Sandman Register

[James]

What's the best way to send tag info to you for the "Sandman Register"?
Is there any other info you need as well?

[HK1837]

Either PM it or email to holden@monaroparts.com.

I record chassis and engine numbers, GVW, seat capacity, MM/YYYY, VIN, all BODY plate details, firewall numbers off Pagewood HQ vans and utes + Pagewood HJ-HZ vans, cowl numbers off Elizabeth HQ-HJ utes and vans + Pagewood & Dandenong vans with them, origional number plates if known and tyre placard numbers.

I modified the Databse a bit last night so it is easier to count. Numbers as of this morning are:

403 Sandmans;
28 possibles (ones I cannot pick or are for example metallic paint on a HQ but no XX7 on the BODY plate);
73 non-Sandman utes and vans (I record these too especially where they have their original engine number details);
2 specials (the E'wet and the other 350 powered HQ Kingswood ute).

Of the 403 Sandmans recorded):

HQ:

180 - 0
280 - 3
380 - 0
480 - 7
170 - 1
270 - 31
Plus 1 x XX7 ute, model unknown and 1 x XX7 but model unknown.

HJ:

Ute - 11
Van - 92
Kingswood ute - 24

HX:

Ute - 22
Van - 91

HZ

Ute - 22
Van - 97

Sort of shows you why I want a HQ or HJ Sandman ute, but finding a 308 auto example in the condition I want is near impossible with only 11 of each series recorded so far!

[mauser]

wow, thanks Byron. Those are interesting statistics. Wonder where all the utes have gone. :-)

Is the 1 6cyl HQ PV the one advertised on Fastlane I assume?


Mauser

[HK1837]

No idea. Some of the "possibles" are 6cyl HQ's too.

[mr.jones]

Byron do you have the colour and trim recorded for the 2 350 utes?

[HK1837]

No, just the VINS, completion dates etc from the service/warranty records.

[GNW1974]

No, just the VINS, completion dates etc from the service/warranty records.

any idea which state they were sold in? A very,very good friend of mine in Perth said to me that a guy he worked with had a 350 HQ, which he said he had bought new. This would have been around 1978 in the Dalwallinu area when my friend started working there.
I also worked with another guy in CBH Ltd in Lake Grace WA in 1985 who had a 350 HQ ute, GTS guards and all, looked really good. No idea if it was genuine though.

[mauser]

firewall numbers off Pagewood HQ vans and utes + Pagewood HJ-HZ vans, cowl numbers off Elizabeth HQ-HJ utes and vans

I have seen the numbers on the firewalls of HQ's like I think HK.T.G had... but what is a cowl number and where do you find it? (somewhere on the cowl...yes but where.lol)

Mauser

[mr.jones]

Cowl no. on Adel bodies is usually alongside the body plate on the passenger side.