hi all im a newbie

im new hear but have always had i thing for vans im probley from the wrong side of the street than most hear was bought up a di hard street machiner have been to every summernats and almost every streeet machine nats i wasent born for the first couple my mum was the first femaile to do nats burnout comp in 92 in our famly hq monaro outlaw and won in 93 dad tryed to keep the then floundering ASMF afloat and ran the goulburn,penrith,and goldcoast nationals but died not long after i currently have a flamed hx ute a 79 camaro a purple/black n flamed vs comm ute and a project hq ute the commies for sale to fund a pano but its been hard to find a relitivly rust free body but ill get there.some awsome vans here this forums cool

welcome, no ones from the wrong side here as vanning and the passion for vans is what its about no matter when in your life you turn to them, also the street machine blood in your veins can help you to build some out side the box, like Brutle has done and others.

anyway good luck with your hunting

Daz

Welcome to the site mate. i remember the Monaro. your dad loved them. he took me for a little drive in the HQ before he bought a little Gemini to drive to Wollongong Tafe.i was stoked as at the time id never been in a car with twin carbs poking thru the bonnet. it looked cool. at the course we teased him about him fitting in the Gemini .we did a spray painting and a air brush course together. i remember jumping in the back of his bronco and crusing around the nats. he was larger than life and always had time for a chat when i seen him at car shows.

welcome aboard dude, hope you enjoy the site and the people

Hey I'm new here as well, I didn't think it should warrant a new thread post.

I owned an HQ Sandman back in 1984, shag carpet lining, mirror ball, redback spider gear shift, CB etc, man I thought I was something.

Picked up an HJ Sandman in November last year and taking the big adventure of a bare metal restore, going original all the way (wow times have changed). Anyway joined up to the Vanning community websites to see what's going on.

My restore blog is http://madman76.blogspot.com/

Welcome HJSandman great to have you here, looks like a big job ahead of you but thats a big part of the passion,

i hope you find the forum fun and helpful

cheers
Daz

[quote= I owned an HQ Sandman back in 1984, shag carpet lining, mirror ball, redback spider gear shift, CB etc, man I thought I was something.quote]

didnt we all? welcome aboard guys.

Welcome bns454 to the forum and same goes for HJSandman (glad you found us HJSandman as i've spoken to you before on another forum)

Thanks for the warm welcome, it's great to see a real sense of community.

that pretty awesome van after that course he started pearling everything we drove then flamed everything else he sold that monaro to buy the camaro i have now so its pretty sentimentle he is sorely missed that bronco was cool he pearled that too

the bonco was like a blue pearl. i remeber him teling us about the camaro and the family went to Qld in the Monaro for 1 last trip. at tafe they got a good size sand blasting cabinate. he brought in so much stuff to blast, nobody go close to it.