Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
N66 rims have no relevance to GVW, only the tyres. The only heavy duty rims were on a cab-chassis. N66 rally rims were optional on any ute or van regardless of whether it was a 15.5, 14.5 or 10cwt load capacity.

People did care very much in the States where rego was based upon load carrying capacity, that is why XU4 were ordered and the new lower GVW Sandman package created in late 1975.
I was only 17 when I got my 1st van and I had no idea (nor cared) what the load carrying capacity was. I paid the rego and drove the van. I think most people that bought a Sandman bought it for what is was, not because it had a lower rego cost.

Holden just needed to fit a wheel that looked better than a standard wheel and hubcap to go with the sports image, so the GTS wheel was the obvious choice. As I mentioned on other threads, almost everyone pulled off the GTS wheels and fitted mags straight away, in fact I had a bloke at my local servo offer me a set of 5 GTS wheels with the original tyres that he took off his Sandman when it was new and he has had them in the shed ever since. $800.00 seems like a good price to me!