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    panama hz van

    i bought this as a 253 trimatic in 2002
    and bought a stato nose cone
    gts mirrors , hz gts dash ,gts guards and 15 inch pontiac wheels

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    stripped it in dec 03 and then had a son bought a house built a hz 1 tonner to do the house duty trip runs or bunnings
    and slowly progressed and have got side tracked over the years with other stuff
    now runs a 308 with l34 heads big cam m21 3:08 sails
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    That's one nice looking replica, excellent job on it.
    4/75 HJ XX7 Sandman Panelvan ... Persian Sand currently restoring
    7/76 HX Monaro 4dr 308 4sp... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell.. SOLD
    3/77 HX Sandman Panelvan ... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell .. SOLD

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    Excellent work, well done.
    "Proud To Be An Old Fart".

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    Very impressive, did you paint all the hang on panels on a different day and if you did, is there any colour varience.
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    we painted the panels 2 years after the body was done as my father inlaw had taken on other paying restos
    and i was waiting for him and doing house renos but there is no colour diffrence it all came out of the same tin

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    Good work!

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    The bodies were always painted separately to the front panels, sometimes in another State.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
    The bodies were always painted separately to the front panels, sometimes in another State.
    Shit! Thats a fair effort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hzvan View Post
    we painted the panels 2 years after the body was done as my father inlaw had taken on other paying restos
    and i was waiting for him and doing house renos but there is no colour diffrence it all came out of the same tin
    Thats good to know! thanks
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    It is just how they were done for HQ-HZ. Body was painted and hard trimmed in the Body Assembly Plant. This is where the BODY tag was fitted. Then it was shipped to the Vehicle Assembly Plant where the front subframe (or entire chassis for commercials) complete with engine and box were fitted and front panels painted and fitted. In some cases the VAP was local to the BAP. In other cases like Dandenong vans, Pagewood HJ-HZ vans and all Mosman park assembled vehicles the VAP was in another State.

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