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[Kiwivan]

Good stuff Kiwivan,

Nice looking van, will be good to see some more pics, sorry but i don't envy you with fuel prices there, is it on gas ?

Nah it is on Petrol.
But we are lucky,It will cost us $140 a year for full insurance,$240 for rego,And that will drop soon to $90 as it will be a classic,So I do not mind paying 1.80 a litre.
As for the engine yes it is the original,Even the radio is,Which I will remove with something a bit better.
Our brock which is insured for 52k costs us $156 a year to insure with no excess,and once I put a GPS in the van there will be no excess on it as well.Currently it will be a $100,So it is not that expensive.

Cheers Marty

[jennie285]

As for the engine yes it is the original,Even the radio is,Which I will remove with something a bit better.

Cheers Marty

Here we all are repairing dashes and putting in the original radio and you have an original how lucky are you.....put yours on ebay and get one which has been cut out, (dash) you should make some $$$$ if you do change the radio
Good find for your van

[L31 Sandman]

Mate, leave the radio right where it is, and rig up an ipod setup, thats what I plan to do, the news is always shit and I always chop and change the radio channel for a good song. IPOd it.

[Kiwivan]

I take it that it is an Am push button radio,Can you still get it to receive an ipod signal.
I thought they were just FM??

Cheers Kiwivan

[HK1837]

Put another in the glovebox! Leave the AM for show.

[kaido17]

the photo on trademe.nz of the id tag looks to me like wn70 which is definately not a sandman

[Kiwivan]

I am only going by the details he provided,We thought it was a Kingswood van(I used our land transport records)We are not fazed by what is is or is not.I was not to happy with the pics he provided and that is why I went thru land transport.For the price we paid and for it being a 5 litre 4 speed we are quite happy.When it arives we will put up full details,As for the van we will be mildley customising it.Here in NZ we do not get a lot of vans coming up for sale,And in the end beggers cannot be choosers.

Cheers Kiwivan

[Kiwivan]

the photo on trademe.nz of the id tag looks to me like wn70 which is definately not a sandman

Can now confrim that is correct,She is a Kingswood,But a 2 seater with a GVM of 2200kg.
Overall it is in great condition,Just the doors and the tailgate.Have taken her down to the painters for a look over,And right there and then!We decided to paint her a different colour.His exact words it has to be in your face colour! It will be Mint green,As she is not genuine we can do with her what we want,It is a factory 5 litre 4 speed with gts dash and rostyles.At the moment it is at the work shop just to make sure she is road worthy.it was throwing some water out but have changed the radiator cap and all is fine.Tomorrow will do the rear gearbox seal,Replace all the fluids check brakes and suspention(rides really high)Will lower that.What is the max width tryes you can put on those rims??
Will do a compression test as well as check the oil pressure.just want to make sure all is good.

Cheers Kiwivan
ps any recomendations for lowering and how far before you get into any problems.And for lowering the front is it just a change of springs.Also rubber or nolathyne??(for bush's)