Nice HQ Sandman - Car Sales 15 March 2018 - Monterey Green White Stripes

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Yeah I don't know. A mate purchased a HJ Sandman in April '75 and without dropping names he was into the Vanning scene in a large way. A member of various van clubs etc.
He didn't even know the HQ Sandman even existed and would tell all and sundry that there was no such thing. If they were everywhere in their thousands this wouldn't have been the case.
I agree 100 is a ridiculous made up myth. But I still think the number was in the hundreds, not thousands. Could very well be high hundreds but I seriously doubt they exceeded the HQ SS numbers.

You only need to ask Byron or Ben for how many are on the registrar vs HJ etc.

While the Vanning scene was hot, it hit a different demographic than the 4 door family sport sedan. It was also only a 10 month run.
Adding the the confusion is the fact the decals were supplied in the glovebox for dealers to fit (or not).
Of course it's all speculation or an educated guess (nobody knows for sure). It makes me think of other limited runs like the XU-1 and their build numbers.....

Sell 50 to 80 units a month? 500 - 800 units over the HQ run Australia Wide.

Holden would have loved to have sold that number of VF Sandman's.

Even if you say 50 dealerships sold 3 a month "every month" for 10 months that's 1500 Sandman's. Sure some would have a sold more, but others would have sold very few and maybe none at all.

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I agree 100 is a ridiculous made up myth. But I still think the number was in the hundreds, not thousands.

While the Vanning scene was hot, it hit a different demographic than the 4 door family sport sedan. It was also only a 10 month run.
Adding the the confusion is the fact the decals were supplied in the glovebox for dealers to fit (or not).
Of course it's all speculation or an educated guess (nobody knows for sure). It makes me think of other limited runs like the XU-1 and their build numbers.....

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