My HX Sandman P/Van

**Absinth** · 29-03-2010, 10:06 PM

Well I felt a little energetic today and as I was home by lunchtime from work I thought I would do a bit on the old girl.... the van not the missus...

The previous owner went a little nuts with the Kwik Grip and screws installing carpet on the sides.... the glue isn't a problem but I have a shitload of 1/8th holes to weld up. The good thing is the van appears to have never really carried a load or been used as a work hack because the rear is absolutely dent free.

As can be seen I also removed that beautifully installed sheet steel covering the window holes. 56 bloody pop rivets, some bog and a tube full of white Silicone.

After sanding and grinding all the bog and rubbery crap off I can see why they removed the windows and covered the holes with sheet metal... you guessed it... RUST.... I was considering just fitting glass back in and keeping the windows but there is probably as much work in doing that as making it windowless.

I also pulled out one side of the headlining to see what the roof looked like.... bloody perfect... woohoo

I'll get to the other side on my next early day from work.....

**ozbox** · 01-04-2010, 01:40 PM

absinth...i have been told there is a guy in melbourne with nos side panels at around $390 per side...i think it may be holdent...ive been meening to chase them up and buy some just for the sake of having them....note to self..do next week when im back at work...

i decided to do it right away..he has left hand only around that figure i just stated above and buy the sound of it there is a few..buy 2 left sides and chop one up for the right side..just a thought if your cashed up..

**Absinth** · 03-07-2010, 05:48 PM

When I moved the van under the house the tyres on the mags were flat and I rolled them off the beads so I decided it was time to fit a crappy set of rally II rims I had with tyres on them.

Looks slightly better with it's original style rims...

This side looks better...

Doors are getting pretty bad but I have a couple of decent ones to replace them and another good bonnet as well. A bit of a shame really as all the panels are original to the van and still fitted with the original rubber seals..

**KRUPTOR** · 20-09-2011, 10:27 PM

Very sad to see my old sandman in this condition......

**Rolla** · 20-09-2011, 10:40 PM

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If that came on a climbing helmet i'd be buying that! xD

**KRUPTOR** · 21-09-2011, 12:27 PM

Here are a couple of pics of what it looked like a few weeks after i bought it.I owned it for 2 years i think almost 8 to 9 years ago.When i bought it it had a tired old VC motor in it and 4spd.I rebuilt the blue motor that was in it,i sourced a set of high comp black heads,torker manifold and i rebuilt a rotchester carby for it with the fuel line entering from the side (got it off an old chev).Was abit of a cranky 253 30/70 heatseeker cam,over 10.1 comp i think,had extractors and a full twin 2 1/4inch system.I smashed the 4spd that was in it and was lucky enough to find a trimatic setup very cheap off a mate,so i put that in.

It's in very bad shape but hopefully you can restore her to her former glory.

**Vombil** · 21-09-2011, 02:18 PM

awesome nostaglia there Kuruptor! good detective work

**Blocker** · 21-09-2011, 03:06 PM

Great work mate and we're glad you could find her again!
Absinth has moved down to Mexi... Melbourne. He's been very busy with work lately but he'll see this thread again soon