Hz grille

[wbute]

Seems odd they would have not have had the Holden badge. That is the only place the whole car has a Holden emblem if it's a HZ Sandman!
WB grill has a few extra mounting points for badges. They must have had a few more options planned for them.

[RodneyHZ253]

Yours is a Dandenong example. Red van is Pagewood. Brochure cars were Elizabeth. So it might be a good indicator Jennie.

Byron we are pretty sure that original sandman of mine which was purchased in Grenfell nsw was a Brisbane build van and was 78 manufacture the original chassis no. For this van was BHZ 17242B engine number was AR 999109 I think the engine number is hard to read the dealers notice is 40 odd years old carbon copy

[sjc315]

Know of a Brisbane build 7/78 van, original front with spoiler cut outs and what looks like the original black grille with holden badge.

[sandman 78]

My hz sandman was built in 1977 reg in 78 built in Dandenong l have the red badge and photos of early days my van in photos with van rat

[HK1837]

I'll keep looking and see what else I can find. Jennie, I have an Acacia Ridge van recorded 10 chassis numbers earlier than that, but it is Flamenco.

[HK1837]

That picture of a HZ Sandman in the petrol station is a press release vehicle so one of the first built.... It has a grill badge.

It isn't super early. The HZ ute on the brochure is IXD-457, that is IXT so it is a reasonable while after. There was a Supermint press test van built in the middle of September '77 but it had rego SXO-293 and I think that is a SA rego number? It's chassis number was over 01000A, was L31 M41 air, steer, DL7.

[Paddy_77HZ_Ute]

My 77 XX7 Ute has one. Was restored from a daily driver before I bought it, but given that it never actually went to wreck and ruin there's now reason to believe it was different from new.

As a few have said, another variable in the legend that is the Sandman...!

[davegmh]

Does this picture of Rodney's original van help with this discussion our red vAn also came with this badge when we bought it from a shed as original

Is that a Sandman 'T' shirt Rodney is wearing? Cool!