Hi all,
Been looking at this great forum for a while and decided I better sign up and say G,day.

It all started for me in the Chrissy holidays of 1978 when I was bundled off down the south coast to my nans beach house for the holidays. I made friends with the local supermarket owners 18yo son who just received from his Dad, an XB or XC sundowner van with the camping option including a pop top. (Yep a wind up top with canvas type sides) Never seen one since!
Anyway as I was only 14, I though it was the coolest thing ever to be a side kick in this cool van until one day we went into town and then I spotted it................... A Jasmine yellow HZ Sandman van in full trim and glory. From that moment I always wanted one.
Anyway, over the years I have owned a few HZ vans, HQ 1 tonner, HG broughm, FC ute and a few others not worth mentioning here but never a real sandman.
About 10 years ago I found one. A HZ that I started to restore but got fairly side tracked once my kids got older. I recently put it on Ebay to sell it but ended up pulling the auction and decided to keep going on it. I was also shocked at how popular they are now. I have posted a few pictures in the gallery section labled "XX7 L31 M21 windowless" if you are keen for a look.

So here I am. I'm looking forward to hanging out here with all the Sandman mined people. I am sure I will have a ton of questions for the Sandman Gurus. Hopefully I will be able to post up some progress pictures in the near future.

Cheers for now,
Chris