Barry's HJ Ute

[Valencia]

Just do it Barry you only live once

[Frosty]

Just do it Barry you only live once

Just do it Gene, you only live once

[Vombil]

Just do it Gene, you only live once

'quote of the week'

[Valencia]

Just do it Gene, you only live once

Bit of my own medicine i spose yeah i hear Frosty once i get rid of that other project

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That's the Kingswood. None on the one on front cover.

HJ ute brochure 10/74 says, tonneau with lash down fittings standard on Kingswood, optional on Holden ute

Go to the home page here green HQ sandman ute with tonneau cover thats what the brochure says

[Sandaro]

Go to the home page here green HQ sandman ute with tonneau cover thats what the brochure says[/QUOTE]

Yeah I know the one your talking about. If you go to the home page and look at the front cover of the same brochure (main image panelvan) there is a smaller image of a ute in the top right corner without tonneau or hooks.

[SLR_dave]

Intersting read, what then was the tonneau option for HJ Sandman? Clips or hooks?

I prefer the look of the raised tonneau over the flat look, and the hooks are pretty easy to use, I've seen a few clip on tonneaus with tears round a clip or two in one corner too. Always made me grimace a bit undoing the clips on a friends EH when genuinely working (and say its raining) and unloading quickly. (Whats a tonneau for a mates car worth if you tear it?!! ouch)

Still re-drilling would be a potentially tricky job I imagine, (unless they are just bogged, then you could gently knock/abrade em out - working blind up inside the cavity - maybe??)

So perhaps a question is, was there a flat tonneau option on HJ Sandman? If so maybe its orig and there are no hook holes there anyway. Or if there was a nill tonneau option for HJ, maybe there was no tonneau originally and the clip on tonneau is after market, - if so thats easy, keep em as is, (or go back to orig and lose the tonneau).

[wbute]

Intersting read, what then was the tonneau option for HJ Sandman? Clips or hooks?

I prefer the look of the raised tonneau over the flat look, and the hooks are pretty easy to use, I've seen a few clip on tonneaus with tears round a clip or two in one corner too. Always made me grimace a bit undoing the clips on a friends EH when genuinely working (and say its raining) and unloading quickly. (Whats a tonneau for a mates car worth if you tear it?!! ouch)

Still re-drilling would be a potentially tricky job I imagine, (unless they are just bogged, then you could gently knock/abrade em out - working blind up inside the cavity - maybe??)

So perhaps a question is, was there a flat tonneau option on HJ Sandman? If so maybe its orig and there are no hook holes there anyway. Or if there was a nill tonneau option for HJ, maybe there was no tonneau originally and the clip on tonneau is after market, - if so thats easy, keep em as is, (or go back to orig and lose the tonneau).

Never a flat tonneau on HQ to WB as original. They were rope on ones.
As for which came standard with a cover Byron would know. HZ Sandman did though.
I thought they all had the tonneau hooks on them. I recall this already being discussed but I can't find the conversation on here.
Flat tonneau is like cutting the gutters off a van in my opinion. It's only my opinion though so use which ever you like but if you want original then lose the flat tonneau.

[Nocturne]

I recall this already being discussed but I can't find the conversation on here.

Here's the tonneau thread:

http://www.mysandman.com.au/forums/s...au-Cover/page6


Did Belmont / Holden level have the hooks fitted as standard?

[Innuendo]

Tonneau's were an option (E93). Although; like all models coming to an end GMH had a habit of including what was previously an option as standard fair to help sell product or compete with the opposition.

[wbute]

Tonneau's were an option (E93). Although; like all models coming to an end GMH had a habit of including what was previously an option as standard fair to help sell product or compete with the opposition.

This is incorrect and had been discussed here before. They were standard on HZ Sandman and all Kingswoods, so standard on HJ Sandman ute. I would put money on them being standard with HX Sandman too.