Back in the Seventies
Ah yes, back in the day, for many Aussies, the mighty Holden Kingswood name was in many driveways alongside the equally popular Ford Falcon. These two family sedans, and all their variants ruled the roost way before SUV was a term. This is the "Sandman" panel van variant of the Holden Kingswood HJ, looking great in its custom dark grey metallic paintjob. A Holden Kingswood Sandman panel van even featured in the original Mad Max movie, and of course, the Kingswood name went on to feature on an Australian Sitcom called Kingswood Country which ran from 1980 to 1984.
This is just a fun little 1/24th scale model plastic toy I found online recently and I got it just for novelty value. It is made by DDA, a company that usually specialises in the more traditional metal die-cast models, and is still very accurately modelled on the original. One of its great little features is the working LED headlights and tail-lights. I'm sure this car, and its sedan variant will be appearing a little more in a driveway near me night or day in some future shots!
A 7 image focus stack, processed in-camera with the Canon R10, RF 24-240 lens.
Back in the Seventies
Ah yes, back in the day, for many Aussies, the mighty Holden Kingswood name was in many driveways alongside the equally popular Ford Falcon. These two family sedans, and all their variants ruled the roost way before SUV was a term. This is the "Sandman" panel van variant of the Holden Kingswood HJ, looking great in its custom dark grey metallic paintjob. A Holden Kingswood Sandman panel van even featured in the original Mad Max movie, and of course, the Kingswood name went on to feature on an Australian Sitcom called Kingswood Country which ran from 1980 to 1984.
This is just a fun little 1/24th scale model plastic toy I found online recently and I got it just for novelty value. It is made by DDA, a company that usually specialises in the more traditional metal die-cast models, and is still very accurately modelled on the original. One of its great little features is the working LED headlights and tail-lights. I'm sure this car, and its sedan variant will be appearing a little more in a driveway near me night or day in some future shots!
A 7 image focus stack, processed in-camera with the Canon R10, RF 24-240 lens.