new Sandmans

[wbute]

No Sandman in my books. A ute with a canopy that some lazy marketing people called the "sandman" canopy.
Would a HZ kingswood ute with a canopy be a sandman van? That is all the SS is the equivalent of in my opinion.
The sandman was top of the line option wise and you can certainly rock up to Holden and buy a higher spec ute than the SS.

[Absinth]

HQ to HZ Sandman was a factory built car..... Commodore ute with an aftermarket canopy is not a factory built car.

HBD was an aftermarket canopy builder and their canopies were Holden "approved and warranted" but not built by Holden. Rare Spares parts are now Holden "approved" but are not built by Holden.

HBD badged cars...... woopty doo... I could design a spoiler kit in conjunction with Holden for Commodore utes and get them "Holden approved" ..... whack a "Absinth by design" badge on and a Sandman decal on the tailgate ...... does that make it a "Sandman"?????

You could by any Commodore ute and have the canopy fitted... Nova radio station up here in Brissy has two V6 Commodore utes with the canopies fitted and painted up in Nova colours..... They are not SS utes and they are not "Sandmans".

They look trick and I wouldn't mind one but even in SS guise I would never presume to call it a genuine Sandman even with a Sandman decal on it.

The Mambo Sandman could possibly be considered a genuine Sandman as it was a Joint design and build between Holden and Mambo but was a one off promotional vehicle.

[tex]

Thanks to all for replying there is so much misinturpritation out there about these utes but like we all say the last of the real Sandmans finished with the HZ.Tex

Hi Tex. This will be a short forum thread ;)

Holden stopped the Sandman at the HZ series.

There was a VY(?) ute produced that was modified outside of Holden with a nice paint job, canopy and pretty interior - yes it had Sandman painted on the back as well. But it was not designed, released or sold as a Sandman.

It's funny isn't it, that some people will argue that Holden never made a Sandman ute and the next bloke will argue that any panelvan by Holden is a Sandman. Hopefully this site will help educate people