HJ XX7 Van

[Absinth]

5/75... Month after mine so should have silver dash fascia. Yes I am still restoring fascias.

Only GTS Monaro and GTS had the stripe down the middle of the seat, Sandman got plain seats.

[No van man]

The majestic vanners have their Van Inn in Albury in the first week of October, the plan is to get the van rego'd and head down.
I'll need to rebuild the engine and brakes blah blah, bog the rust up, chuck a set of tyres on her and hit the road.
it's only around 4000k's return and about 9 weeks away but I'm keen as mustard.
Gaz.
Does anyone have a HJ steering column for sale, for floor shift?

[No van man]

5/75... Month after mine so should have silver dash fascia. Yes I am still restoring fascias.

Only GTS Monaro and GTS had the stripe down the middle of the seat, Sandman got plain seats.

Hi Absinth, yes mate it's 5/75 and as you've pointed out there are no armrests and the fascia is black. Is this definitely incorrect?
If I'm going to tidy it up I may as well do it right, is there anything else that is obviously wrong??
Gaz.

[No van man]

Here you go Byron, the little one is pretty much illegible, i'll grab another when it stops raining.

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I still have to get you the ones from the Brougham.

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I'd be interested in the radiator out of the ute if you do wreck it out, if it still has its HQ 5 row core.

No worries, I've still got another ute to do, a HX. I'll let you know when I decide which way I'm going.

Gaz.

[Sandaro]

Hi Absinth, yes mate it's 5/75 and as you've pointed out there are no armrests and the fascia is black. Is this definitely incorrect?
If I'm going to tidy it up I may as well do it right, is there anything else that is obviously wrong??
Gaz.

I've seen a lot of early HJ Pre 10/75) that missed out on armrests and black fascia I've also seen in hj both early and late, so I wouldn't be stressing if I were you that they are wrong. your car generally looks like it hasn't been stuffed with much.

[No van man]

I've seen a lot of early HJ Pre 10/75) that missed out on armrests and black fascia I've also seen in hj both early and late, so I wouldn't be stressing if I were you that they are wrong. your car generally looks like it hasn't been stuffed with much.

Thanks Sandaro,
The car is fairly untouched, even though the column has been replaced the sellers explanation made sense. However after saying that, the Vehicle Production Report from Ben Stewart showed that the van was also ordered with power steer, which is no longer fitted.
Who knows why these things happen, but pwr steer is an odd thing to remove.
Gaz.

[Vombil]

Thanks Sandaro,
The car is fairly untouched, even though the column has been replaced the sellers explanation made sense. However after saying that, the Vehicle Production Report from Ben Stewart showed that the van was also ordered with power steer, which is no longer fitted.
Who knows why these things happen, but pwr steer is an odd thing to remove.
Gaz.

my HX sandman van had a tree shift column when i got it. previous owner said they went to a local mechanic and thats all he could come up with and it has to be couriered from the city. a very common thing to see in these old girls

[No van man]

my HX sandman van had a tree shift column when i got it. previous owner said they went to a local mechanic and thats all he could come up with and it has to be couriered from the city. a very common thing to see in these old girls

Really! that's great.
I travelled around 750k's return to first look at my van, during the trip up I had pretty much talked myself out of buying it, until I saw it.
I really wanted a HZ and this one had windows, poxy HJ and it was yellow. The old fella I bought it off (nearly 80) didn't know how to send pic's via text or email, so I was flying blind and my imagination was running rampant.
As soon as I saw it, I couldn't believe my luck. I had plans of hearing it run (hadn't been run in 9 years) before I talked money but that went straight out the window.
I just checked to make sure the engine spun by hand, but the authenticity checks did take long.
To find an original paint Brisbane built Sandman, I was stoked.
Gaz.

[No van man]

I liked it with the jelly beans, but I think the GTS rims look even better.
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Gaz