Is this a Sandman ??

[siegs57]

I purchased this ute recently, it was in Narrandera in dry storage since 1989
It is very straight and no rust,
It has a GTS dash, bucket seats and T Bar auto
I am looking for advise, should I keep it original or should I put in 5 litre injected, turbo 700
as there is no motor and trans in it now
Need some help with this one, the badges should be a good indicator
Look forward to any input
Thanks
Dean

[Innuendo]

Hmm...

Nice combination.

Tuxedo Black with Chamois Trim, 308 TH400, 3.36:1

[Vombil]

kingswood. so not a sandman. has body molding and silver door handles.

[Innuendo]

WB Windscreen, Door Mirrors and WB Statesman Caprice Badges.
If the door handles are ribbed they are WB also (hard to see in the photos).

[HK1837]

Cool car, i'd rather that than a HZ Sandman any day! A black with light trim HZ Kingswood ute in L31, M41, buckets and an optional rear axle to boot. I wouldn't be surprised if it is original console shift, air, steer and LSD and the U17 dash is original too.

[playwme]

Very cool combination. Perfect for an injected 5 Litre, air , steer and maybe an interior trim with nice modern velour fabric (VS statesman seats and matched door trims etc?)

[Valencia]

Nice combo trim go mad with the driveline

[wbute]

Nice combo trim go mad with the driveline

Or not. Much more unusual than the 5 million Sandmans out there. Perhaps keeping it close to original might be a good idea.

[HK1837]

As long as you do the body and interior pretty original I don't think mechanicals will affect it that much, especially since its original engine and box are gone.

[Beachy]

There nothing wrong with a kingswood with the lot I would keep it original its day will come value wise there only one thing better than Hz kingswood and that's a wb kingswood