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Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:50 am
by letat
Hello everybody I am from Slovenia. I found this great forum and reading it for weeks now :)
I am interested in buying Pinzgauer 710. Yesterday, I went to see one, but it was in bad shape it is the ex-fire truck. He was subjected to various weather conditions for four years, as he stood outside in the rain or sunshine before it was in working condition in 2014 it was driven there and parked. I cant start it because it dont have any fluids. Its really cheap actualy guy want 1000 bucks for it. What is your opinion? Sorry for my poor english.

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:41 am
by undysworld
Reminds me of a song about a thousand dollar car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzim1iYhmGA
"A thousand dollar car ain't never gonna roll, until you go at least another thousand in the hole. Sink your money in it, and there you are, the owner of a two thousand dollar thousand dollar car.

The body looks like it's been attacked by iron moths, and God only knows what the inside of the gearboxes looks like. It's probably better used as a "parts" truck, imho. Even then, I'd want to see what the internals look like before I dropped any cash.

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:29 am
by TechMOGogy
If engine is free and no major parts missing I would buy it ASAP
Use it as an off-rod rig
Worse case is you will get your $1000 back in parts

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 8:53 am
by pinzi
Hmm....front +rear diff....hi/lo transfer case...doors , Windows , engine? ....yup easy 1000 € in parts. :mrgreen:

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:05 am
by Brickren
Hello. Usually, you buy a vehicle and then a parts truck. You were able to score the parts truck first. Personally, I would buy it. Heck, you could sell the battery box and door to the other member of this board,Gadgetphreak, that crushed his. See, your already making money on it. So, it's no longer a $1000 truck. It's a $1000 truck minus what you make selling the battery box.

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:20 pm
by GadgetPhreak
LOL.


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Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:33 am
by undysworld
So, we're all agreed then? It's a "parts" truck, at best?
Brickren wrote:Heck, you could sell the battery box and door to the other member of this board,Gadgetphreak, that crushed his. See, your already making money on it. So, it's no longer a $1000 truck. It's a $1000 truck minus what you make selling the battery box.
For Sale: One Battery/Tool Box $1000.01 plus shipping :P

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:44 am
by Brickren
In my opinion if the body is in bad shape I would think so. But there is a body for sale on eBay for $2500.00.; I do not remember where it's at. If you do the work, you could probably get it ready for less than finding one complete. A nice pinz will cost about $12k here in the States. So if you can do a project and piece it back to health, you could have a running pinz for under $8k. Knowing what little I know about your find. But he lives near enough to the factory. A lot more spare parts in his neck of the woods

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:12 am
by pinzi
:mrgreen: LOL..the guy is from Slovenia...so they all had these in the Army ,Croatia ,Slovenia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia.......... i mean they have more new parts there Than S-tec. :lol: :roll:

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:46 am
by letat
Great thank you guys for your answers. I think im gona buy it and restore it back to life if it will be poosible.

Here is a picture from it 4 years ago.

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 12:01 pm
by Brickren
All in all, a good find. I'd buy it if it was near me. Good luck and let us know on progress.

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:23 am
by one2many
If a Pinz is in your future you need to get this asap...the spares alone would make this purchase pay off, even if only half of the driveline worked you'd still be well in front.

I'm from "Down Under" and I dream of finding a "Pinz for parts" and I reckon I'd be in for 5k...1k is a steal, we just don't have the Pinz numbers of much of Europe and USA. Does Slovenia have so many that you could let the spares on this one go?

Recently there was a 712 on Gumtree South Africa, it's wheels were lying in the grass around it and it was out in the weather but most of it was there even if it was sitting in the back, the asking price was $1900aud and a further $3000 shipping would have made this a good buy for me but it sold within 2-3 days so I missed out.
My 2 cents

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 3:50 am
by Brickren
So, are there enough pinz laying about to make a visit to Slovinia a consideration? I mean, is there a pinz in every 3rd junk yard just waiting to be resurrected? I hear your tourism has seen an increase over the last year. Could an eastern European vacation be part of a pinz finder treasure hunt? That's how Ural got it's start in the States. Business man goes to Russia to sell potato farming equipment and ends up coming back with Urals.
By the way, after looking at the pictures again, I noticed that the lights were left on. That will kill the battery.... unless master switch is off ,that is.

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:13 am
by letat
Actually there is not alot of them here anymore alot of them go to Germany or Austria where they restore it back to life :) . This was actualy the only one for sell that i can found in a month end even this one was gone before i call guy back. We have here very bad winters here with alot of salt on the streats so rust kiling everything. So i looking for another and learning more about them :)

Re: Pinzgauer 710

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:59 am
by one2many
I'm not surprised it got snapped up quickly at that price...you now know what to do IF happen across another 1K Pinzgauer.

This is a great place to learn about them, Happy Hunting.