Tail gate badges

**KRUIZ** · 07-07-2011, 10:11 PM

hi can anyone give me some addvice as i have striped the tail gate on my 4/76 kingswood maybe sandman ute and it has the provision for
one two prong badge on the left which i beleive wood have been v8 and one two prong badge on the right which i beleive would have been
5.0 litre and then one in the centre which has been a three prong badge these holes are factory would it have been kingswood. thank youSANDMAN TAGS.jpg

**ozbox** · 07-07-2011, 10:19 PM

its the elusive metal HOLDEN badge unique to hj utes n vans...ebay is your freind..they pop up now and then but are usually quite hard to get.

**wbute** · 07-07-2011, 10:25 PM

Did any kingswood sandman get the kingswood badging? HZ had the rts badge on the left.

**HK1837** · 07-07-2011, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

Did any kingswood sandman get the kingswood badging? HZ had the rts badge on the left.

Yes, as they were Kingswoods before Sandmans. HQ also got Belmont badge and HJ got HOLDEN.

**Blocker** · 07-07-2011, 11:03 PM

HK1837 I'm a visual guy and maybe some others are like me. I've got thoughts on putting a graphical timeline together (basic) that shows the series, mid series updates and naming changes. What do you think?

**KRUIZ** · 07-07-2011, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by HK1837

Yes, as they were Kingswoods before Sandmans. HQ also got Belmont badge and HJ got HOLDEN.

so left to right would i have v8, holden,5.0

**Absinth** · 07-07-2011, 11:31 PM

V8 badge was HQ. Your tailgate sounds like a HZ Kingswood one. 2 prong RTS badge on the left, 3 prong kingswood badge in the middle and 2 prong engine capacity badge on the right.HOLDEN badge has two prong mounting.

**KRUIZ** · 07-07-2011, 11:40 PM

parts painted.jpg parts painted.jpg body 2.jpgmy progrese so far i think that to bad since i have only owned the car for ten days, i will paint the body tomorrow

**wbute** · 08-07-2011, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by HK1837

Yes, as they were Kingswoods before Sandmans. HQ also got Belmont badge and HJ got HOLDEN.

What I meant was did any Kingswood based sandmans get the kingswood badge? It seems to me the tailgate on Kruizs ute is a kingswood tailgate due to all the extra holes.

Also, badge holes are meaningless really, plenty of people put badges on to "upgrade" there utes/vans. My WB now has a 4.2 litre badge cause I like them. Its on the wrong side because WB had the Kingswood badge on the right hand side of the tailgate.

The other point would be the second most common repair to a Holden ute would be a re-skinned tailgate. Every second person either dropped the tailgate onto the tow ball or backed them into something. Badges could have easily been deleted or put on incorrectly by panel beaters.

**jennie285** · 08-07-2011, 07:29 AM

Love the progress Kruiz...we could do everything but the panel work....(rather Rodney could) which seems to be the most time consuming....look forward to more pics.

J and R