Look what Rodney found in cobar

[jennie285]

Rodney agrees with you on that one....that on one plate particulary they do not appear to be the correct pop rivets....

[Absinth]

Rodney agrees with you on that one....that on one plate particulary they do not appear to be the correct pop rivets....

The rivets on all three plates look correct and original to me, HQ and earlier were not pop rivets like those on HJ onwards.

Model number 80469 is Kingswood sedan V8 which aligns with 8N69 on the Vin. This is correct for early HQ GTS 4dr Monaro's.

No stamping for engine and axle means the standard components were fitted IE 253 engine and 3.08:1 axle. M20 is stamped for Trans as a M15 3sp was standard in a V8 Kingswood.

Paint code 15335...1868 is Orchid Metallic.... a purplish pink metallic colour.
30X is black vinyl trim.

[jennie285]

thank you Sean for clarifying all that.....it appears to be a pretty genuine car then.......

[Absinth]

thank you Sean for clarifying all that.....it appears to be a pretty genuine car then.......

Certainly looks to be from what I can see in the pics, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't genuine. Excellent find and a great colour combination, well done.

[jennie285]

Well not sure if they will sell, rodney's brother will work on it for us......funny she wants to keep it and he doesn't.....

[Absinth]

This is an Orchid Metallic HQ Sandman

[ozbox]

i agree with absinth that those plates havent been removed..rivets are correct for hq...there is only one way to remove those rivets and replace them to look original and it took me a long time and a lot of patience to learn how to do it....and i aint telling...

[hjsandman]

Well not sure if they will sell, rodney's brother will work on it for us......funny she wants to keep it and he doesn't.....

Good find
keep working on them.
Funny sometimes how it's the wife that wants to hold on to the car.
I found a ripper HZ Sandman a couple of years ago (white with factory air) agreed on a price with the guy, shook hands on the deal and then his wife talked him out of it the next day. (what a great lady, she must have been into sandmans as well)

good Luck:lol:

[agr071]

The rivets on all three plates look correct and original to me, HQ and earlier were not pop rivets like those on HJ onwards.

Is it that critical to have the original rivets on the tags?
My HJ has had the tags removed, and as it'll be an everyday driver, i'm going to leave the tags at home.
Have seen a few GT phase 3's like this, and they have no problems at all.

[kaido17]

buying up big time are we jennie? 2 sandmans and now a monaro
NICE WORK