Dealer Built Sandman????

[Sandaro]

Obviously someone's done up a HZ to look like a HJ Sandman. The dealer bit is a bit of a tall story...unless we're taking a used car dealer in the 90s.

Anyway, as far as I know (please correct me if I'm wrong) Hq/Hj never had the hq/hj style sandman script sticker on the tailgate. I think classis carlectables/trax put the sticker there on their 1/43 models around the late 90s and a few real cars restored following that put them on thinking the 1/43 models were accurate. Probably dates the restoration to that period.

[maxsandman]

What are the chances this is a HJ body with HZ tags, or on HZ chassis? check for matching numbers, then is it a HJ or HX or HZ body?

Id start by looking at the firewall wiring harness hole to see which model it is

cheers
Max

[stickthis]

Obviously someone's done up a HZ to look like a HJ Sandman. The dealer bit is a bit of a tall story...unless we're taking a used car dealer in the 90s.

Anyway, as far as I know (please correct me if I'm wrong) Hq/Hj never had the hq/hj style sandman script sticker on the tailgate. I think classis carlectables/trax put the sticker there on their 1/43 models around the late 90s and a few real cars restored following that put them on thinking the 1/43 models were accurate. Probably dates the restoration to that period.

Correct. No tailgate "sandman" decal from factory.

Are the stripes printed onto clear? Or are the cut out from black vinyl (stickers)

1900kg gvw? Are you sure its not 1950kg?

Tags sound to be an XU4.