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  1. 09-08-2015, 08:42 PM #1
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    Well HX LE did have HJ shell with HX firewall fitted so they could have easily done the reverse with HQ vans.... Or just deleted the vents...
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  2. 10-08-2015, 08:20 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    Well HX LE did have HJ shell with HX firewall fitted so they could have easily done the reverse with HQ vans.... Or just deleted the vents...
    That's what I mean. Those HJ shells were built for HJ's and didn't get used before the introduction of HX. Rather than crush the lot they did the modifications to allow them to fit with the new model. I doubt you could ever say the late HQ van bodies were ever built with the intention of being a HJ van. Side panel stamping's possibly, but not the assembled body.

    Really need Byron for this, but does anyone know why the vents were deleted midway through a model run? Was it water ingress issues? Cost saving measures? Design flaws with the newer heating systems? Stamping die wore out and they were planning on deleting for the next model anyway?
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    Quote Originally Posted by playwme View Post
    That's what I mean. Those HJ shells were built for HJ's and didn't get used before the introduction of HX. Rather than crush the lot they did the modifications to allow them to fit with the new model. I doubt you could ever say the late HQ van bodies were ever built with the intention of being a HJ van. Side panel stamping's possibly, but not the assembled body.

    Really need Byron for this, but does anyone know why the vents were deleted midway through a model run? Was it water ingress issues? Cost saving measures? Design flaws with the newer heating systems? Stamping die wore out and they were planning on deleting for the next model anyway?
    Yeah I was being sarcastic.
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  4. 10-08-2015, 07:38 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    Yeah I was being sarcastic.
    Suspected as much , but ya never know around here.

    Think I've been stuck in the city too long. Need to get back out to the farm to recharge my sarcasm detection unit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by playwme View Post
    Really need Byron for this, but does anyone know why the vents were deleted midway through a model run? Was it water ingress issues? Cost saving measures? Design flaws with the newer heating systems? Stamping die wore out and they were planning on deleting for the next model anyway?
    They were deleted about April/May in at least Adelaide but suspect it was when they ran out of HQ side panels and had begun stamping ventless ones maybe in preparation for them removed in the HJ. Mine is 5/74 Adelaide and doesn't have them.


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  6. 10-08-2015, 10:11 AM #6
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    Im sure the progress build photos were uploaded to this site of this van , i remember people commenting on the houndstouth inserts in the seats .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kingsandman View Post
    Im sure the progress build photos were uploaded to this site of this van , i remember people commenting on the houndstouth inserts in the seats .
    Good memory Kingsandman, here it is.

    http://www.mysandman.com.au/forums/s...-my-HQ-sandman
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