My sandman photo's... "Circa 1979..1981"

[Robbo]

I kept this as a memento


Brand new just picked up from the dealers


Photos a friend of mine took around 1980






The only interior photo I have

[wbute]

That was/is a nice ute! What happened to it? I was 5 turning 6 when you bought that. Oh how I wish I had the opportunity to roll one off the dealership floor!

[kaido17]

that is awesome i wish i was alive in the seventies i love the cars from back then i would kill for those cars haha do you still own that ute robbo

oh love that blue interior i think hainzy's turqouize van has that aswell looks awesome

[Shadowmax]

Cool combo.

[kaido17]

just noticed the RTS badge underneath the left air vent, never knew they had them in the interior. note to self

[wbute]

HZ onwards all had the rts badge.

[hainzy]

Were the wheels, headlight protectors and bumper overriders all factory or were they ordered specifically?

[stickthis]

wheels when this one was ordered I believe to be factory. As it was late HZ.

[Robbo]

Hi All,

"wbute" & "kaido", I traded the ute in on a wagon in october 1981 as I was getting married.I thought it was a good idea at the time, but in hindsight it was really stupid, especially with what I replaced it with.

"hainzy", The wheel's were standard fitment, the headlight protector's and overrider's I fitted.The only option I had was mud flap's.

I purchased "scuff plates" that fit behind the door handle's, sill mould's, wheel arch mould's, windscreen wiper dwell control unit and the rubber seal for the tailgate from the selling dealer. You could do that then, and my brother in law fitted them over time.

Cheer's.

[Robbo]

If I'd known they were going to cease production a couple of month's after I bought it, it would have been a different scenario. I have no knowledge of any publicity surrounding the demise of the Sandman.