What is your headlining and sunvisors?. The dashpad should be the same as the headlining, if it is ribbed then you have a long grain dash, if it is sandpaper your dashpad is sandpaper. Having said that, the 8/77 HX Sandman ute I had was ribbed headliner and long grain dash pad in 18V. My understanding was that all HX had long grain and sandpaper didn't come out until the HZ series