It's not a Sandy but......

[jaft]

Why do you think GMH realised there was a market for a sports utility? Remember the concept car was built in 3/72 so they were thinking about it right at the start of HQ. The reason is people were speccing up utes and vans, so they saw a market for it. This will be one of them (just not the GTS guards). There is even solid evidence of dealers (4 in particular) stripping GTS350 coupes and fitting driveline to utes and vans, with the 253 and trimatic going back into the GTS350 coupe to be sold as a new car.

That interesting to hear about dealers removing the GTS Driveline to put into the Utes Vans...
What about the Compliance plates did they change them to identify which one they might have been. How would u tell?

[Robbo]

That's a very good point [MENTION=491]jaft[/MENTION].

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Although I have to say when you bought a new car, the only plates you considered were the registration plates.

[HK1837]

That interesting to hear about dealers removing the GTS Driveline to put into the Utes Vans...
What about the Compliance plates did they change them to identify which one they might have been. How would u tell?

You couldn't tell on a 1971-1972 HQ. A V8 Kingswood ute ordered as 253 column auto would be plated identically to one with a 350 and TH400.

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what date did they start to make hq and what date did they finish? aloso did chasis no start at 0?

Production examples of passenger HQ's started in 5/71 and the last were 9/74. Commercials around 10/71 start.