Your kidding! For the last two years I have had the same idea kicking around in my read to build a replica of one of the HDT service vans. I have spent the last 15 years building and servicing rally cars and was looking for a project that would combine my rallying and car restoration interests! So two months ago I got the ball rolling on researching the vans. I spoke to some of the HDT team members from the Repco to get there memories of the van where and to see if they could remember what spec they where. The guys tell me there where 4 vans involved in the servicing for the Repco. One was John Sheppard's race team van from Victoria, the other Marlboro signed van was the rally teams regular service van and there where two one plain white vans with less prominent signage than the two 'regular' vans. I would assume that Holden would of provide the plain white vans and they would of been given back at the conclusion of the trial. I'm keen to build a replica of the rally van which was not only used for the Repco but used for a number of years after to chase HDT Gemini's around the forest as the team competed in the Australian Rally Championship.
The guys in the know tell me that the van wasn't a Sandman but a normal van with GTS nose and interior which would explain the mirriors and rims that Holden made to order for the team. It also sported one tonne suspension which I assume to mean the rear leaf packs came from a one tonner ute.
So I'm on the lookout for photos of the vans especially photos of the rear of the van and I am also looking for a suitable donor van for the project so if anyone has a HZ they are looking to get rid of.
When it's finished hopefully I'll be able to use it to chase one of the two remaining HDT Repco Commodores on a few historic rallies.

Anthony