HZ Kingswood Panel van - Project

[Robbo]

Good find, with factory air con too. Once lowered they have a great stance, and of course they handle. Your monaro look's very nice, and that would be one of the best WB's I have seen.

Cheers.

[HK1837]

Good find, with factory air con too. Once lowered they have a great stance, and of course they handle. Your monaro look's very nice, and that would be one of the best WB's I have seen.

Cheers.

That isn't totally true Robbo. HZ's actually handle optimally at close to original ride height. If you use lowering stubs you keep the original geometry so they are just as good lowered then as original. But if you use springs that are too low you affect the front suspension geometry too much. In my experience it is only noticable on HZ and WB, HQ-HX handle so bad standard that any change can be better! When you think how much expemse GMH went to to get the HZ to steer properly and think that any of us can improve it by altering the geometry radically it becomes pretty clear.

[Vombil]

That isn't totally true Robbo. HZ's actually handle optimally at close to original ride height. If you use lowering stubs you keep the original geometry so they are just as good lowered then as original. But if you use springs that are too low you affect the front suspension geometry too much. In my experience it is only noticable on HZ and WB, HQ-HX handle so bad standard that any change can be better! When you think how much expemse GMH went to to get the HZ to steer properly and think that any of us can improve it by altering the geometry radically it becomes pretty clear.

ive got a bog stock HZ 6cyl ute with good quality tyres. upper control arm bushes are totally knackered. it handles like a dream!

[Kiwivan]

Just luv the old school look,You cannot go wrong!

Cheers Kiwivan

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Is full roof lining standard in the HZ vans?
Looks like it's been there a while.

[Innuendo]

Is full roof lining standard in the HZ vans?
Looks like it's been there a while.

It is standard on HZ Sandmans and HZ Kingswood Panel Vans.

[HK1837]

It is amazing how good the bodies are on cars from that area. Every car we've got from that area have no rust. So far we've found my yellow GTS327, the yellow 307 HK GTS, a HQ Sandman van and a HZ Sandman van. All have been near perfect rust wise.

[83 WB_Ute]

Awesome buy mate! Its almost the same condition rust wise as my HZ Kingswood windowless van!! and your just down the road too haha

[Cocko750]

Yep not much rust but the chassis and suspension is always shot as I just found a wb I got has one spot of rust in footwell rivers side but chassis is cracked lhs top to bottom one inch holding it together and the roads out here haven't got any betterp