Agree with you there Wombat, 01/74 build should still have the vents on the side panels. Didn't think they changed until around April/May 74.

Says tags have never been removed yet no pictures of tags..... think I'd want to check it out in person before bidding as nothing on that van is original except maybe the dash but probably not.

I'd say it was stripped years ago for parts, someone has found the shell, found out it was a Sandman and collected all those parts to assemble it back together and like a lot of projects ran out of time or money. Quite a bit of rust in it in places.

Still be a beauty when restored.