HX Sandman GTS guards

[Grunt]

Wondering if any HX Sandmans were factory fitted with GTS guards?

[RodneyHZ253]

No Very unlikely unless there're were a special dealership order have not seen or heard of any

Cheers jennie

[Blocker]

Nope the GTS guards ceased at the end of HJ for Sandman.

[Innuendo]

Went all "poverty pack" after the HJ until the twin headlight upgrade on the HZ.

Regards, Smooth

[Valencia]

Ok so what year and month was the up grade for twin headlights and gts gaurds was it 77or 78 on a sandman van

[L31 Sandman]

no GTS guards at all after HJ. HX was no gts guards and single headlight front, HZ got the twin head light front, but no GTS guards

[HK1837]

Ok so what year and month was the up grade for twin headlights and gts gaurds was it 77or 78 on a sandman van

AT HZ release the GTS nose changed from dual to quad headlights, and as Sandman used the GTS nose (except for grille badge) it went the same.

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Went all "poverty pack" after the HJ until the twin headlight upgrade on the HZ.

Regards, Smooth

Other way around. HX went more upmarket, HJ Holden Sandman was more poverty pack but it was a sports package in HJ and a HX was more of a luxury level upgrade, of course HJ KIngswood Sandman was both sports and luxury. HX Sandman was originally going to be available on both Holden and Kingswood, but they realised how much of a pain it was to build a special Kingswood body just for Sandman (delete all the side strip hardware) from the HJ ute experience. So they effectively canned the two base model Sandmans (Holden ute and van Sandman) and just stuck with 2 x models, but to avoid having to delete the side strips on Kingswood they used the Holden models and added everything Kingswood to them except for the side strips, then applied the Sandman upgrade. Thus HX Sandman gained the following Kingswood features as standard:

Cigar Lighter
Door trim and hardware
Front door jam switch package
Bright sill plates
Full length headlining
Grille badge
Bright tail lamp surrounds
Mylar insert on ute rear window
Seats
Forced Air ventilation
Carpet

HZ was basically exactly the same, no more luxury than a HX, just followed the GTS in nose treatment.

[Innuendo]

Pedantic Byron, We were talking windscreen forward exterior.

Regards, Smooth

[HK1837]

Not really. Just showing that HX was no poverty pack! It was all GTS forward of the windsceen plus mirrors bar GTS badge and guards. Same as HZ was.

[Innuendo]

HX and HZ were fitted with HJ Standard "Poverty Pack" guards. HJ Sandman got GTS Fluted Guards and the same is true of the HQ variant.

Regards, Smooth