The Worlds Best Sandman?

**Vombil** · 16-05-2013, 02:03 AM

any v8 HQ Van is the best Sandman in Aus. boom

**crulander** · 16-05-2013, 07:00 AM

gday , well i have to say my uncles hj mandy red they ordered new and still have has all opitions and paper work . our family have a few vans including sandmans been part of us all for over 40 years. well i would hate to be the one calling the best .

**Innuendo** · 16-05-2013, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by crulander

gday , well i have to say my uncles hj mandy red they ordered new and still have has all opitions and paper work . our family have a few vans including sandmans been part of us all for over 40 years. well i would hate to be the one calling the best .

Bring it on! Pictures and details, you sound like you might have a leading contender.

**HK1837** · 16-05-2013, 08:12 AM

Sounds like a nice HJ. Do you have details for it?

**jaft** · 16-05-2013, 08:21 AM

And picture of the vans crulander.

**HK1837** · 16-05-2013, 04:09 PM

The Opaline blue HZ that was in the Echuca museum was a very nice example in terms of originality and condition. It had one thing going for it: it was a ute. But it was otherwise a HZ and a 253, so it might be a finalist but unlikely to be a winner. What are we all going to do if a totally unmolested example comes up, perfect in every way and something like <50,000kM on it? But it is a 173 M22 with four wheel drum brakes! Can a car like that be the best?

**Innuendo** · 16-05-2013, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by HK1837

What are we all going to do if a totally unmolested example comes up, perfect in every way and something like <50,000kM on it? But it is a 173 M22 with four wheel drum brakes! Can a car like that be the best?

It would then be "Best of it's type" and in contention for Worlds Best Sandman.

**Robbo** · 16-05-2013, 04:37 PM

In original and unmolested condition absolutely!! As long as it is a genuine Sandman, of course you would probably have a Van and Ute category, that would be expected. Similar to the GT National's, you could have a car with all the bell's and whistle's, then a pristine bare bone's example appear's, and take's home the trophy. That's what it's about!

**HK1837** · 16-05-2013, 05:39 PM

I actually knocked back a really nice HJ XX7 Sandman van a few years back, it was a one owner beauty condition wise. But is was a few things I didn't want: It was a van, it was green with Fawn trim (1905-64V), 202, M22, 3.55 with 4 wheel drums. Totally original, no windows, just a dent in the roof. It was only around 5-6 years ago, and it was like $2500 with rego. It ended up getting wrecked out when the owner had a sale for the front and the doors. I ended up with the tags off it. I think the body got crushed after a few rust repair sections were taken out. Shame really, but no-one wanted the poor old girl. If I had bought it and left it as is it'd be a contender, it wasn't as good as that Opaline blue ute at Echuca but not too far off it. If it'd have been a V8 I actually would have grabbed it and tried to swap it for a Sandman ute in similar condition. If it had have been a ute I would have bought it and changed the driveline and probably repainted it a nicer colour.

**Absinth** · 03-12-2013, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by HK1837

I actually knocked back a really nice HJ XX7 Sandman van a few years back, it was a one owner beauty condition wise. But is was a few things I didn't want: It was a van, it was green with Fawn trim (1905-64V), 202, M22, 3.55 with 4 wheel drums.

Byron, Aren't front disc brakes included with the 202 engine option on Sandman? Think it might have been a 173 with a M22 box and drum brakes.....