This month marks the 10 year anniversary of the purchase of my 710K. At a point when my motivation was greater than it is today I thought that I might put together a thorough retrospective restoration thread. Alas, that surge of motivation was spent on other things, so I'll instead share just a little bit of history and some photos for your review.
From the outset my purpose for a Pinzgauer was to build an overlanding micro-camper. Coming from a couple of Toyota FJ40s, which I used to traverse the many old mining and jeep trails of the Southwest, I knew that I wanted a similar footprint and at least the same or better 4WD capability, but also required a greater cargo capacity for the camper build-out. Long story short my research brought me to the Pinzgauer 710K as the base vehicle for my project. It's now 10 years later and I couldn't be happier with that choice.
You'll see from the photos that this project has been a long series of modifications and revisions. Much of what I've learned and implemented I've gleaned from this forum and I'd like to thank you all for that. I owe particular thanks to Jim Laguardia for his 2.7L motor upgrade, throttle body injection and general service over the years, and Andre Swanson for the fabrication of the custom top, front brush guard, expedition rack, roof rack, fuel tank & battery cages, and numerous other body mods.
For a detailed photo history please go to my Google Photos album here or click the link in my signature.
UPDATE: I've added some additional photos of the interior cargo platform at the bottom of this post.
The evolution (in brief):
Some pics of the current configuration:
. I'll post back here when I do.
