Mid Week Match-Up: Truck For Nathan

It is Wednesday, so that means time for another episode of our reader's favorite game of pin the tail on the donk --  Mid Week Match-Up!  This week's MWMU request comes from Nathan who writes:

I have been feeling the need for a truck. I am a Vermonter and my current ride is a 2007 Saab 9-3 Aero SportCombi with a light tune (320hp, 360lbft) which has been equal parts reliable and fun, with multiple Jeeps over the years on the side. As a home-owner and avid DIY guy it would be so much easier to have a vehicle with a useful bed and medium duty towing abilities. I have plans to replace a bunch of clapboard siding, haul/tow a trailer to transport materials (yards of stone/fill/building materials), appliances/etc, and hopefully drag an old motorcycle or two home while I am at it. I am a fairly staunch 'row your own' driver with a love for forced compression. I would also like this vehicle to have 4wd and reasonable off-road prowess. Enough here to rule out basically everything on the market in stock form? Probably. I have been shopping for manual, V6 Tacomas of the lightly used variety (2012+) but good examples with reasonable mileage-price combos are 'unobtanium'. 

No Puking Here Buddy: 1973 Steyr Puch Pinzgauer 710M

If you roll up to the school drop off zone with a used Land Rover, everybody judges you. Many will assume you are some rich show off, those in-the-known might guess (correctly) that half the power features don't work and the bumper is held together with zipties, but most people will dismiss your oddness and get on with life.  Show up with a Steyr Puch Pinzgauer and people might guess you are part of a citizens militia, but they certainly won't dismiss you oddness. Find this 1973 Steyr Puch Pinzgauer offered for $14,000 near Denver, CO.

15k: The Last Wagon You'll Ever Need: 1983 Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer 710K

The Pinzgauer is a high mobility all terrain vehicle named after a breed of Austrian horse and will climb hills like it has 4 legs.  The 710k is one of the common members of the family of 4X4 military vehicles built from 1971 to 2000 by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG in Graz, Austria with the Pinzgauer name on it.  Find this 1983 Pinzgauer 710K offered here on eBay for $14,000 buy-it-now or best offer, located in Pompano Beach, FL.  Tip from Dave M.

10k: Memorial Day Madness: 1983 Pinzgauer 710K Radio Truck

What better car to feature on Memorial Day than an army green 4x4 ready for the next war or a camping trip with your kids.  Either way, the Pinzgauer High Mobility All Terrain Vehicle is a family of 4X4 military vehicles built from 1971 to 2000 by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG in Graz, Austria.  The Pinzgaur was named after a breed of Austrian horse and will climb hills like it has 4 legs, all the while returning decent fuel economy for a "military" vehicle.  Find this 1983 Pinzgauer 710K Radio Truck currently bidding for $8,100 reserve-not-met with 4 days to go, located in Pompamo Beach, FL.

15k: Steyr-Daimler-Puch: 1975 Pinzgauer 710K 4X4

The Pinzgauer High Mobility All Terrain Vehicle is a family of 4X4 military vehicles built from 1971 to 2000 by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG in Graz, Austria.  Named after an Austrian breed of horse, the Pinzgaur was the result of military light troop transport needs but makes a surprisingly good 4X4 apocalypse prep, weekend fun or daily driver for the criminally insane.  Find this 1975 Pinzgauer 710K 4x4 currently bidding on ebay for $12,100 with 5 days to go, located in Dumont, CO.

5k: Apocalypse Shmapocalypse: 1974 Pinzgauer 710M

The Pinzgauer was born in Graz, Austria, the product of European light troop transportation needs as fulfilled by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG from 1971 to 2000.  Today, a used Pinzgauer is a great way to pick up a good off-roading troop transport for the family man with lots of kids or for someone who is still a kid.  Find this 1974 Pinzgauer 710 offered for $6,900 in Prescott, AZ via craigslist.