Interesting story about production lines in Paigewood

[HK1837]

I don't think that is possible Jennie at least for HJ-HZ as Pagewood never built van bodies. They built their own HQ van bodies, but the HJ-HZ bodies came complete from Elizabeth, painted and hard-trimmed and never went into the Pagewood BAP, they went straight to the VAP. Pagewood did build their own ute bodies for all of HQ-HZ though.
What he might mean is dented utes were finished off on the van line, but this would only be in the VAP.

[GNW1974]

I can tell you nothing has changed, around 2003 I did a heap of access training in Holdens Elizabeth plant one day and when I had to do the pract test on the Boomlift, we had to go to another area in the plant. Here were parked brand new Monaro's with heat lamps as they had repairs done to panels from dents etc. I cant see why this wouldn't still be occurring.

[jennie285]

I don't think that is possible Jennie at least for HJ-HZ as Pagewood never built van bodies. They built their own HQ van bodies, but the HJ-HZ bodies came complete from Elizabeth, painted and hard-trimmed and never went into the Pagewood BAP, they went straight to the VAP. Pagewood did build their own ute bodies for all of HQ-HZ though.
What he might mean is dented utes were finished off on the van line, but this would only be in the VAP.

I am thinking we have the wrong years for this guy I know his age, and think his story is correct, but he would have been there earlier doing his apprenticeship, more likely 72-76, as I remember him painting that windowless yellow van, (I have put pics up here a few times in various threads of three vans together in the 80's),for a friend and he had his own spray painting business....