howdy all

[Blocker]

Nice tags.. 1/74 I think you may have the oldest van displayed here at mySandman.

Of course that's until Ozbox or HK1837 post one up :Chin:

[wbute]

I love those road rebel wheels. If you get sick of them I know a wb that would like wearing them

[Epic_Dragon]

haha yes would b one of the oldest shes not a bad bus tho. went thru regency with flying colours to get off defect couple years ago

i love the rebels too. polished them up after those photos. look heaps better all shiny! someone tried to steal them once tho, only lock nut kept them on. until i drove and wheel came off haha. then worked it out.

[Kiwivan]

Who made the Rebaels?I almost thought they were globes.What size are they.

Cheers Kiwivan

[adam perth]

cheviot made the rebel from memory....

the oldest van here?, no, that would be me old mate millsy's FE panno wouldn't it?
http://www.mysandman.com.au/forums/s...-tyre-capacity!

[ozbox]

cheviot did a copy of the rebels but rebel wheels in wollongong did the original race wheels which looked much the same..

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Who made the Rebaels?I almost thought they were globes.What size are they.

Cheers Kiwivan

only last year i sold a set of 15x8 and 15x10 original rebels in hq to wb pattern..the most common size seen in cheviot is 14x7 but i have seen a few 14x8 in.

[HK1837]

hope i put this in the correct section wasnt sure to post in here, or in the data thread. but can u guys make sense of my panelvans tags? they open up some confusion. and the tags certainly r not a strong point of mine. HQ belmont. but from others looking seems to suggest it was assembled in a few places? LOL!

It's a 6cyl HQ Belmont van. All tags look fine, and all from Pagewood plant. Very unusual though to see a HQ van outside of a 308 Sandman to have all 3 x ENG, TRANS and RRAXLE codes filled in. This one has optional components in all three ie 202, trimatic and 3.36:1 banjo.
If it was a Sandman it'd be the earliest Pagewood example recored so far. I have plenty of earlier 1974 model vans though. Plus 1 x 1/74 HQ L31 Sandman from Acacia Ridge and a possible 12/73 pilot from the same plant with the same build configuration.

[Epic_Dragon]

cheers where was teh pagewood plant? would b nice if it was a closet sandman haha. but think the old girl is one of those odd balls by the sounds.

i think my rebels r 14x7. pretty sure. been a while since ive gotten tyres and i get brain fog quite a lot thesedays lOL!!

[Blocker]

Pagewood is in Sydney.

[HK1837]

It's not an oddball, just a normal HQ Belmont van. Just optioned to a 202 and trimatic and a better ratio diff to suit. Standard was 173, 3spd and 3.55. Nothing Sandman about it unfortunately, but a 6cyl HQ Sandman isn't really all that special or valuable anyway, despite how rare they are. So mod it and enjoy it!