HJ dual cab!!!!

**Alien DNA** · 17-11-2011, 09:46 PM

Early version of a crewman

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HOLDEN-HJ...item4ab0f11b19

**mauser** · 17-11-2011, 10:00 PM

About as easy to park. All that effort and you stay with Byron's fave speedo. I think I would of GTS'ed the cabin.

Mauser

**V6HQUTE** · 17-11-2011, 10:00 PM

looks allright, better than the ute back version, what do you reckon about the back doors,half front/half back door??? been wondering about one of these recently

**HK1837** · 18-11-2011, 07:29 AM

Not my favourite!
These were built back when WB's were new. Custom Vans and Trucks did features on them in the mid 80's.

**Sandman_77** · 18-11-2011, 08:41 AM

know of the chap been on market a few times and sold but seems he keeps it, i wanted it for a club car, but with the mods cant go on club plates ideal for club car use tidy it up pulls crowds at shows on the club stand and can take 4 - 5 members to swap meets etc and bring home the bacon, great car for that

I too am not a fan of the rear dorrs could have been just wagon doors too easy but that silly dicky window looks just plan ugly

**playwme** · 18-11-2011, 09:00 AM

Ugly, yes , but probably needed to allow the glass room to go up and down. I like how that one uses the tonner rear cab section. Looks a lot better than the others that seem to be a chopped wagon with a sloped rear window fitted in and the rear wheel arches still on the body.

**HK1837** · 18-11-2011, 09:55 AM

From memory they used a wagon or Statesman front cut and a ute or tonner (depending upon which you were building) and mated them together. Doors were front rear halfs joined to wagon/statesman rear front halfs. Chassis were 2 x van chassis joined together as vans were a dime a dozen in the 80's, and you'd buy a whole V8 Sandman van for pocket change. I remember a red one where they'd made it a cab-chassis but had made a well back by using a back out of a ute or van and putting a front on it. The concept was basically like an SR5 Hilux dual cab.

**Gaddy** · 23-11-2011, 02:50 PM

I had a red one about 5 years ago. Was built by a guy in port kembla. used a front/rear door combo and shortened back seat. Not much room in the back, but got heaps of attention everywhere i took it.
Rolled it once avoiding another accidend, and didnt bend much really. Strong through the roof splice area, the guy used 2 tonners i think.