Is my HQ ute a Sandman?

[Kingsandman]

ive owned this ute for four years,i purchased it originally to built a sandman replica as i am self employed and always in a hurry i stuck it in my shed and never checked the vin details ,so i thought ill probably never get around to workin on it, i was having a bit of a dull day and thought bugger it ill flog it on ebay,second day on ebay to my surprise i had 320 views and 82 whatchers,third day to my surprise a bloke rang me and told me to jump on monaro parts and check out sandman page ,so i did ,worked out i had a kingswood sandmand i took off ebay imediatly and rang this bloke back and thanked him .i had no idea what i was sitting on i just didnt think they existed any more,at some stage someone has changed this ute not for the better, repainted body, changed grill,recovered seats and door trims,centre console gone and hacked off console bracket and wacked in new carpet,painted over blackouts, witch i have found under burgundy paint,i bought it off ebay ,was listed as hq ute with gts dash,so fella selling it had no idea either which was surprising as he had acreage with quite a few holdens on it and had a bit of knowledge on holdens but wasnt interested in utes.ive learnt always check your tags because you just never know!

[Alien DNA]

Fantastic...another one saved

[GNW1974]

Can't wait to have a catch up and compare day when both our vehicles are on the road and fully functional.

HQ consoles were not popular, many were removed and either replaced to Hj,X or Z consoles or were just left as carpet/floorcovering

[Absinth]

third day to my surprise a bloke rang me and told me to jump on monaro parts and check out sandman page ,so i did ,worked out i had a kingswood sandmand i took off ebay imediatly and rang this bloke back and thanked him .i had no idea what i was sitting

nothing against you as the seller but nothing pisses me off more than some jealous turd who can't afford one himself ruining it for everyone else. Mind your own business you do gooder prick, do you have any idea how shitty it is to find a great deal on eBay, bid on it and wait for days in the hope other potential bidders have missed it only to have some prick message or ring the seller near the end telling them they have some rare item that is worth gazillions and then see the item removed.... Only to be re-auctioned with some ridiculous starting price or reserve a few days later????

Sometimes I really hate EBay and long for the days of classifieds and the Trading Post, at least if you put in the hard yards you more often than not were rewarded.


hope you do something with it and restore it to its former glory.

[Kingsandman]

i always had intentions to restore my ute but went through a bit of a bad financial patch.this do gooder prick has given me the incentive to start restoration on my ute witch im now doing and i will bring it back to its former glory and next time its on ebay it will be when one of my five children own it and im dead and buried.