Same as any other bucket seat HJ-HZ. From memory it is 4 per seat.

I doubt it. Sandman was just a collection of options and a couple of things you couldn't option on a HX Holden ute or van. The seats are a simple option you could get on any HX ute or van, only difference was the Kingswood vinyl for Sandman whereas a HX Holden ute or van got a plain vinyl rather than the two tone vinyl of a Kingswood. The seats were identical to what you got if you ordered buckets on a HX Kingswood ute or van. They would be mounted the same. There was no performance or strength reason why a HX Sandman would need more seat bolts than a HX Holden ute or van. A HX 3.3 4spd driveline is hardly conducive to performance!

What is interesting though is all of HJ-HZ Parts catalogues show 2 bolts per side for the bench seat, but buckets say AS REQUIRED. WB has 4 per seat.

HQ says AR.

LX lists 8-4 as the quantity on the one line, which means 8 for buckets (total so 4 per seat) 4 for bench (2 per side).

Part number is SP2093 for all of them.

You could be right. However many they have Sandman will be the same as any other one. It does look like my HJ Premier has 4 across the back of the passenger seat but I can’t easily see the front, it’s seats (and carpet) have never been removed. I’m not sure why some I have pulled apart have had 4 or 6 per bucket, but the fact the parts catalogues say “as required” is odd.

I’m talking about untouched cars I’ve wrecked.

Used to wreck them in the 80’s and 90’s. You’d easily buy a 6-12 year old HJ-HZ Premier or Statesman that had only ever been serviced and nothing else. Just a bit tired in trim or had been a smoker’s car and no-one wanted them. Just like buying a VE or WM/WN today with 150,000km on it and untouched other than regular servicing but the interior a bit scuffed. We’d wreck them and put doors, front panels, engine, box, seats etc in a cab-chassis. Sometimes even use the whole firewall and front floor with dash and column, aircon etc to repair rust. In 1990 a HZ Deville or 5.0L Premier as described was a $1500 car. I’d buy them too with long rego too, drive them until rego ran out and wreck them. Such cars were my everyday drivers until I bought my new VS ute in December 2000. You can tell when the cars were original by how carpet, underlay etc were fitted and by the bolts themselves. One look at my HJ Premier today and you’d know instantly it is mostly untouched.

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Maybe you are supposed to use 8 bolts for a bench seat because it has a Load or capacity of 3 people. But for a Bucket Seat, it only has a load of 1 Person so it only is supposed to use 4 bolts. 1 bolt in each corner ? I Wonder, or they could of had 2 bolts in each corner!