One of my HX vans was originally antelope (metalic gold), it had so many good bits pilfered off it before I got it, and so much rust work attempted, it was losing much originality for a purist. I'f I'd decided to stay with the antelope, then this would have restored at least some of that. Despite this, I still decided not to, for two reasons; 1. antelope has seemed to fade and then rust pretty easy in many 70s Holdens at my personal observation; 2. It's not the most popular colour for a van; 3. (yeah ok I can't count) I always wanted an orange or green one... or maybe blue or yellow, or... ok I'll stop here. So orange for HX is papaya, but, I didnt want papaya, and I ended up going for valencia (an HZ colour) but, it is a classic colour.
My other HX is much more original and was originally Tuxedo black, (currently is red) and I will be going back to black.
If I had a standard (non sandman) H series van I'd think about a deep maroon with blackouts in hard shiny two pack, or gunmetal grey with GTS guards and blackouts and like 6 coats of clear! That always looked good (I reckon anyway).
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