The day my pinzgauer died........:(

[Erik712m]

Sorry to read about your incident Max. Hopefully pinzmeister gets it back up and running soon.

[crossofiron]

That'll polish out




Hopefully the engine isn't wrecked. I know all the plastic bits will have melted/burnt but you might be able to salvage it.

What has the insurance company said?

haha!

the engine IS wrecked spoke to nigel yesterday, but dont worry, he also seems to think it will all polish out

insurance dont really want to know, but since when is that a suprise? looks like nigel has most of the things we need, and i am hoping to put a few days aside to go and help.

BACK to Nigel: i am inclined to agree about the electrical fault theory. the initial smell of the fire was a burning rubber aroma and not a fuel smell.

on a lighter note!!

my daughter informed me that her science teacher is using pictures of mabel on fire to teach a lesson!! i am going to contact him this week to see if i can get my hands on some to post here

cheers

max

[totaljoint]

Is Mabel now in great shape for a diesel upgrade?

[crossofiron]

Is Mabel now in great shape for a diesel upgrade?

:/ hmm, you are not the first to suggest this!

is there some sort of diesel splinter group out there

[pinzmeister-uk]

Yes but don't tell the petrol guys

[spandit]

Bung a V8 in there and piss us all off!!

Seriously, I wonder if you could shoehorn a BMW straight-6 in there... that would be awesome

[wrangler0511]

Actually I know of two conversions that use a BMW straight six floating around somewhere in Europe. One 712M is in Austria.
Or should I say was in Austria as it was parted out after a short life.
I don't know the reason why though.

And there is another heavily modified 712K in italy that pops up
every now and then. The owner wants to sell it for 160k Euro...

I am curious what happened to the Paris-dakar Pinzgauers and
what modifications were done to them.
One thing for sure is that at least two used watercooled engines.


Richard

[pinzmeister-uk]

There's another one, check out the tubo D section on this forum!!

[wrangler0511]

I noticed. Sorry I didn't mention yours.
You do great work there.

Inline six FTW. I drive one too, a gas powered one though.


Richard

[pinzmeister-uk]

Update on Mabel SHE LIVES!!! Resplendant in Cyprus camoflage

[krick3tt]

Good looking truck. I thought of the old joke about the zebra...but here... is it green with tan stripe or tan with green stripe.

[pinzmeister-uk]

It started life green, then got painted sand, and then the green added. So take your pick

[edzz]

I like happy news.
Best wishes

[crossofiron]

very pleased!!

runs lovely too

[audiocontr]

what do you have on top of the carbs?