Quote Originally Posted by HQ Freek View Post
That was 107 probables (vans and Utes) so not 100% survival rate....
I like how people just make up stats like a 90% attrition rate or my old man worked at holden and I remember loads on the lot 44 years ago when I was a kid at one particular dealership and extrapolate a stat from that.
The Mysandman website and a lot of other publications say only 100 rumoured to be built so I’m sticking with that.
Of course I would because I have a vested interest. Guess we will never know.
Anyway, the van is no longer on carsales. I wonder if it sold and when it will pop up again. ��
The mysandman website has always stated there was no record of numbers built, not probably 100. There is no doubt that a HQ Sandman is a rare car in 2018. No one is disputing that, and that will keep their value high.

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Quote Originally Posted by Big Rob View Post
And the big killer of a car model is when the teenagers get hold of them....
Vans were THE teen choice of the 70's so were doomed to a high attrition rate. Couple that with the fact that when a new model comes out the old devalues fast and the customising scene was at it's peak, sending even more vans down the one way path to hell.
Cheap, used V8 vans (possibly Sandmans) fell into the hands of P platers and inexperienced drivers and were written off at a high rate...
I'd be shocked if 10% survived in any decent condition today.
I agree 100%.