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    Gavin and Debbie Herron's HJ Belmont van.

    Donna and I took Gavin and Deb to Canberra yesterday to pick up their latest purchase, a stock standard one owner HJ Belmont van. 202/3-speed with bench seat and radio-delete. Chamois with Chamois interior. A few battle scars but zero rust that I could see.
    The van had sat in a shed for about 20 years but ran pretty well. We stopped on the way back when the points closed up due to a dry distributor cam, but that was an easy fix and the rest of the trip home was uneventful.20160217_130213.jpg20160217_130231.jpg20160217_130239.jpg20160217_130251.jpg
    Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!

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    What a beautiful stocker. That original paint too? Very well looked after

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    Wow you don't find to many of them around anymore nice pick up

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    Thats a corker but how did it end up with a wb badge on the tail gate? They have done very well indeed!

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    Quote Originally Posted by seavan View Post
    Thats a corker but how did it end up with a wb badge on the tail gate? They have done very well indeed!
    Correct for hj, except at that stage it was a hj badge

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    OK nobody else is going to correct it - Commercial Belmont finished with HQ.
    From that point on the base model was simply called a Holden. So this is a HJ Holden Panel Van not a HJ Holden Belmont Panel Van.
    The tailgate badge is 100% HJ correct.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Innuendo View Post
    OK nobody else is going to correct it - Belmont finished with HQ.
    From that point on the base model was simply called a Holden. So this is a HJ Holden Panel Van not a HJ Holden Belmont Panel Van.
    The tailgate badge is 100% HJ correct.
    haha you sound like HK1837... always correcting our Holden grammar (and rightly so) :-)


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    Does the badge attach only with double sided tape or does it have prongs?
    Because that thing has got to go!.... Why Holden would stick a badge right in the middle of the tailgate is beyond me.
    HQ badge positioning was so right, then they started sticking them all over the place!
    Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Rob View Post
    Does the badge attach only with double sided tape or does it have prongs?
    Plate - End Gate HOLDEN Name Plate Panel Van and Ute Part# 9933763
    Clip - End Gate Name Plate Retaining Panel Van and Ute Part# SP1606

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    Thanks. That's a shame...
    He brought it around to my place today after giving it a tune up and I got under it and had a good look. No rust at all anywhere and it just looks all so original. Diff needs tightening up, it has a small leak but nothing drastic. Gearbox is dry as a bone as is the underside of the engine.
    Inside is like a time warp... everything is as it should be and just showing age and wear.
    Cool old stocker.
    Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!

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