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Just had a horrible vision of a Pathfinder with a 500 flat twin in it........
BTW, more than one Haflinger was modded with VW Beetle pistons (and possibly other bits) to make it a bit a bit more lively.
Colin, after many years being rattled around inside a Haffy during the routemarking of the Welsh 2 Day Trials, I think Haflinger is engraved somewhere on my back! Absolutely brilliant little vehicles except for those who have to get in and out several hundred times a day and rub your "lower thigh" across the bodywork! Makes a change from burning your bits on a badly designed expansion chamber!
The Halfinger spelling is almost what Raymond Baxter used when seeing a Haffy being driven by members of the Army ISDT Team during a TV Army v London Car Club event. He said "He isn't Halflinging it about! That event was memorable for the appearance of the twin-engined Mini-Moke which deposited one of the Army Team out the side door.....OK no doors!....when the rear engine went flat out and the front ceased to function!
Keith, I'd put that about 1960-61. My book by Piet Olyslager about Cross-Country Cars shows a piture of a Moke with a number 8 on it, presumably from one of these events, with the date of 1960 ascribed to Army Trials with the Moke. Obviously the lack of ground clearance was a major problem, but the Australian Army adopted a version with bigger wheels for Patrol and Dog duties.
Haflingers were adopted by many Armies and even found use within our Navy onboard aircraft carriers. The Haflinger's big brother, the Pinzgauer, was a huge success, selling in big numbers, with production switching to the UK.
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