Did all Sandman Vans have the "SANDMAN" stickers on them?

[Big Rob]

Correct HK, the dealer asked me if I wanted the stripes and name put on my HQ when I purchased it new in 1974. My avatar reveals what my answer was.

And a good choice that was in my opinion! Great colour and stripe combo.

Pity they didn't have a "delete badge" code to lose the Belmont badges. It always looked strange to me to see a Belmont badge on a GTS guard.

[Dr Terry]

Pity they didn't have a "delete badge" code to lose the Belmont badges. It always looked strange to me to see a Belmont badge on a GTS guard.

It was easy to delete a decal on the assembly line, they didn't stick it on.

The old die-cast badges were fastened with pins & clips thru holes in the panel. These holes were punched before assembly & painted, so each model variant had its own front guard or tailgate or whatever.

The fact that the holes were present before assembly made the badges a lot more difficult to 'delete'

An HQ GTS front guard would have had holes pre-punched for the Monaro badge & the GTS badge.

In hindsight, it would have been easier (& perhaps cheaper) to use GTS without holes for both Belmont & Kingswood Sandmans, or even easier just have one Sandman model, which basically what they did for HX & HZ.

Dr Terry