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Sweet ride Rusty looks real nice!!
Im from Perth and I am building a Sandman also, only mines a van.
Have you done any mods to the engine or anything else?
Hopefully I will see the ute cruising around.
Cheers
Ashley
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Hey Ashley ,Thanks for the comments.
The engine has Balanced crank ,Acl flat top racing pistons 40 thou ,Yella terra Big ported heads with custom fitted Chevy Rolla rockers.Extractors going into 3inch single straight threw muffler hidden under tray .Its just been run in & revs hard & has a loud roar.
Things i still have to do to it
1) Fix the fuel gauge ( not reading properly Gts dash) Had my fingers crossed on the freeway the other day . : )
2) Might put a nice twin system on soon ? .That seems to be the craze again .
3) There is a great mod behind the seat .Custom speaker Boxes.CD ,AMP & speakers get fitted tomorrow. Another mod is the tournau cover .
Cheers Rusty Barnes
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Another big modification was the fuel filler .The lockable lid is inside the tarp same position but reversed .Being a Panelbeater i think it looks cleaner on the right hand side without fuel cap .Also I welded up the spare wheel hole near rear number plate & cut the lip under the tailgate flush .I made a recessed number plate light higher up.This enabled me to raise the rear number plate. I think it cleaned up the rear nice . Any feed back on that little mod would be good ?
Also wondering if anyone knows if the GTS Guards were a Sandman option ?
caio Rusty B
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Nice ute,
How much work did you have to do on the body to get it like that and how long did it take you ? Im doing up a WB ute and the job seems to be getting bigger as im going along. Was silver the original colour?
Got any pics of the rebuilding stages ?
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Thanks, I ended up spending about 150 hours on the body , Alot of work . It was 2 steps back 1 step forward for a while . But perserverance & never giving up to the end paid off. The original colour was White then Blue then Red then Yellow. Thats why it took a quite a few hours to panel ( too much material on the metal ) Some pics of the work    
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nice work Rusty! good to see an old sandman on the road.wonder what the next project will be mate? maybe an old xy! cu soon :)
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Hi rusty howz thingz..just wana say its a job well done with an awsome result!! Dude thats one hot baby u gotta be proud of. Cya :)
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Hey Robo,yea Ill finish your XY one day ,Once you get yourself set up in a good size shed bro.Catch you & Ang up easter.Ill take you for a cruze in the beast .Thanks Ang for your comments.
Take care buddy
Rusty xo
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Look forward to easter , getting my shed soon . haha :)
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me Too : )
ill keep the VB on ice
Rusty
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hi mate sweet ute, im doing a up a genuine hz van in supermint green with blue decals. Is the ute a genuine sandman? how do you know? what engine/gearbox was it originally? Is it painted in 2 pack? did you do it yourself looks sweet? looks a treat good luck
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Hi ,Thanks for the comments, the only way you can tell if it a genuine sandman is to look in the glove box at the tyre decal sticker ,I think they had 225s size . it was originally 308 t 400 . & yes it is 2 pac ,glazurit . & it was painted in my double garage at home on a 40 degree day ,I panelled & primed & me and the wife rubbed it & my mate Ben painted it . goodluck with yours .
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Hey man thats a sweet ride you have there .
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hey bud that is a sweet ute you got there didnt relise how much work u really did put into it any ways ill cya at work next week.
bye mate
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Hey Rusty, I need a bit of advice mate
I stripped out all of my carpet & found some big holes in the floor of my WB , Do you think I should (overlap) second hand floor
section or ( butt ) weld ?.
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