My ‘new’ Haflinger
I just bought this pile of bits. I am sure there is a Haflinger in there somewhere 
That's a heck of a challenge to get going. If that's the plan. Or you needed transplant parts?
(note: interesting that the duplicate posts on this seem to get updated together - weird.)
The 'mog has gone I seem to remember. Do you still have the big brother? Trying to collect a full set!
So;
G wagon - tick
Unimog - now have 2?
Halflinger - in bits
steyr puch pinzgauer - have?
Missing a Panda 4x4!
My current count is 2 wrecked 'mog 406, 460GDS (not moved for years but still roadworthy), W163 ML500 (for sale), W166 ML350 (wife's replacement for ML500).... but I have not gone down the Styr-puch line fully, a Halflinger would be cute but an old quad does duties well enough.
The 'mog has gone I seem to remember. Do you still have the big brother? Trying to collect a full set!
So;
G wagon - tick
Unimog - now have 2?
Halflinger - in bits
steyr puch pinzgauer - have?
Missing a Panda 4x4!
My current count is 2 wrecked 'mog 406, 460GDS (not moved for years but still roadworthy), W163 ML500 (for sale), W166 ML350 (wife's replacement for ML500).... but I have not gone down the Styr-puch line fully, a Halflinger would be cute but an old quad does duties well enough.
You know how these thing go !
At first I just wanted a G Wagon and a Pinz then I thought a Unimog would be a nice addition but then it wouldnt be a complete set without a little Haflinger .
Actually I still dont have a complete set because I sold the 710 Pinz to buy a 718 6x6 Pinz which I am still waiting for and I am not sure if the 411 Unimog and the Haflinger count as complete vehicles given the state they are in. Have you got any photos of your 406's, are they as bad as my 411 ?
My Quad and Octad are probably more useful than the Haflinger and I don't have to completely re-build them but then that's part of the fun of owning these old relics.
The 406 I want to keep was bought by my father in about 1968 at 18 months old. It was a no expense spared farm tractor until about 1990 when step mother's horses took over the sheds/farm. I rescued it from the estate in 2011. Now it lies with engine fully stripped, I think the only good bit is the back axle and maybe the Werner winch .. every other bit took 20 years of abuse. I have a better replacement cab and the "spares" 406 was due to give up an engine. It is an early 406 with 6 cylinder 5.7 litre 84hp diesel but that means it has unique axles and gearbox compared to everything from about 1970 onwards. One of a few retirement projects really but a decent V snow plough (or even better snow blower) would be appreciated sooner (last year we spent 3 days digging ourselves out with 3 tractors and my JCB (bit it only happens every 5 years or so.. so hard to justify too much hardware). That was the original reason for the G-Wagon.
The quad is likewise a suitable relic; 1981 Honda Big Red. I have had to replace the bottom chassis rails due to rust and rebuild back axle. Engine needs a silly oil leak done on the camshaft rockers and now it has bald tyres .. but as it has the tow hitch on the back axle it is crazy what it will move .. about 2.5t wood at one point and regularly 3/4 t to fix the road.
My father had on the hill farm a Skid-doo in '60s and Highland Garron in '80s (which we tweaked and got up to 30mph)
I would imagine that your fathers Unimog would have been an unusual sight on the roads in the north of Scotland in the 1960's. Well done for keeping it in the family and definetly worth restoring when you have time, I like the chunky dumper tyres.
A snow blower or a plough would be a handy attachment for the winter. I was looking at some ex German Council blowers for my U400 but as you said its an expensive item to have sitting around when it will probably only be used once every five years. I have a good size snow plough fitted to the front of the quad that does a good job of clearing the driveway and its only a 5 minute job to take it on and off.
It was probably the first 406 into the UK. Previously he had a 411 and a 403. It was certainly the first in Scotland. The factory demo driver from Germany used to come over and borrow it to demo to customers. My father was somewhat shocked when the driver jumped into the seat and drove straight out into a field and over the ridge with no looking about. Later when he tried it himself he found the rear wheels were off the deck and it was just skimming down over the drop!
See the photos from last Feb. It was about 8 ft drifts and even 4 days later it was 6 ft of wet snow to dig out. I tried the quad at one point but it was wet snow and so it sank. So some blower would be great!
In 2008 I went around the MB Stuttgart and Unimog musems. The mog one had a snow clearing exhibition on so I got to see a few options. There were 411 snowblowers with engines in the rear for sale about that time for not much .. ex UK ones that did the odd days work in 5 years! I missed one of the snowblower engines for my 406 (same but turbo'ed) with about 1200 hours (so not a lot).
Finally for a bit of G picture.. I passed a pair of G500 with large twin caravans and all the gear going South after the mog museum.
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Update: Collected the Haflinger and parts from the yard it had been sitting in for the last 20 years and transported it to its new home. The previous owner had a Haflinger dealership in the 1970's and these were the leftovers.
As you can see from the photos as well as the Haflinger there is a large assortement of spare parts and several fiberglass cab panels from the civilian version.