No such thing as HJ Kingswood van. HJ van with headlining is most likely a Sanmdan. Standard engine for early HJ Sandman van was a 173. I'd be 99% sure it is.
No such thing as HJ Kingswood van. HJ van with headlining is most likely a Sanmdan. Standard engine for early HJ Sandman van was a 173. I'd be 99% sure it is.
...and that's exactly why one should read the original post properly
Shame about the sky light! I guess owners do what they need to do, and don't worry about it.
"Proud To Be An Old Fart".
Where's the pics Vombil? :(
Originally Posted by HK1837
Byron this van was a kingswood, and deffo HJ, but maybe it just had kingswood badges, it certainly didn't have a GTS dash, but I think it had a hoodlining right through....it had a 202 three on the tree, until the motor was changed to a 308 4spd out of a wreck of a HX sandman...
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
That looks nice - just the old retro look of the photo is nice.
I don't know when the 8WN70 plate came in to existence, Byron do you know?
Definitely not before middle 1976.
HX. No such thing as a HJ Kingswood van. Full length headlining was only available in HJ as part of the comfort package which was headlining and carpet. This was standard with HJ Sandman. I'd have to check further but i'm pretty certain it was not available outside of Sandman unless some sort of special order.
that was a HJ byron, it was built in 1975, was owned by ex BF, the one I had to take out the mattress before was allowed to the drive in hehe....but maybe it wasn't a kingswood...I am actually looking out for that van in Forbes, the last owner I knew of was a shearer, and he didnt' know who had it after him....
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
It can't have been a HJ Kingswood van, there was none until HX. It might have been a HX with a HJ grille? Did it have the wide speedo or was it like HX and HZ? It has no side rubbing strips which were standard on HJ-HX Kingswood (HJ ute only) either. HGC plates is right for HJ though.
I know it was a very late model HJ so nearly a HX, and you would know better than I, so it can't have been a kingswood...can't remember the dash at all, but def was not a GTS as his dream was to put one in it...he lowered it, and put the v8 4spd, then got over it, and bought a premier, which was a v8 auto...and was an ugly brown metalic colour...then we split, and I met Rodney who had a Sandman, so I moved up in the car world..lol....(something funny I remembered the other day about driving ex BF van about) I used to drive it as a V8 should have been driven, a couple of guys I overheard saying to him that he didn't get under it enough, and I did, maybe that caused him to sell it...lol...
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
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