A pristine Holden Sandman - what stories it could tell

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While at the Maritime Museum in Fremantle, Western Australia, we came across this Holden Sandman panel van. This type of vehicle was very popular when surfing first became the rage. Every teenage boy across the country yearned for a panel van with his surfboard on the roof and a mattress in the back. Fathers of teenage girls were very suspicious of lads with panel vans which soon became known as ‘shaggin’ wagons’. It seems this one fits the bill as one of the stickers on it says ‘Don’t come a’knockin’ if the wagon’s arockin’’. Within the last few days, the last Holden vehicle has rolled out the doors of the Australian car manufacturer of the same name putting thousands out of work. A sad day for those involved.