HX Absinth XX7 tagged ute in Tassy, rego AD 470

**adam perth** · 04-07-2010, 09:40 PM

Factory 5.0, M21 with delivery papers + build sheet.
probaby the second best sandman ute in australia??? (after canno's Blue HZ museum piece)

**wbute** · 04-07-2010, 09:43 PM

Shame its got the wrong tonneau cover on it.

**adam perth** · 05-07-2010, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by wbute

Shame its got the wrong tonneau cover on it.

whats wrong with it?

**AN5590** · 05-07-2010, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by adam perth

whats wrong with it?

Clips are wrong - these look like cast metal screw in clips, but should be black plastic clips with 3 push in plastic pins - like these ones:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Holden-NOS-UT...item255ba0e4d7

**wbute** · 05-07-2010, 10:48 AM

Not meant to have elastic rope. The way the rope goes through the cover is wrong. You shouldnt be able to see those loop things the rope goes through.
Plus they are the wrong hooks so it must have had a respray and had the wrong hooks put on it. Would love to see the tags.

**ozbox** · 05-07-2010, 11:35 AM

any more pics adam....???...nice lookin for the 2 pics....

come on guys you are startin to sound like people on another forum that pic at peoples cars....:cry:...we dont want that happening here...;)

....for the dollars and if its an xx7 with delivery papers and matching numbers its priced right...if it was a windowless panno it would have been sold by now....even with some faults..

**AN5590** · 05-07-2010, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by ozbox

come on guys you are startin to sound like people on another forum that pic at peoples cars....:cry:...we dont want that happening here...;)

Wasn't meaning to be picky. Agree very nice ute, bought my ute in Tas 25+ years ago - wish it looked that good!

**ozbox** · 05-07-2010, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by AN5590

Wasn't meaning to be picky. Agree very nice ute, bought my ute in Tas 25+ years ago - wish it looked that good!

my reply was also a bit tongue in cheek....

**wbute** · 05-07-2010, 04:00 PM

Fair enough.

**Absinth** · 05-07-2010, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

Not meant to have elastic rope.

You sure about that WB???

Factory tonneau covers had eyelets.... laccy rope threaded through the eyelet down to the clip and back up through the next eyelet.

The tonneau and clips pictured on the ute above are aftermarket..... have seen quite a few Tassie utes with that same style tonneau but with factory clips.

I have a factory tonneau from a mates old HX Sandman under the house, had it for many years..... At least I think I've still got it....