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[lcgtr1970]

hi all
my girlfriends dad used to own an lh slr 5000 in persian sand. he sold it in late 1979.
havent seen that many around...just wondering if there were many made and does anyone have any pics of one???

[Last rites]

I've got one - i haven't seen many around 

[Cook]

Nice one Last Rites.  Throwe up some pics. A nice colour when in good condition.  Cheers Ron

Edited by Cook, 18 March 2020 - 08:47 PM.

[yel327]

Pretty common in Sandman compared to other colours. Seen a lot of Premiers in it too.

[Cook]

That's interesting.  Don't recall seeing many sandmans that colour in Melbourne in the day, mainly yellow or orange but then again it was the mid 70's.  "Those were the days my friend".  Cheers Ron

Edited by Cook, 18 March 2020 - 09:30 PM.

[Shiney005]

I only have one in my folder, and it's not a 5000.

 

 Persian Sand SLR.jpg   77.7K   5 downloads

Edited by Shiney005, 19 March 2020 - 09:41 AM.

[slr5640]

This must have come up for sale at some point 

has car point  water mark

 

 

 

 

 

[yel327]

That's interesting.  Don't recall seeing many sandmans that colour in Melbourne in the day, mainly yellow or orange but then again it was the mid 70's.  "Those were the days my friend".  Cheers Ron

 

It seems to have been pretty popular in HJ, but probably would look nasty with those horrible HX-HZ stripes. The HJ Sandman van ID tags I have for my tag display are actually a Persian Sand XX7, L31, M21 van. I must have had those tags for 30 years, were off a very rusty piece of junk. From memory it was an XY5 (white stripes) not XX7 (black stripes).

[Shiney005]

I had no idea the white stripes were available. I would love to see one. Especially in Persian Sand.

[yel327]

If they were stock order they came as either XX7 or XY5 (colour dependant) for HQ or HJ with the box of stripes in the back or on the passenger seat for utes. Either the dealer fitted them or not if the customer didn’t want them. If you ordered a car you could specify what colour stripes you wanted, but an ordered car was rare, most were stock order. Not sure how the codes worked once the Sandman changed to XU3 late in 1975 and the new package was transferred the XX7 code. I have a feeling the XY5 was just used internally as I’ve never seen XY5 on an Acacia Ridge body plate.
1900 Persian Sand was standard with white stripes.

https://www.justmusc...t-oo493j97l6b3d

[hanra]

I thought there was a build thread on here with someone building an L31 Persian Sand car? Possibly about 5-6yrs ago? 

Edited by hanra, 20 March 2020 - 09:10 AM.

[yel327]

Was it a HJ or a HX or HZ

[hanra]

LH or X Torana. 

[yel327]

Sorry mate, my mistake.

[hanra]

I just had a bit of a search but couldnt find the thread. Im sure Ive read this colour being discussed before for a members build.... Was a while back though. 

[Ice]

Yes your right Brad it was about 5 to 7 years ago i think it was a NSW car
cant remember his user name either

[Covert]

http://www.gmh-toran...-mk-ii-rebuild/

 

[Ice]

Thats it