter;
· Kingswood Door Trim & Hardware Complete;

Would that trim be a 18V or 19V?

Cheers

[HK1837]

For Australian specification, if black vinyl trim was ordered, HX Holden commercials or Belmont sedan/wagon got 19V and HX Kingswoods got 18V. HX Sandman was designed to be Kingswood specification hence got Kingswood trim.