just finnished HQ pano

[rathyhg]

my father has just finished his hq panelvan.
im fairly new to the forums but check out the pic and let us no what u think of it.
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[Absinth]

Looks nice from what can be seen in the pic.... A few more pics would be good, interior and exterior. Is it a genuine HQ Sandman? Details about the build?

welcome to the site.

[Valencia]

Looks pretty good

[rathyhg]

wish I had more photos of the build,
its a 308 with 3 spd column auto. all black interior gts wheel, dash. unfortunately its not a real sandy but still gets plenty of attention
me and my father both have another windowless pano each that will be restored one day. mine is a hj and his is hx....... we just need a hz now
if u check out my album u can see we have a keen interest on bringing old holdens back from the dead. luv the site. lots of ideas for our panos!!!

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[hqhzvans]

Nice looking van , great job to you both, are they small windows on the sides look unusual , the white walls give it a bit of a retro look

[Absinth]

are they small windows on the sides look unusual

1970's teardrop bubble windows...... Very cool in the day.

[Duc1991]

1970's teardrop bubble windows...... Very cool in the day.

Are these the ones that wound out with a handle on the inside. I saw one like this a few weeks ago.

[Frosty]

I looked at your photo album Rathyhg. Some very cool cool cars, so good I have no favorite you are trully talented peaple. But my least favorite is the 3rd photo of the van. What happened? An accident with a road side mulching machine? Fell from a high rise car park into a chicken shed? Made me feel crook.. Are you going to save it?

[Flamenco_not_Flamingo]

Are these the ones that wound out with a handle on the inside. I saw one like this a few weeks ago.

I had a set on my Flamenco HZ Sandman Mick, mine were fixed, no opening.

Mind you I also had a sunroof that invariably leaked lmao!

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[SLR_dave]

I looked at your photo album Rathyhg. Some very cool cool cars, so good I have no favorite you are trully talented peaple. But my least favorite is the 3rd photo of the van. What happened? An accident with a road side mulching machine? Fell from a high rise car park into a chicken shed? Made me feel crook.. Are you going to save it?

Looks like it was picked up by a chain, (through the driver and passenger windows) and then a forklift later. Its a fairly common handling method for an end life vehicle.

If you still have it rathyHG, I'd be interested to know if the 3/4 panels are worth holding onto before you send the car back to the metal yard... I'm after a section on both sides, and I think others may be too!


Regarding the other photos, thats a great looking album! Looks like some excellent preservation work has been occurring. Some top looking vehicles in there.