HX XX7 ute

[Absinth]

Imagine though if it was Durham beige with beige trim - at least it was 18V which looks OK with it.
Stripes would make it uglier again though especially orange/blue/blue on beige - yuk!

Durham Beige would have had DY1 stripes. Brown on brown

One of the nicest looking HJ GTS coupes I ever saw was a chamois car with Chamois trim, the red stripes in the seats and the red GTS transfers and GTS badges looked unreal.

Interior wasn't original if it had a red stripe on Chamios.... red stripe on the seats was only available on GTS with 18V/18X trim code. All the rest were colour coded to the trim.

[Vombil]

The bloke who ordered that one must have wanted a sleeper... or was paranoid it'd be stolen .

[HK1837]

Durham Beige would have had DY1 stripes. Brown on brown



Interior wasn't original if it had a red stripe on Chamios.... red stripe on the seats was only available on GTS with 18V/18X trim code. All the rest were colour coded to the trim.

Dy1, that is even worse!

That's odd about the red stripe on Chamois, this was a 10 year old car maximum. Must have been changed, rest of the car was original though including paint. I've seen another colour too on what is supposed to be an original HJ 4 door that had red stripes. I think it was gazelle trim from memory.

[wbute]

You didn't pay extra. To option up a Kingswood with 4spd, GTS instruments, GTS wheel, N66 rims, buckets you'd pay more. HX Sandmans are essentially a Kingswood anyway with a few options, the only reason they were based upon base vehicle rather than Kingswood is the side and tailgate strips, the rest of the package is all Kingswood (chrome tail-lights, chrome scuff plates, grille, badge, door switches, trim etc).

Thats why I asked if they were dearer or not? If the kingswood was dearer then that makes sense to delete the stripes from the Sandman. Hard to know what the prices were when I was only 6 when they stopped building them!

[HK1837]

I didn't see your first post, makes more sense when I read the first one. I'll also have to look further into the HQ and HJ Kingswood Sandman utes and see what they cost. I imagine that a HJ Kingswood ute optioned with 4spd, GTS dash and N66 rims would still be dearer than a standard HJ Kingswood XX7 which would have all the above plus GTS guards and console. You didn't have to delete stripes on HQ and HJ though, only HX and HZ. On the earlier ones you just didn't put them on.

[wbute]

Fair enough. Is there a recommended retail price for HQ-HZ commercials anywhere or was there no such thing in those days? It would make for an interesting bit of reading.

[HK1837]

They exist, and the options pricing exists, but it did change regularly. I don't have much of it as yet.

[fc.mad]

They exist, and the options pricing exists, but it did change regularly. I don't have much of it as yet.

g day im new to this forum i brought a new 77hx sandman ute jade green 308 4 spd man with no decals we we not surfers hence the reason some of us at the time didnt want strips the ute cost all up $6800 hope that helps cheers kevin

[Absinth]

Fair enough. Is there a recommended retail price for HQ-HZ commercials anywhere or was there no such thing in those days? It would make for an interesting bit of reading.

They exist alright, I'd love to get my hands on all the sandman ones.....

[ambientgoat]

Completely off topic,
but air conditioning is more to option than a 308 T400 combination... wow