Paints

**seavan** · 26-01-2014, 11:47 PM

Hi,
Just looked up paint codes and GMH list 568 15950 as Chamois but dont list it as metallic or solid so what does it come under?
Are all sandmans metallic paint and would they have used Chamois on a hj sandman?

**mr.jones** · 27-01-2014, 12:02 AM

The paint line is 568 for solid paint and 567 is met.

Chamois is therefore a solid colour

Early HJ codes from 15940 to 15948 are Metallic in alphabetical order from Antelope to Sepia then the solids start with 15949 Absinth through to 15956 Sepia if you know the system then it is very logical...........................

except there are always a couple of spanners along the way

**seavan** · 27-01-2014, 12:23 AM

So would it have been used as a sandman colour if its a solid I thought they all had metallic paint?

**Innuendo** · 27-01-2014, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by seavan

So would it have been used as a sandman colour if its a solid I thought they all had metallic paint?

There would be more with solid paint then metallic. I have no idea how that myth got started. It is though a good indicator on a HQ of it being a Sandman (especially a Belmont).
But it doesn't have to be. I doubt anyone would have ever chosen Chamois colour for a Sandman.

**Vombil** · 27-01-2014, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by Innuendo

There would be more with solid paint then metallic. I have no idea how that myth got started. It is though a good indicator on a HQ of it being a Sandman (especially a Belmont).
But it doesn't have to be. I doubt anyone would have ever chosen Chamois colour for a Sandman.

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d.../?Cr=4&sdmvc=1

**Innuendo** · 27-01-2014, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by Vombil

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d.../?Cr=4&sdmvc=1

I'd want a lot more info on that Van before I agreed it's Sandman. That said, it never ceases to amaze me what people do!
Someone grab some photos of the tags. I had a HX Van in Chamois poverty of all poverty. Maybe it's just me and that colour?

**wbute** · 27-01-2014, 08:07 AM

Ugly paint colour! The whole van was povo though. No forced air ventilation and a 202??

**seavan** · 27-01-2014, 11:14 AM

Innuendo,
Hows this for an ugly duckling then,

HJ8WM70
1887 64V
568 15957
L32 M20

6/75
2200kg
seat 2

Maybe they did make the odd one?

**HK1837** · 27-01-2014, 12:44 PM

I've got plenty of 1887 Sandmans recorded compared to some other colours.

I just checked. 17 of them. Mixture of J, X and Z. 3 x utes, rest are all vans. Only on has a ? next to it, a HZ ute. So relatively common as a colour.

**Absinth** · 27-01-2014, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

Ugly paint colour! The whole van was povo though. No forced air ventilation and a 202??

Not a bad price for a HJ Sandman though.... Looks to be in pretty fair condition for $11,000. Paint it whatever colour you want and whack in a LS1 and auto and you'd have a pretty nice cruiser.

or a good genuine Sandman for a P plater.....