Working out design and finish for malachite hz van

**agr071** · 13-05-2015, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by Wilson1985

also on that 5.0L badge Jen, how did you get to the inside of the tailgate to get the lugs on?

Mine has just got pins that go into the tailgate, has no nuts on them.

**jennie285** · 14-05-2015, 09:54 AM

We put them in through holes previously there with the little silver lugs you push in first. These came with the van and is what it was like originally. That is where RTS badge is meant to be and the 5.0 badge is where they were, there is another sandman with badges in this position in Forbes unrestored only a Holden badge is where caprice badge is placed is on his.

**Wilson1985** · 14-05-2015, 12:46 PM

Cool thanks arj071 and Jennie : )

Flamenco_not_Flamingo · 14-05-2015, 03:27 PM

Looking so good ,well done.

**HK1837** · 14-05-2015, 03:34 PM

Maybe "Caprice" is a good name for the van?

**Robbo** · 14-05-2015, 06:17 PM

As the holes were already there, you can't argue with that. Love the progress photo's, really looking great.

**jennie285** · 14-05-2015, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by HK1837

Maybe "Caprice" is a good name for the van?

Funny that Byron Rodney only said that the other day, I know what a Premier is, and a Statesman, but need to google what a caprice is..lol..
googled, its a person who changes their mind lol....a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness :

**playwme** · 14-05-2015, 07:42 PM

Caprice- one who can't decide what colour Sandman to get, so they get them all.

**agr071** · 14-05-2015, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by jennie285

That is where RTS badge is meant to be and the 5.0 badge is where they were, there is another sandman with badges in this position in Forbes unrestored only a Holden badge is where caprice badge is placed is on his.

Mine had the RTS badge above the ridge (on the left) and the 5.0 Litre badge above the ridge on the right.
I asked Buron the question about if it had a Sandman sticker and he commented that the RTS was below the ridge and the 5.0 litre was optional but below as well.

**Big Rob** · 15-05-2015, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by jennie285

We put them in through holes previously there with the little silver lugs you push in first. These came with the van and is what it was like originally. That is where RTS badge is meant to be and the 5.0 badge is where they were, there is another sandman with badges in this position in Forbes unrestored only a Holden badge is where caprice badge is placed is on his.

Yep. I've never seen an RTS badge above the body line on a genuine original Sandman (because the sticker would foul it), and Holden always put the 5.0 or 4.2 above the body line. That's not to say that someone in the past 35 years or so didn't put a badge or 2 wherever they wanted on a replacement tailgate, panelbeaters were notorious for fitting badges and stickers in the wrong spot....

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Originally Posted by jennie285

We put them in through holes previously there with the little silver lugs you push in first. These came with the van and is what it was like originally. That is where RTS badge is meant to be and the 5.0 badge is where they were, there is another sandman with badges in this position in Forbes unrestored only a Holden badge is where caprice badge is placed is on his.

Yep. I've never seen an RTS badge above the body line on a genuine original Sandman (because the sticker would foul it), and Holden always put the 5.0 or 4.2 above the body line. That's not to say that someone in the past 35 years or so didn't put a badge or 2 wherever they wanted on a replacement tailgate, panelbeaters were notorious for fitting badges and stickers in the wrong spot....