Rare!

[Grover-98]

Spent Wednesday in Sydney drove down in the Pinzgauer to see a fellow Pinzgauer owner her has 2 6x6 Pinzgauers and Haflingers. So after years of wanting one i found myself in a dream surrounded by them!

I know the rules but we forgot the camera! :mad: and the camera on my phone no longer works :(.

But still was a great day first time i have seen the 6x6 model!

James.

[Sleepy]

Oh well, It must never have happened then:p:rulez:












I love Pinzgauers - lucky bugger!:D

[isuzutoo-eh]

Had a bloke in the hobby shop where i work asking about Pinz and Haflinger models a month ago, he was shocked to find a staffer knowing what he was talking about! Pity we didn't have any models of them in stock though. This fellow had three Haflingers.
Do have some Landy kits though :-)

[rick130]

A Halfie drove through here recently, you don't see them very often these days. I've loved them since I was a kid in the seventies.

[Grover-98]

Oh well, It must never have happened then:p:rulez:












I love Pinzgauers - lucky bugger!:D

Next time i go i will have a camera and get some pictures :)

[Grover-98]

Had a bloke in the hobby shop where i work asking about Pinz and Haflinger models a month ago, he was shocked to find a staffer knowing what he was talking about! Pity we didn't have any models of them in stock though. This fellow had three Haflingers.
Do have some Landy kits though :-)

Thats prob the bloke i was with he has 3 haflingers and two 712 Pinzgauers :D.

Only thing having one is you have to allow a lot of time to get anywhere because when ever you stop to fill up or eat you find yourself surrounded by randoms with many questions the classic question is

"does it float" :p

[werdan]

Pinnies are cool! :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/03/1222.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/03/1220.jpg

[Grover-98]

They are excellent off road machines! i wouldn't mind adding a 712 to the collection but that will have to be a one day thing. I was reading a book on the Pinz and it said the 4x4 has a climbing ability of 73 degrees, and the 6x6 has one of 59 degrees. But dues to the fact that finding enough traction to climb such angles they put both down as a safe 45 degrees.

James.

[Sleepy]

This one is worth a watch

YouTube - PINZGAUER

And this one is impressive:o:eek:

YouTube - 4x4_Pinzgauer

[FenianEel]

Love the clips Sleepy, how cool was the music:D
Fella down the road has 2 excellent Pingys, he gets out in them quite a bit.

[Grover-98]

In the first clip a lot of the figures are different to the others you read such as approach and departure are 43 in the clip but 45 on all other notes.

[disco2hse]

You don't see many of them over here outside the army but I for one am impressed by what I saw in the clips.

Alan

[Sleepy]

Of course the Pinny in the earlier pictures is that of a very famous (infamous?) member of LROCV

I have seen it in action at Licola for the 40th anniversary in 2003 - very impressive indeed and a lovely vehicle.

Here's his website Pinzgauer Haflinger (http://users.bigpond.net.au/profpinz/index.html)

Also, have a look at the top two clips here (http://users.bigpond.net.au/profpinz/video/video_seperate.htm). This was a fast flowing Macalister river and didn't phase the Pinny. Compare it with the 110 crossing :o .........yikes!

[4bd1discovery]

do they have unimog diffs?

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[lambrover]

No they aren't Unimog diff's, they don't run a solid axles either, they have inderpendant suspension coming of a center member. and they have cross axle diff locks as well.

[disco2hse]

So what's the going price for one these things?

Alan

[Sleepy]

I recall seeing one on Carpoint in the last year or so - I think it was a 4x4 but my memory is a bit rusty. (It was in the Hummer section - due no Pinny section.) I think he wanted $50,000.:eek:

Geez I really am geussing because they are so scarce here - you can find them on OS websites in the $10K to $20K US, but by the time you got it on the road here I reckon you'd be crackin' to have change out of 50 grand. Maybe more!

[Grover-98]

do they have unimog diffs?

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They have independent suspension all round wit portal axles which gives then great clearence.

[Grover-98]

So what's the going price for one these things?

Alan

You can pick up a 6x6 for around the 30K and a 4x4 slightly cheaper but they are a lot rarer! and that price will get you one in good condition!

James.

[disco2hse]

OK that sounds about right. The govt here paid (I think) around $165k each for theirs plus 10 years worth of spares (for the army - that is what they replaced the Landies with). They bought 330.

Give it another 15 years and maybe they'll start appearing on the auction circuit :angel:

Alan