It would have been for me! You couldn't order a HX Sandman as delete stripes either, and I think this was the driver behind DL7 becoming available on HZ. Personally my preference would have always been for a Sandman over a Holden or Kingswood but in HX I would have taken a Kingswood to avoid the stripes. HJ if I ordered new i'd just have asked for them not to be fitted, but would have taken one if they'd already been done as HJ stripes are not that in your face. HZ I would have just ordered it as DL7, although the Kingswood ute is more appealing in some ways as it doesn't have the twin headlight nose or the chin spoiler of the Sandman. In those times I would have been more about making the car look plain to avoid scrutiny rather than not liking the look of the HZ Sandman!