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Ive noticed with the sandman's being rescued and restored hardly any had air conditioning fitted,either factory or after market.More seem to have power steering however.When I had my ute,the first thing I had fitted was air con,after a radio of course.
I drove it all over nsw and couldn't imagine doing it without it.Whereas power steering at the time gave you no road feel and I didn't consider it worthwhile.Was it a fashion thing,or cost?Nearly everything you buy now has air fitted standard.
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Back in the 70s and 80s air cond. was a bloody expensive optional extra.
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Not just Sandmans. Look at any HQ-WB. Unless aircon was standard it was pretty scarce.
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still is!
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Nearly everything you buy now has air fitted standard.
can you even get a non air con and power steering car these days?
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Dave ,YES YOU CAN ,but its hardly worth getting them removed...lol
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i have a HQ panelvan in my driveway that has factory air con, power steering, 308, GVW of 4850, bucket seats 3.08 LSD diff (all factory fitted) and is a belmont
but its not a sandman, it a ex ambulance, obviously no expense spared on them
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rarer than a sandy!.are you going to build it?
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Geez,I must have been doing ok back then, to have air con.Goes to show what you can have before your married...lol.
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i have a HQ panelvan in my driveway that has factory air con, power steering, 308, GVW of 4850, bucket seats 3.08 LSD diff (all factory fitted) and is a belmont
but its not a sandman, it a ex ambulance, obviously no expense spared on them
My HZ van is similar and its a BO6 as well.(Kingswood with metallic paint) Mine even has the 2 pipes on the fuel sender. Unfortunatly they dont pull as much $$ as the Sandmans.
75 HJ Sandman Pano 78 HZ BO6 Pano
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My old HQ GTS coupe had factory air and factory green tinted glass (which i believe is standard with aircon). Never had it hooked up properly and after talking to a lot of people came to the conclusion that it was a waste of time/money. Actually just sold a complete HQ aircon system inc a dashpad for $250 so i guess some people are still keen on it.
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Yes, green glass was standard with A/C, except I think on LX hatchback.
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rarer than a sandy!.are you going to build it?
yep, already doing it, see here http://gallery.oldholden.../davequey74/hq+ambo_001/ i havent added any pics for a while i have done a fair bit on it lately
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Back in the 70s and 80s air cond. was a bloody expensive optional extra.
Spot on !! One of the reasons Sandmans were popular is that they were way cheaper than say a Monaro, so most only had essential options like a V8. Besides a/cond & power steer were only for pansies back then. Another thing to consider is that power steer might seem to be more popular on HQ-HZ than a/cond, but how many have been fitted at a later date using parts from a wrecked Statesman. A power steering conversion is cheaper, simpler & more commonplace than an a/cond job & much easier to get correct. Dr Terry. _______________________________________ The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter. |
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Dave same job im doing over here,big ay.!
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yep, sure is, ive got a hell of a long way to go, im hoping to have the chassis finished and rolling soon
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and i reckon we gotta keep in mind this: we expect that the fact intergrated air we fitt into our babies from wreck etc will be as good as the A/C we have in our daily drivers today like our VES BAS etc, it just isnt as good, air has come a long way since then, so just keep in mind that its not as efficent as a modern day car
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Your right "We Wreck,"the air con was 31 years ago that I was talking about,no comparison to todays.The power steering back then was absolutely woeful.
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Spot on !!
One of the reasons Sandmans were popular is that they were way cheaper than say a Monaro, so most only had essential options like a V8. Besides a/cond & power steer were only for pansies back then.
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AC was also pretty useless when your mates are hanging out the open rear tailgate wolf whistling at the local bikini clad beach babes..LOL
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YEP...The bed in the back was the number 1 priority back then!..:-)
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