one of the guys from poker that i talk with saw my van and we started talking about them when he told me tht he owned 2 Sandmans

He bought a blue HQ Sandman and was running around in that for about 18months and stopped into Cabramatta Holden to buy a new set of Sandman stripes for it when he noticed a new HJ customised van roll in on a tilt tray (his wife thinks it will be 36 years next week)

They told him it was on display at the Sydney Motor Show and they were about to put it up for sale
couple of hours later - he was driving out in it

Now if it's 36 years that makes jan 1976 so it must not be the original Display vehicle
Maybe they built this one for late 75 and it did the rounds of a few other displays until it landed at the dealership

is cam as is with the strange window covers and side ppes but they got hassled by the cops about a year later because it was too loud and the yard replaced the sides with a new twin system

The got married and did their honeymoon travelig in the van

The HQ


The HJ



Theyre going to bring in th photo album for me s i can get ome better pics