Hi All,
I am a former Sandman owner,and this is a very informative site.It's great to look through as it's Sandman's only,and you don't get tangled up in unrelated topic's.It's a good thing to see these wonderful vehicle's being saved and restored,..."at great expense,"...to their former glory.

I had a 12/78 HZ palais white with blue interior Sandman ute, 4.2 litre manual. I bought it new in January 79, it came with the factory alloy rim's, fitted with ER70 Goodyear Supersteel tyre's, it had the bright blue stripe's on it. I bought it in western Sydney and did a fair amount of country driving with it,both highway and unsealed road's. It only ever had one minor warranty issue, they were,and still are a great Australian vehicle.

Cheer's.