Yes, that was my dillema. They only built the AWD Holden 1-tonner as a V6, hence why I bought the Cross8 - just put up with the dual cab. Got to 5 years old though and not tax effective anymore. I loved the Overlander too, but as an everyday driver bits were getting too hard to find. I had plans to put a BBC in it, but just wasn't worth the effort. I even considered buying a close to new 3.0L Patrol ute, and scrapping the 3.0L for a 6.0L GenIV V8. Was too dear to do it though, cheaper to buy a LC but alas the V8 is a damn diesel so no go there either!
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put a Holley on, then took it off as still used a tonne of fuel....then when the baby was 5 days old the motor which we had just completely rebuilt had the valve stick open and hit the piston and a week later the other side went as well...the guy that did the heads had never seen that happen before, and re did them at no cost except we had to put it all back together. Once we had paid off the house we bought a brand new EB Falcon XR8 which was the first ford V8 in 10 years, cheaper to run, powerful, and a dream to drive, and never broke down....since then we have bought new xr8's and traded the old one about every 6 years....now we have a GT falcon. We dislike commodores although we had them for wedding cars, just never really got the go of them. We did however buy a cross 8 which was great for 4wheel driving, ute back for Rodney's work, fitted the kids in the back for holidays, and had a load of power, sounded great once we modified the exhaust. It did have transmission issues which was replaced under warranty. Sadly the middle east crises put an end to paying for all that fuel, so got a 6 cylinder ute...and I have a jeep, the GT is too nice to have for a daily, and I did suggest we sold it, but got shot down in flames. To sum it all up we loved our original sandman,it never gave an ounce of trouble, and have bought two to restore, and will drive them about once finished, we can see fix most problems with the motor, but after 1978 we have gorrn to the dark-side. 
I willl be wearing a Ford Shirt at Bathurst but might have to borrow one from Richard davidson coz I still love the good old holden.
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