sandman yoot with balls

[Deleted]

Here's a tow car ideal for towing ya late sixties tandem axle ali vintage van ;D

I drove to Mandurah yesterday to pick up some vintage van memorabilia from a bloke that phoned me ......the shed at the rear of the 1 acre property had the door slightly ajar, ......and eye spyed with my little eye ....... a yoot ......... his son's HQ ute .....January 1972 build, and a genuine Sandman .......with some tasteful mild improvements ;D ;D



H J prem front end












but all was not right .....the wheels and their offset were wrong











turned out our genuine sandman is a "gassed beast" .......running a gas dedicated 350 Chev stroked to 383, a Mustang 5 speed close ratio box, and an 8 bolt Corvette diff with shortened axles ....... supposedly pumping out 400 hp

Whata toy














120 litre gas tank




HJ GTS dash .......not much HQ left in this car








With a driveline like that, I reckon I'd tow the vintage van to the caravan park in town, unhook ......and go find the nearest quarter mile drag strip for a bit of R & R ;D ;D ;D ;D


And .....all yours ......for 16 big ones



Mark

[Surf Tragic]

Thats one mean ute alright

Did they make Sandmans for a few years?

In the building gang I worked with in Gympie, the Boss's son had one, it was a very distinct vehicle, (they made sure of that) and he had it a while before I left in Aug '71.

Surf Tragic

[Hillbilly]

WOW

Now thats a mean Sandman........I want it...!!

Would be a little frightening towing the 58 Modern or the Sunliner with all that grunt under the hood.....

Hillbilly ;D ;D

[cobber]

Yeah OK..... nice tow car Mark but................. what about the

"vintage van memorabilia",

eh?

Cobber.

[Deleted]

"Yeah OK..... nice tow car Mark but................. what about the
Quote:
"vintage van memorabilia",
eh?

Cobber."

Go back ta bed Albert..



this is serious secret mens business.... No place for .. Dirty.... Dirty.. Dirty...old men... and 15" crossplys

'Arold Steptoe Esq

Ahemmmm.. Mark .. thanks for the pichas .. ;D ;D ;D

[Jennison]

Hi Surf T, are you sure with your 1971 date there?
Sandmans definitely did not come out before HQs(1972) and as a matter of fact, to tell the truth, I am very sure that HJ (1975) was actually the first model factory optioned as a s/man.
(I know a fella who can definitely answer that one so I will ask him)
Another thing that makes me suss of its s/man originality is that it has an HZ (RTS-radial tuned suspension -1978) GTS dash in it. Very nice looking car though but it definitely needs the genuine GTS steering wheel to complete the picture for my money. The one on it is a standard HJ/HZ wheel.
He may have told Mark its an original s/man but the more I look, I think not, just a very nice build (72 chassis,75/78 nosecone/grill, steering wheel, 76-78HX/HZ steering column (identifiable by single top tag keyhole and indicator stalk- HQ/HJ had tag top and bottom of keyhole) and 78 dashboard)............?
jennison

[cobber]

WHAT ABOUT THE VINTAGE VAN MEMORABILIA !!

[Jennison]

Yeah Dave , checked on wikipedia last night after I opened my big mouth!! First sandmans produced were indeed HQ but in 1974 - agreed, its a nice looker!
jennison
Sorry Cobber, back to the VV memorabilia!!!!??

[Jennison]

Yeah Dave i was'nt trying to be pedantic. (we have enough of that without me adding to it!!)
It was just the fact it was priced and for sale to Mark as "an original" that prompted me to pipe up.
Genuine s/mans are now one of the most collectable holdens of that era. Not many around now at all as most sooner or later ended up as workhorses.
I am currently negotiating on a s/man van (with log books and receipts etc still in the glovebox ) at the moment - even has factory aircon to boot!! Right now its been rotting for 12/18 months in a paddock but its still in reasonable nick!! Fortunately being a canberra region car ,rust has not yet got to it (just the sun and heat)!!!
I will send poor Donr a photo if he can find time to post it for me
regards

[Surf Tragic]

Hi Jennison

I just rang the Bosses son in Qld as we do that every so often, he said he had a HQ ute about 4 years then the Sandman HJ in '75, a coppery gold colour when he visited us in Vic later, so just got the years wrong, sorry for the (my) confusion.

Hope the Sandman van deal goes thru for you & we get some pics. ;D

Surf Tragic

[Daggsey]

The only a minor detail as far as towcars go that I could see..............it aint got a TOWBAR ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Daggsey the pedantic one