Austral HJ - Project

[Sandaro]

The dash is shown in 2 brochures in HJ that I'm aware of. The Oct 74 one (with the red van and yellow ute at the dunes) and the Feb 76 one (Son of the Beach). Both feature silver dashes and the middle vents. That's not to say the images for the brochures weren't lifted from a HJ GTS file.
Point is if I was restoring one in the last 40 years I might have used that as a reference point and gone silver.

[Absinth]

The dash is shown in 2 brochures in HJ that I'm aware of. The Oct 74 one (with the red van and yellow ute at the dunes) and the Feb 76 one (Son of the Beach). Both feature silver dashes and the middle vents. That's not to say the images for the brochures weren't lifted from a HJ GTS file.
Point is if I was restoring one in the last 40 years I might have used that as a reference point and gone silver.

Dash pictured is of a Kingswood, other pictures in the brochure show Kingswood door trims. This is typical of car manufacturer advertising, using higher spec models.

Read the red outlined green box in the brochure, all brochures have this type of disclaimer.

Brochure pictures should never be used as resources for a specific model restoration project as they cannot be relied upon for accurate representation. A perfect example is the HZ Sandman brochure that pictures a retro fitted Absinth Yellow HX Sandman, you would think HZ Sandman’s came with The silver GTS dash.

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