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    35 litres of oil would have been cheaper than transporting it lol
    you did good

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kingsandman View Post
    Attachment 14020this is my hq ute with its factory original sunburst metallic
    that's my ute ;)
    BQZ

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    Quote Originally Posted by HQ Freek View Post
    After having a nice HQ ute stolen I swore that I would never build another car, but after spending a couple of years overseas I flew into Adelade for a mates wedding. Thought I would have a look in the paper for a HQ van. This was the first one I found and looked like a legitimate Sandman with all the GTS goodies and a sandman steering wheel. Only after I got it home and did some research did I realise how rare an XX7 van was. The van was pretty tired and blowing loads of smoke. The guy laughed at me when I said I was going to drive it back to Brisbane. Luckily it had a working aftermarket oil pressure gauge and whenever the oil pressure got a bit low I would stop and top it up. By the time I got to Brisbane the back was full of empty cheap 5L oil bottles. On that trip it used 35L of oil. Pulled the engine out and it had broken rings in 3 cylinders.
    You've gotta love surprises like that,not that you had 3 broken rings in the engine that's no fun but the fact that you bought a sandman ,my stories very simular except mine sat in my shed for 4 years before i knew what i had bought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vombil View Post
    that's my ute ;)
    Nearly was but i stole it

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    So just how many HQ Sandmans are there still around. How many in the My Sandman community ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HQ Freek View Post
    So just how many HQ Sandmans are there still around. How many in the My Sandman community ?
    I've got two hq sandman utes one is a kingswood in burgundy and the other is a belmont in barbados green ,both need restoring.

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    Members come and go so its hard to put a number on how many are floating around. I have an HQ XX7 in chrome yellow awaiting resto.

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    Thought I read in other threads that a database was kept ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HQ Freek View Post
    Thought I read in other threads that a database was kept ?
    Search for thread called 'database update' in the garage, sandman data section, earliest page, 5 of 5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HQ Freek View Post
    So just how many HQ Sandmans are there still around. How many in the My Sandman community ?

    I've got a 7/74 HQ Sandman Ute, Kingswood, chrome yellow...patiently awaiting resto, Dandenong build 253/M20

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