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The avatar is me in 1974 with my new van on the foreshore on the Gold Coast (Miami Beach). Nineteen years old and a brand new Sandman - pretty sweet in hindsight. The new van is one that Byron rescued from the Gilgai wreckers a few years back (white van on trailer). It was a Sydney build early 1974 Sandman. I have since tracked down and spoken to the wrecker who gave me the owners name and address in Gilgai. The owner drove the van to the wreckers and sold it. The wrecker drove the van into the yard and stripped off the GTS bits to fit onto a ute which was then resident in Yamba. Byron and a friend came along and saved it from becoming a ute - thanks Byron!
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