Did Holden sell so many genuine sandmans ???

**wbute** · 15-09-2013, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Big Rob

It really doesn't matter how many are left anyway. The ones that are out there are out there, and the ones that are hidden away are there for the next generation to find and enjoy......

The next generation won't know or care what they are.
There is no way of knowing how many were built.

**Big Rob** · 15-09-2013, 10:48 PM

I fear you may be right......

**Matts HX** · 16-09-2013, 10:48 AM

Did non genuine sandmans have the option for blackouts at factory?

**HK1837** · 16-09-2013, 02:51 PM

No, but it is just black paint, applied after the car was painted. So a dealer could have done it.

**mauser** · 16-09-2013, 03:46 PM

Would dealers have been allowed to order a set of stripes, paint some blackouts and sell an optioned Kingsood van as a "Sandman" to a prospective buyers? You would of thought Holden would not of been keen on them optioning up vehicles and then selling them as designated models that the company had done advertising for.

Mauser

**Innuendo** · 16-09-2013, 04:40 PM

Allowed or not it happened a lot.

**HK1837** · 16-09-2013, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by mauser

Would dealers have been allowed to order a set of stripes, paint some blackouts and sell an optioned Kingsood van as a "Sandman" to a prospective buyers? You would of thought Holden would not of been keen on them optioning up vehicles and then selling them as designated models that the company had done advertising for.

Mauser

They did it a lot. Funny that many Sandman buyers didn't want stripes and other non-Sandman buyers wanted them put on! As Innuendo says, sheep (or wannabe's)!

**sandman 78** · 16-09-2013, 08:12 PM

My hz 308 m21 18v was built in dandenong it came out with no stripes

**HK1837** · 16-09-2013, 08:17 PM

DL7 (delete stripes) appears to be the most or close to the most common stripe style in HZ!

**Innuendo** · 16-09-2013, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by sandman 78

My hz 308 m21 18v was built in dandenong it came out with no stripes

That is not uncommon to use the DL7 option for Sandmans to delete the stripes on a HZ as a lot of buyers didn't want the embarrassment. You just had the pay the extra so they didn't fit them.