Quote Originally Posted by sanman View Post
I recently bought a VE2 Thunder ute for work. I fitted the ARB canaopy as I need one with side windows as I really do work out of it. I looked at the above canopy but it was not practical for work, but when I retire the car in a couple of years, I might put one on and sell the ARB.

When I bought the Thunder, it got me wondering why they just don't call it a Sandman, like after all it is an optioned up Omega.

Geoff
The S pack utes would have been much closer to a Sandman than a Thunder. Modern day version is VE SV6 and SS. The origional S pack utes introduced at VG ute release was a ute with buckets, floor shift, extra paint, nicer wheels, more instruments, coloured side strips and optional V8. Pretty much the equivalent of the original Sandman package.