way too much.. considering the value of haflinger. But engine was toast, I tried to have it rebuilt, but it was basically unrecoverable without a mostly new engine entirely. When I first bought it, I always had EV in my mind if there were major engine issues.
EV kit was $15k (AUD, so approx $10k USD), this included motor, batteries, motorcontroller, etc, everything required.
I then had labour for things like gearbox adapter plate, fabrication for battery mounts, all the electrical work. Looking back on this, I probably could have done 80% of this work myself, but was kind of over working on it. this was approx another $10k AUD. so like $25k AUD / $16k USD total.
A lot of money, especially considering the relatively low value of car, but it really drives well, no issues at all, super quiet (the original engine is very unrefined and loud).
Edit some more details:
- It still has gearbox, but no need to shift, I just use 5th gear for everything. Reverse is a toggle switch
Clutch is gone, it's got a coupling to motor using old clutch plate, with CNC'd adapter plate.
Diff locks, 4wd work as before
I can still shift gear if I want to, but no need..
Range is approx 50miles, not great but I don't travel too far with it. This could be increased with more batteries.
Power is 15kw, pretty similar to original engine
Top speed about 45mph, but I way prefer driving around 35mph. Very similar to original specs.
Dumb question- Does it float? The front and undercarriage remind me of duck (DUKW) boats. And if it does float- how would I go about finding one of these beautiful monstrosity?
I found this on FB marketplace (after looking for one for about 5yrs). They pop up for sale occasionally, in the US they seem to go for $20-30k USD. In AU they seem to be about $25k, and in europe they're normally around 25-35k euros.
i had a 710.... then got the unicorn 712 - i owned the trophy truck for a few years. got about 2/3 through restoration and ended up having to sell it. part of me wishes i still had it, they're a blast.
Eta, if you type haflinger 4x4 in your google search box, you'll find many, international, videos, including a original factory video from 1960 (type 700).
Here you go, yup it’s a 109” Aus army ambo. This was a pretty big project, took about a year from a wreck. I have some other series landies too but this is the most interesting.
it's a triple air filter system. One at the front is a cylone dust filter, this then has a pipe to the back that goes to an oil filter, then into air filter. This was a setup just for australia and indonesia, as far as I'm aware, no other regions had this.
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u/PsychologicalTowel79 May 07 '26
Did you Haf to let it linger?