hq sandman?

[Kingcoffee]

The earliest is the one x 1/74 I have recorded, other than the late '72 Pilot.

By July I meant ordered in July. HQ orders for new production (as opposed to ordering out of plant stock or unallocated vehicles off the schedule) would have closed off sometime around July, if you ordered past that time you probably wouldn't be ordering a HQ. HQ's were produced into September. Some of the plants didn't build a Sandman until February 1974.

That's a large gap between 72 and 74 could it be possible there they started before 1/74?

[Kingcoffee]

Just spoke to the owner and it going for 20k to some one in port Macquarie

[HJRAY]

I think that when you see a van like this for 30k you should be cheering it gets sold for that!
Then you can go out to your shed and dream of the money your little treasures are going to be worth!
We all have different budgets and 30k to someone might be a drop on the ocean , and not much money at all. Sandmans worth 100k ? Why not, lets hope so I say!!!!

[Mella Miante]

Ok, I can now confirm that this HQ is on her way over to us now.... the whole family is EXCITED!!!! We can't wait until she is tucked safely away in our garage and we can start showing her the TLC she desparately needs. The former ower (one of only two) shared many colourful stories about the cars history, which was really cool

As for the HJ we were offered, the fella who owns it has now decided he will offer it for sale pubicly and has asked me manage the sale on his behalf - so I will get the details up shortly. THANKS EVERYONE WHO OFFERD SUPPORT AND ADVICE!!!!!!

[Duc1991]

Mella, Could you PM me the details of the HJ Sandman as I am interested.

[mauser]

The 100 built fable was quoted in the recent Vans book as well.. Is it written in any Holden Advertising or Dealer material or just hearsay? Maybe it was uttered by some Holden executive during the launch but to be so widely disseminated you would think it was in a Motor Magazine report or something!!!

Mauser

[HK1837]

I'd only ever head it. It can't be 100 total. Must be the initial run of Sandmans (possibly 1-3/74 build).
I have:
1 x 1/74 build Sandman, Acacia Ridge van (this is the L31 M21 Saffron one i've had for years).
4 x 2/74 build Sandmans or possibles recorded, 3 x Acacia Ridge, 1 x Elizabeth.
24 x 3/74 build Sandmans or possibles recorded all Elizabeth and Pagewood except for 1 x Dandenong and 2 x Acacia Ridge.

Plus the pilot/prototype from late in 1972 (a Kingswood ute).

They are all 30, 39 or 35 trim other than the 10E trim on the pilot.

There are only dribbles of them after that, apart from 16 in July 1974:

7 x 4/74
9 x 5/74
5 x 6/74
16 x 7/74
6 x 8/74
2 x 9/74

[hqgts]

I will be hoping to add to that list in the next month as I am finally getting access to what is supposed to be a HQ sandman van that i have been bugging this guy about for a year.... Fingers crossed

[hqgts]

Maybe it was an initial run to test the market.... Similar to HQSS and thats where the 100 comes from... However the first run of HQSS was something like 1200 so i dont think a run of 100 would be very thorough sales analysis.. 100 could sell quite quickly and give you a false impression when trying to forecast sales volumes of an untried model......Just a thought

[HK1837]

No. Sandman production didn't start until 1974 with the remote possibility of a car or so in December '73.