put up some pictures this will decide what really is no one here can really help until that happens
put up some pictures this will decide what really is no one here can really help until that happens
Hi fellas,
I really appreciate your input and yes it was my mistake sending the details of 2 cars both of which I'm looking at as options.
I contacted Ben at Holden Historical Services and both vehicles are genuine Sandmans if the chassis rail numbers match, which I'll have the sellers check.
This in mind, it seems the HJ and HX overlap is credible, so again idiosyncrasies of the Sandman prevail.
To those out their looking for peace of mind $90 can provide with the Holden database check by Ben, I thoroughly recommend it and without the fellow enthusiasts on this forum, I may have stumbled buying a non genuine vehicle.
If Ben is telling you "This in mind, it seems the HJ and HX overlap is credible, so again idiosyncrasies of the Sandman prevail." then he is full of BS as well. I suggest he isn't saying any such thing!Originally Posted by Alex007
A HJ is a HJ and tagged as such and the same for a HX. Parts overlap and that's about it.
well said and thats a fact
What his services have confirmed is that the compliance is in Oct 75 and that the 'F' in the ID tag 8M70RF J503296J specifies 1976 and that the compliance and ID tags are from one vehicle ie. confirmed in the data base that all tags are associated with one vehicle, therefore tags have not been fraudulently combined.
Do you still disagree with the above ?
Its common knowledge that the new model year (designated by the letter you refer to) starts in the last quarter of the current year, but this has nothing to do with change of models in regard to hj to hx.
I nearly purchased a sandman van which had unfortunately been cut down to a ute ,was a late 1975 hj had a f in skinny tag representing 1976 model as the 76 model was released late 75 so they were stamped with an f ,i at first thought it was a dodgy as it had the right hand tag stamped from the top ,which is what adelaide did and the other tags were stamped from behind ,it turned out to be a genuine sandman late 75 adelaide built body assembled in dandenong .
Last edited by Kingsandman; 23-08-2015 at 11:12 PM.
As Sandaro has already pointed out Model Year for Holden finishes in the last quarter of the year. Even though a car is built in the last part of say '75 it is in fact a '76 model. As I have stated before a HJ is a HJ and HX is something different even if built in the same year. They will not have been built in the same Model Year.
Here is a link to add to your confusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...cles_by_series
Last edited by Innuendo; 24-08-2015 at 12:42 AM.
Ok so since the model is a HJ8WM70 it's a HJ right?
Yep, definitely HJ. Which I think is more desirable than HX, at least they had guard flutes.
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