Value of a Sandman or The Never Ending Story

[adam perth]

Adam pretty much nailed it, except I would have put HJ in front of HZ and i'm not so certain about the more $ for van over ute - there are so many more van sales than utes it is hard to compare! I can't remember the last really good top spec Sandman ute I saw sold. Only time will tell.
I still don't get why people want to pay more for Brisbane XX7 stamped examples. It has never been the case for XW8 and XV4 HQ's.
I think you'll find LE's won't ever break the bank either, a really good Sandman will eclipse them now, there were just too many LE's made that they'll never be super valuable. HQ SS is sort of the same but do have their following. I reckon HQ 350 Holdens and HJ GTS coupes plus 308 Sandmans are the go from the HQ-HZ stables. The jury is still out on the HQ 350 Statesmans, but they could be a good one to keep as well but there were thousands of these made as well.

a restored LE seem to be asking 40 to 60+ grand, i haven't seen one suit resto for under 20.. I put the HZ value infront of HJ Because some HJ's are harder to ID where is HZ is more straight forward. Also the HZ GTS front seems to be more desirable than HJ GTS guards. I quite often get asked,
"i want HZ sandman, do you know where there is one?, never really seen that for HJ. e.g i want a HJ sandman, do you know where there is one"....
HQ on the other hand.....everyone wants HQ sandman! this is just anocdotal conclusions by me BTW...!

7K and still going on a Ute with a very straight body and okay drive-line - want to know where the value is, go and buy the parts. I have sourced as prudently as possible and it still has cost me plenty. I would hate to think what it would cost if I tried to source new old stock parts.

HQ sandman ute??