The Little 4X4 That You NEVER Heard Of! 1968 Puch Haflinger 

or an allspark-infected wrist watch paired with a bobby car

They were sold by Sears in the 60's.

ive got three of them, absolutely love them!

I've worked on those before, nice design and nice to ride. Currently own a Kreidler (made in Germany, similar design)

how many pistons does it have?

@Soma Ranjit Der Haflinger ist nach einer Pferderasse, der Pinzgauer nach einer Rinderrasse benannt.

Same here in Switzerland. The "Haflinger" was used by the Swiss Army from 1961 until 1994. It's still used by some farmers, especially in the alpes.

The Pinzgauer is not the stronger brother of the Haflinger, but to a certain extent the successor ...

Recognized it straight away, an absolute cracking little vehicle, the Pinzguaer was the larger brother, also available in a 6X6 configuration, when Austrian production ceased I believe it was transferred to the UK and the six was used by the British army. Our 4X4 club hosted a meet with the owners club a good few years ago, a very capable vehicle.

@@CrusaderSports250 Haflinger years of construction: 1959-1974, Pinzgauer was built from 1971 ... So one can definitely speak of the successor...

I almost bought one in Adelaide when I was 17. Decided on an EH wagon instead...dont know if thats a good or bad decision?

Geil 👍

Na dann .. 3-Achser draus basteln. quasi "Pinzgauer micro"

@@martinb.770 den Zweiten baue ich gerade wieder zusammen

@@thomasp.9506 Kulturgut

Verlaufst einendavon?

Hallo Jakob. Bei uns steht auch einer im Schuppen. Amis sind eben nich die hellsten unter der Sonne. Gruß, Steph

The Austrian (!) army still uses them today!

I thought they had the Mini Mokey and the LJ80/Jimny down there?!?

@@martinb.770 we had the Moke at one stage but they weren’t any good off base roads, the little Haflinger could literally go anywhere.

@@peterbuckley3877 I didn't doubt about this fact (coming from AT + growing up with our brands + products, even knowing someone owning a restaurated one) Just surprised, the Haflinger really made it around the world, against the competition of Suzuki, Jeep, Landcruiser etc..

@@martinb.770 I think because it filled a niche that the others, as good as they are couldn’t fill. Unless you were in the Australian military in the seventies you’d never of heard of these versatile little vehicles.

honda talons are manual

@@countryboyforlife2921 paddle shifters or actual manual?

@@noahgullion2 pretty sure pattles but it has like 5 gears

That's easy to do though because there's literally nothing cool about side by sides, they're the worst.

@@pjm204 bruh sxs are the best all around vehicle

Worst thing about about the vehicles that say fiat on is usually they rot away before your eyes while the engines are really good

Really? Cool, never seen any footage. What Navy was it?

@@signorpippistrello the austrian alp Marine. Hahaha

British Royal navy.

On the hermes.

@@thomasschafer7268 Long gone are the times when Austria had U-Boats....!

It Seriously is!

That’s awesome!

No way! This one came from a family in Nova Scotia with a few. I guess the guy sold them at a Honda dealership back in the day. You likely saw this very machine!

@@davidsgarage That's really cool, I know for sure he still had the best one in 2014. I was back in NS at his youngest daughter's wedding and the old Haflinger was prominently featured lol. I'm going to get in touch and find out if he sold them. I'll keep you posted.

Dann muasd besser schaun

The original FIAT Panda 4x4 also used a Steyr Puch four wheel drive system. It had a Steyr Puch badge on the back. The Swiss army has (at least they did have in the late 1990's when I served) Halflingers, Pinzgauers and Puch badged G Wagens.

To this day the factory in Graz does awd/4wd/4x4 devellopment and manufacturing for numerous car manufactures. (BMWs X-drive for example) Since Magna bought it some years ago, the Puch badges are gone, but the knowledge still is there. Ineos wcontracted them for the supsension devellopment of their grenadier. (I have no clue why they went for the suspension but not the awd systems.)

