Sandman rims question

**HK1837** · 19-03-2011, 10:15 PM

Tony, they are not SL/E rims as such, they are really GTS rims. Fitted to GTS and Sandman from 9/78. They were also later used on SL/E Statesman from around 5/79 and also optional on WB. All Sandmans from late 9/78 onwards had N67 rims.

**SNDMN** · 19-03-2011, 10:32 PM

G'day Byron, you're right mate, I guess I refer to them as SL/E wheels as thats what I mostly remember them on. But as you say they were really a GTS wheel first then used later on the SL/E. Is there any documentation, brochures or pictures you know of showing a late hZ Sandman fitted with the N67 wheel. All the brochures I have only show the Rally type wheel.

thanks again Tony

**Absinth** · 19-03-2011, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by SNDMN

G'day Byron, you're right mate, I guess I refer to them as SL/E wheels as thats what I mostly remember them on. But as you say they were really a GTS wheel first then used later on the SL/E. Is there any documentation, brochures or pictures you know of showing a late hZ Sandman fitted with the N67 wheel. All the brochures I have only show the Rally type wheel.

thanks again Tony

Old photo showing an original late HZ Sandman van with N67 rims....

Photo of Robbo's old late HZ Sandman ute with original N67 rims.

**jennie285** · 20-03-2011, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by SNDMN

G'day Absinth, do you have an order form, parts book page or spec sheet I can get a copy of to verify the change over date from N66 to N67 wheels. I am wanting to know as much as I can about my Sandman and I love to learn and gather knowledge especially this sort of information on model changes and factory options.

Mine is a 3/79 HZ XX7 van which had N66 Rally wheels fitted on it when I bought it a few years back. Tucked away up under it is what I believe to be its original N67 alloy spare. Whenever I tell people I think it was the original wheel off the van they tell me I'm full of sh*t as Sandmans never came from factory with the SLE wheels on them.

Would appreciate any help verifying this.

thanks heaps Tony

Well Sndmn, our original van was dated 79 also, (we also recently realized it was also XX7 as I kept an old rego which had the number on it which said Brisbane built) and it too came with the mags on it pictured in the thread now and then, and it had a N66 spare, it is actually still out at Rodney's parents farm somewhere, as when we were selling the van, the guy was short some money so we took the spare, Jack, and stereo, which was fitted behind the console, out of the van, am unsure of what he was going to do if he got a flat tyre :shifty: as he wrote it off within months of owning it, I guess it didn't matter....

**Kiwivan** · 20-10-2010, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by agr071

I realise that they had GTS rims as well as the N67 rim in HZ.
BUT was there any other option on rims from factory? (Honeycombs or standard hubcaps)

Dunno about factory but some came out with the snowflake rim.

Cheers Kiwivan

**ozbox** · 21-10-2010, 02:35 PM

snowflake was a pontiac only rim...

**wbute** · 21-10-2010, 02:45 PM

Snowflake might = honeycomb (LE Monaro)?

**ozbox** · 21-10-2010, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

Snowflake might = honeycomb (LE Monaro)?

yeh maybe in kiwi speak..but snow flakes were an alloy rim on pontiacs...

**agr071** · 21-10-2010, 11:12 PM

Anybody live near Sunbury in Vic as there are some Chrome GTS rims for sale.
14 x 7 & 15 x 8 with tyres and caps.
I don't have the spare $$ otherwise i'd bid on them.