Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer chassis numbers

Graz-built Haflingers and Pinzgauers carry Steyr-Daimler-Puch’s type plate with the model (700 AP for the Haflinger; 710, 712, 716, 718 for the Pinzgauer) and a chassis number, and the number stamped on the backbone tube; military vehicles add the army’s registration. From the 1980s the VIN begins VAN (Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Austria) and the Guildford Pinzgauer IIs carry a British WMI. [1][2]

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Where to find it

The type plate on the bulkhead or dash; the chassis number stamped on the central backbone tube near the front; the Austrian and Swiss army registrations on the body.

How to read it

1959–1980sType plate + chassis number: Model code (700 AP; 710 M/K/W and 712 M/K/W by body; 716/718 likewise) and a sequential chassis number; the year is on the plate. Swiss Army vehicles carry the M+ registration and Austrian ones the BH plate.
1980s–200917-character VIN: VAN… = Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Austria, with the model in positions 4–9; Guildford-built Pinzgauer IIs (2000–09) carry Automotive Technik’s and BAE Systems’ British WMI.

Prefixes

Prefix or code	Means
700 AP	Haflinger, 1959–74
710 M / K / W	Pinzgauer 4x4: soft top / hard top (box) / workshop, 1971–85
712 M / K / W	Pinzgauer 6x6, 1971–85
716 / 718	Second generation, 1986–2000
VAN…	Steyr-Daimler-Puch VIN prefix

Sources

1Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain VehicleWikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22
2Steyr-Puch HaflingerWikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22

The numbers are as the sources cited above record them — the parts trade's frame-number charts, the clubs' transcriptions of the makers' bulletins and the enthusiast decoders; a blank cell means no number is recorded. Registry research, not a factory record — check the vehicle's plate and the maker's build record before relying on a range. Corrections through the suggestion form.