Interesting! I did not know that

@@davidsgarage I was traveling in Europe (from Australia) in 2000, and was looking at a couple of military trucks I was thinking of buying. One of them was a 60's 6x6 Steyr 5 tonne truck. A very interesting piece of kit, and hugely capable, but as is very common in trucks from that era, the cab was pretty cramped. The truck was in Graz (where the Steyr Puch factory was), and the owner was a retired former worker at the plant. He told me about some of the companies contract development work for other car manufacturers. I remember there were others, but it's a while ago, and they didn't stick in my mind. I think I remembered Subaru because I was so surprised by it, and it's something that Subaru never mentions in company history. I guess there is Japanese pride at stake, although I'd be proud to have a system designed by legends like Steyr Puch. I ended up traveling to Brno in the Czech Republic, and buying this Haflingers older, bigger brother, a Tatra 813. The same retired factory worker told me that after world war 2 there was a father and son who were both engineers and were responsible for these designs. This was Tatra's legendary engineer Hans Ledvinka, he was Austrian, and designed the original tube back bone chassis for Tatra in the 20's with a rear mounted air cooled engine. Ferdinand Porsche later 'borrowed' the design and produced the Volkswagon which was almost identical. If you search for pictures of the early Volkswagon 'prototype', and the earlier Tatra, you will see they are almost identical. After the war Volkswagon paid a huge settlement to Tatra for copying their design. His son Erich also worked for Tatra, and later went to work for Steyr Puch where he was responsible for designing the Pinzgauer, and the Haflinger.

@@davidsgarage So if anyone ever tells you, that you have a 'copy' of a Volkswagon, with it's rear flat engine and swing axles, you can tell them you have the original, and that the Volkswagon is a copy of yours.

That’s very interesting! Thank you for sharing. I knew about Tatra but understood they copied Volkswagen. Cool to know it’s the other way around! Mercedes also had a “beetle” I believe. Mercedes 170H. Was rear engined and had a tube chassis but wasn’t air cooled. Would love to see one! Definitely rich automotive history in those parts of the world.

@@davidsgarage before the war, there was a Steyr try a "Peoples Car" the Steyr 50 or "Baby" - close your eyes and imagine a more beautiful VW, and you are there......

They looked like choppers and in Holland there was a whole subculture around it. People who would ride them look like... well, David. Lot of weed smoking going on as well so they would be like a magnet to the police. Then there was Tomos, a Czech company who made them as well in licence and there was always a bit or rivalry between the Tomos and Puch riders who would be effectively two factions of the same sub culture. Those where the days. Here is a picture of one: external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.aoMVTVtqavatSGv6sXPoxgHaE7%26pid%3DApi&f=1 In Holland they where usually in black, and sometimes the Tomos was Bordeaux red metallic. They where always souped up and customized and the first thing to go where the stock handle bars to be replaced with something preferable taller than the shoulders of the rider.

That’s interesting! Here in Canada we never got those bikes. Sounds like quite the time! I need a time machine I think

@@davidsgarage Definitely. They also made some motorcycles and dirtbikes but they're very rare in the states. I think you need one of the mopeds for your collection though, it doesn't take much to make them rip! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RLKU6b8hPeo.html

Puch designed very interesting and unique engines for their bikes, the "Puch Doppelkolben" engine. It's a two stroke, single cylinder engine with a second, smaller piston attached to the crankshaft for pre compression. A weird, fascinating design but worked really good.

@@janoleschwarz2131 I think youre talking about the "Ladepumpen Puchs", because the newer ones like in the 250sg i think had the same sized pistons

Idk If in Switzerland it's like this too, but my dad bought an old G wagon professional from the Dutch military, it was in very good condition cause it didn't see any action just hauling stuff around (my dad was in the military in the 80's) I think people who served in the military should be allowed to buy used and old military vehicles. To take care of them and keep them running. Otherwise whenever they renew their fleet, the old vehicles are just dumped somewhere and rot away in the weather

This truck also has a very good turning radius, can get out of really tight spots. They're really popular as a tractor for farmers in Scandinavia, cause they can go where a tractor can, like steep mountains People might be put away by the looks and size of this truck, but it's incredibly capable

Basically! Haha

A new side by side cost more than a new car and isn’t road legal!

Thank you!

If you ever want to sell it please contact me .

what kind of moped you got?