front guards
Hello I am new here
looking around at different Sand Mans I am wondering why some have the Monaro style fluted front guards and others don't?
Was it a tick box optional extra so some cars have it and some don't?
thank you and nice to be here
Sand Girl
HQ and HJ Sandman had GTS Fluted Guards from factory.
HX and HZ never had them on a factory Sandman but many replaced them.
Selling HJ 253 Engine
Engine Number QR718*** | 19M5 Clock Casting at 6 O'Clock
19th December 1975 Suit HJ Late Dec 1975 to April 1976
thank you for that, so you couldn't even get them as an optional extra on HX and HZ?
Im sure you could back thenOriginally Posted by Sand Girl
Yes I guess people would just settle for what was on offer at the time. . But I'm thinking you could have done a special order one maybe .
Anything maybe possible but unlikely. This would need a SPO to be approved and unless you have the SPO paper as proof, you prove nothing!
Ordering from a Holden Dealership and having the Sandman delivered with fluted guards is also a possibility and a more likely scenario. But this would be the Dealership's doing not Holden.
Most likely is that the guards were done after the new car sale at some time.
Last edited by Innuendo; 02-12-2018 at 02:09 AM. Reason: Change RPO to SPO to be factually correct.
Selling HJ 253 Engine
Engine Number QR718*** | 19M5 Clock Casting at 6 O'Clock
19th December 1975 Suit HJ Late Dec 1975 to April 1976
Innuendo is spot on. It was very common in those days for dealers to offer GTS & dual headlight Premier style fronts to the purchaser.
But these were done by the dealership, either in their own panel shop or sub-contracted to a nearby business. You couldn't order GTS guards or a Premier front from the factory.
Dr Terry
When the cars were originally produced were the flutes welded in or did they come pressed in? (in a HQ)
Last edited by will.co; 29-07-2019 at 10:45 AM. Reason: grammar
Guards were factory stamped with flutes originally
Yes, always factory stamped/pressed in.
But not all pressed in versions are original. There was a guy who moved bush sometime later in Penrith, NSW who was pressing flutes into standard guards.
All weld in flutes are either aftermarket or cut from damaged originals guards.
Selling HJ 253 Engine
Engine Number QR718*** | 19M5 Clock Casting at 6 O'Clock
19th December 1975 Suit HJ Late Dec 1975 to April 1976
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