Sounds good to me where would be the best place to off load?
Sounds good to me where would be the best place to off load?
Fully restored, $35000. Minus a paint and body job is $15000. Minus a rebuilt engine is$10000. Minus a body is $7500. Minus restored interior is $2500. Minus numerous parts is about -$5000. What's it worth. That's up to you.
Yeah but i'm putting it out there for offers to anyone who wants the jog of restoring it. It,s just shell chassis rails and tags.
My HX ute has so far cost me, $2500.00 initial purchase, this was for a very rusty rolling shell with 2 seats and all hanging panels which are not in the best condition, a non matching 253 engine and an aussie 4sp with no shifter or bell housing. I'm in Warragul and the ute was in Sydney, $1000.00 to get it and bring it home, $1500.00 for new upholstery, $500.00 for a set of GTS rims, $500.00 to piece together a GTS dash. I am now up to $6000.00 and the car is still a rusty rolling shell in need of total restoration, I also haven't listed hundreds of dollars worth of parts I've picked up on e-bay because I haven't actually added all the costs up yet, on top of this is all the running around to get the parts. If I had my time over I wouldn't go this route, I would pay more and get something more complete, I calculate that this car will take another 15 to 20 thousand to complete as long as I do most of the work myself and only have the things I can't do like the engine machining and gearbox rebuild done outside. Looking at it from that angle I would say that anyone who took on your shell to do as a project would need to already have a lot of the parts and the ability to do it themselves and be looking at an initial price of around the $1000.00 mark. That price only being because it is a Sandman, if it weren't a Sandman it would only be worth what the recycler would give for it. Now we get in trouble from some of the others on this forum for talking the price of a Sandman down but that's not what I'm doing, I'm trying to give a realistic idea of what your shell is worth and no I don't want to buy it myself I have enough projects to keep me going for quite a few years as it is. I wish you good luck with selling what you have, just don't be disappointed if the offers don't meet what you have been led to believe what your shell is worth.Originally Posted by v8van77
HQ Glacier White Belmont Ute
Wanted Lanspeed accessories for Holden Grey engines, twin carb manifolds, extractors, rocker cover, 3 speed floor shift.
Where is it located?
Healsville Vic
Someone should grab this before it disappears....
Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!
3:36 and auto??? And 308?? Wow that would have been slow on the highway. They must have wanted to tow a quad dog behind it.
It is 308, TH400 and 3.08 which was standard driveline on an auto 308 ute or van. The people that bought 308 auto commercials normally wanted them as a tow car, although an XX7 wasn't much good for towing, XU3 was a better idea.
Too far away for me to be seriously interested.
I had marked the ratio for GV4 and not GU4 so yes it is 3.08:1 final drive.
Someone should be all over this down Victoria way.
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