Found this on Lloyds, 308 auto HZ panelvan (not sandman) used as support vehicle in around Australia Trial in 1979, according to the ad one of the actual vans.
There is a member on here with a similar vehicle. Nice piece of history.
https://www.lloydsonline.com.au/LotD...&pgn=2&pgs=100
Wasn't the 1979 Round Australia Trial sponsored by Repco, not Ampol.
AFAIK the last Ampol trial was in the 60s.
Dr Terry
What's the story with the yellow vic plates. vic didn't have yellow plates back in the day.
Len
I would guess the current owner is in VIC and has ordered custom colour plates to resemble the original NSW plates from the 70sOriginally Posted by Len1955
My bad, yes you're right!!
I remember the old Ampol trials very well. My grandmother took first in class and fifth outright in the fifties in a 1927 Rolls Royce of all things. Stayed in the family for forty years. We used to take it on holidays on the odd occasion. Still has its racing livery. Rolls tried to sue my grandmother because you are not allowed to use them in racing events, but that was a whole other story.
B Brown rolls.jpg
Last edited by axistr; 24-05-2021 at 10:32 AM.
Was Blanch Brown your grandmother ?
Dr Terry
Yep,
I'm a Brown.
My aunty on my mums side was Cath Price her navigator and Vince Brown my uncle, real family affair. Actually Vince did most of the driving and my Nanna drove 20-30 percent. Cath Price did the occasional driving stint also. I really miss the old Rolls it was a big part of my life when I was a kid and probably played a big role in me getting into the automotive trade.
Last time I seen the Rolls it was fully restored and back to its original green paint colour. It was in a museum in Sydney near Darling Harbor. Unfortunately closed some years ago and haven't seen it since.
Last edited by axistr; 25-05-2021 at 05:51 PM.
Axistr, your grandmother was a pioneer, woman would have had a hard time getting to participate in those days let alone get in the results!!
Post 15 of this thread has a copy of an original newspaper Holden advert showing a Reliability van with the same rego. I assume it’s the same van??
http://www.mysandman.com.au/forums/s...-sandman/page2
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