I would like to know if a gts panelvan is a Sandman? If not what could be the differences? cheers
I would like to know if a gts panelvan is a Sandman? If not what could be the differences? cheers
no such thing as a gts panelvan. some normal vans had gts dash option and other gts options fitted but are not sandmans.
Last edited by buck; 14-10-2013 at 07:58 PM.
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Yes, no such factory GTS Van.
That of course doesn't stop people from making their own.
There is a few good examples around.
Thanks guys. A gts optioned van might be the way to go instead of a sandman replica.
This is a nice example of a van to match a GTS this van is a sandman by its tag but the owner wanted to build a GTS
HZ jasmine yellow sandman van
HZ Madeira red sandman van (now sold to bigrob)
HX mandarin red sandman ute
HZ malachite green sandman van
Married to Jennie285
this van was at the Albury van in preety neat but l think it managed to win 1 trophy
A HQ Sandman ute or van was by all intentions a GTS van, just not called that. The concept direction was generated by John Bagshaw after meeting with various groups. The idea was GTS from the seats forward and (for the van anyway) empty in the back ready to be customised. A HQ Sandman is essentially an HQ SS ute or van, the only real differences to SS (or GTS sedan in some cases as SS was dead by the time XX7 came around) are:
The badges and stripes/blackout design.
Sandman was available on 6cyl HQ models, whereas SS and GTS was optioned on V8 models only (XV2 (SS) on 0269, XV4 (GTS) on 0469 whereas XX7 on 0170/80 and 0270/80 (plus Kingswood models)).
Trim (SS and GTS got unique trim codes, whereas Sandman used the base vehicle's trim).
Of course GTS had a few options not available on Sandman like dual exhaust and 350 engine and associated muncie or TH400 (SS incidentally had dual exhaust standard!).
This van won van of the day which is a perpetual trophy which would be the most desireable trophy to get at the van innOriginally Posted by RodneyHZ253
This is a nice example of a van to match a GTS this van is a sandman by its tag but the owner wanted to build a GTS
It has just been completed and I Think this was it first outing
Last edited by RodneyHZ253; 14-10-2013 at 08:57 PM.
HZ jasmine yellow sandman van
HZ Madeira red sandman van (now sold to bigrob)
HX mandarin red sandman ute
HZ malachite green sandman van
Married to Jennie285
I think that HX van is very nice. Not a fan of the HX GTS sill blackout treatment but I like it better than HX Sandman stripes. Looking around it all i'd change if it were mine would be the painted bars back to chrome and remove the GTS logos in front of the rear wheels, but those are only tiny things. A well done van and credit to the owner(s).
l to have had all my chrome redone cost quite abit lm not having the stripes as it was made with out them but lm having the black outs
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