What have I bought ? Building a Haflinger ex Royal Navy

[steyr phil]

Hi all Phil here first post , I'm on restoring/building a Haflinger , not much left of the body so having to make it

this is what I've picked up







remains of the doors



not much remains of the fuel tank



I think we put more rust in the bin than whats left of the body

[TechMOGogy]

Ok well I will start by saying WOW nice find!!
But I will quickly follow with WOW what happened to that poor little guy
Looks like you have some solid bits to start working from - a full set of doors is always a very nice find.
There are places to buy parts or full body tubs as you may well know.
Let us know your plans and keep us posted with photos
Cheers and I see you have another Hafi in the background!

[Pinzgauer Pete]

Holy CROW..thats not a halflinger....THATS A MUCH RARER VEHICLE ...A QUARTERLINGER!!!...Good luck and happy new year!!

[westernair]

Wow nice find, please blog the rebuild of that little guy. I have already started amassing spare parts for mine, if you need something post to the list and someone may be able to help you out.
My wife of 25 years saw the pictures and praised you for buying it. Her thought pattern is that's one less project out their for her crazy husband.

[steyr phil]

Hi all and a happy new year I find these little vehicles ( and parts for these ) quite expensive just like other vehicles made by the steyr puch factory , so I intend in making most of the body
The other haflinger in one of the pictures belongs to a gentleman that I bought my haflinger from , he helps run a haflinger club ,
My other half does'nt think I'd be able to make anything of it and that I have too take plenty of pics as I go along , I did manage too hide it from her for a while but then she wanted too put something in the garage , I said you can't as there's a horse in there



over the last couple of weeks after work I've striped and rebuilt the front upper body ,



folded a new pannel to let in



then pulled the windscreen out to find the frame was beyond repair so made a new one





trial fitting the windscreen frame on the rebuilt front , just the windscreen wiper to sort

[westernair]

Whats that dear? no I have a new horse in the stable.
Thank god we b have accepting better halves that are willing to put up with our obsessions.

[Pinzgauer Pete]

Already this is going to turn out awesome...I can hardly wait for this to be completed...nice work!

[TechMOGogy]

1st pic vs last pic you just posted is amazing!
Clearly you have some metal fab skills!

[steyr phil]

thanks for the comments going to have a few hours this mornning making the side frames , I've made a start on them but seems quite a bit of work in them

[steyr phil]

Went to see a friend to get a few more measurements today
Then drilled the outer frame and welded tubes in for the front bumper mounts and B pillar hoops also for the side panels , cut the ends of the box section for the front corners so that there nice and rounded , then slowly welded it up keeping an eye on which way it was pulling , managed to get them spot on with no need to twist strait - first time for everything pics not too good due to using my phone

B pillar tubes welded in , bit much work involved so for the rear side panels I just welded the tubes in as thought it would be easier to extend the fixings for the sides ,



front corner nearly there





looking good so far trial fitting the front

[westernair]

Looks good, if this is your first time you are a natural at it. Popcorn in hand as I watch you go forward.

[Pinzgauer Pete]

This is amazing to watch...keep the pics coming.....

[steyr phil]

Thanks for the replies just a hobby ( I must add= a hobby is something one should be good at ) , started restoring some old vehicles but not much to restore here so building new I share a unit with a pal and he's restoring a MK2 escort ,

not much to show today , just shotblasted the front upper body then gave it a coating of acid etch paint also started the rear crossmember for the outer frame that I'll upload pics of soon

[bonefish635]

Steyr Phil, given the wide US readership of these pages, I should point out that to most of (them) a 'MK2 escort' is maybe something VERY different to your friend's RWD throwback. Whilst here in the UK it might be known and loved (by some), I doubt its unremarkable 4 cylinder prowess would stir pulses worldwide.

Unless as I suspected it sounds more like a call girl of some sort.

Tony

[pathfinder700ap]

Hi there,

well done so far! The title of this topic says "Royal Navy Haflinger" - I don't think that this is a RN Haf, but do you have one of these as well?


Regards,
Constantin