HQ XX7 van on Ebay

[Vombil]

hahah gorgeous! keeping it in the family. awesome!

so stoked for you

[HK1837]

Well done, you've grabbed close to the best Sandman you could possibly buy. In my eyes you'd only top it with a HQ Kingswood Sandman ute in L31 M40 LSD air steer and a nice metallic! Pretty tall order though - i'm dreaming and you have got that in your possession!

[hj308]

Thanks for all the kind replies , I know their will be a few arm chair critics out there who think that it was overpriced for what it was etc but I dont really care its my choice and my money, same arguement can be said about Monaros, Toranas and Falcons etc. I was offered a LJ Gtr Xu1 with 65,000 miles and last rego label 1982 for $50,000 it needed a lot of work and I didnt see the value in the end result considering you can pick up a retored one for around $80,000, the guy ended up getting $49,000 for it so it goes to show different people see different value in different things. I have bought something that is fairly rare and they certainly dont come for sale very often complete and in the condition that this one is in, as previously mentioned last one was probably Ozboxs which coincidently was same specs and it went for $20,000. I've know people to have paid $8,000 for rusted out shells basically just for the tags for a HQ. Looking forward to bringing it back to life but first up will finish off the HZ.

[mauser]

All good HJ. I think you have made a good choice.

I would of thought that a HQ Sandman was the rarest of all HQ's. (bar maybe Byron's dream ute if it still exists.) It is certainly one of the most iconic of them seeing as the Torana's stole the limelight in racing.

Mauser

[HK1837]

Possibly. By today's surviving cars you'd have to say a HQ 6cyl Sandman (combined across the 3 x 6cyl models available) could be the rarest. HQ XW8 (GTS350 sedan) were pretty rare with somewhere between 212 and 230 or thereabouts built. I know this is a V8 Kingswood, or less generically a GTS sedan and there were lots of 253 and 308 examples, but this was supposed to be a separate vehicle like XX7, or XU1 etc, and not meant to be counted or classed as its base vehicle. GTS350 coupe was probably more common than Sandman with 402. LS coupe with 350 is pretty rare too at 213 but there were plenty more 202, 253 and 308 examples. If you don't count Sandmans, V8 HQ vans would be pretty scarce (6cyl and V8 vans were separate models). V8 HQ cab/chassis would be rare too, these weren't available until around 3/73.

[hxbunny]

Cograts on the purchase Craig, hope you'll be around at Christmas because i think you're going to get another visitor.

Cheers Mark

[hj308]

Cograts on the purchase Craig, hope you'll be around at Christmas because i think you're going to get another visitor.

Cheers Mark

Hey Mark, yeah mate will be good to catch up, I bumped into your brotherlaw the other day he tells me the FJ coupe is finished will have to go and have a look.

[hxbunny]

Hey Mark, yeah mate will be good to catch up, I bumped into your brotherlaw the other day he tells me the FJ coupe is finished will have to go and have a look.

Yeah looking forward to checking the 'coupe' out as well.

Cheers Mark