It could be anything, but it's not going to have HJ gear from the dealer. It's over 40 years old, it's been through a lot in that time and could have had any number of "upgrades".
Absinthe is in my Dulon paint code book for 1974 and your tags are more reliable than the "expert" that told you it's wrong.
It never fails to amaze me how people grasp onto a crumb of information and build a story from it. Your ute is a late HQ and a lot of stuff like paint colours didn't follow models, they were just updated annually regardless of model.
My dad had an LH Torana that was 1974 and it was Absinthe and I'll bet we have someone on here with a HQ van or ute in Absinthe as well.
Sounds like a nice ute, drive it and enjoy it and don't worry about things that don't matter.
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