Classic car rescue, again
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Isn't there people doing this on YouTube lol.
Pulled this out of a garage Saturday morning, actually a friend found this one. As usual the donkey was needed.
Remarkably, a battery charge, points cleaned with a 2p piece, a tap on the carb to free a stuck float, fresh fuel straight in the tank and off it went.
Pulled this out of a garage Saturday morning, actually a friend found this one. As usual the donkey was needed.
Remarkably, a battery charge, points cleaned with a 2p piece, a tap on the carb to free a stuck float, fresh fuel straight in the tank and off it went.
I-am-the-reverend said:
Those 504's were great cars, tough as old nails. The cheap ones had a live rear axle similar to the estate, pricier versions had IRS. iirc.
Haven't look that hard, it's a 72 GL Auto.Original paint except doors, 2 long term owners with an interesting story of how an 18 year old 45k car was deemed worth 200 quid by the dealer that sold it, the second owner, a mechanic at said dealer bought it and kept it since.
Amazingly, I put a u bolt on the tiny strapping eye under rear valance, and pulled it backwards out of the garage, up the steep drive and ob to the truck, those eyes are normally long gone.
Safe to say it is a solid beast lol, mint original sills.
Turned it round on flat ground before the 300 mile trip I took it on.
Rumdoodle said:
Used to see a lot of those when I lived in Libya before the war. This was Ptolemais in July 2010.
I'm back there now, as it happens, and haven't seen a single one yet. It's all Kias and Toyotas.
I saw a few in Dahab, Egypt over Xmas, n9ne in Sharm, that was all Korean, Japanese or Chinese. I'm back there now, as it happens, and haven't seen a single one yet. It's all Kias and Toyotas.
They were in use but battered beyond restoration.
Rumdoodle said:
Used to see a lot of those when I lived in Libya before the war. This was Ptolemais in July 2010.
I'm back there now, as it happens, and haven't seen a single one yet. It's all Kias and Toyotas.
I was in Libya in 93 for 6 months, loads of Peugeots. 504 estates were people taxi & quite a few 305s, the 505 had just been launched and the consensus of the locals were it was too complex.I'm back there now, as it happens, and haven't seen a single one yet. It's all Kias and Toyotas.
Mr Tidy said:
Looks like you have found a bit of a gem - there can't be too many solid ones left. Shame as back then Peugeot cars were a cut above other French brands.
It actually is a gem. I made the YouTube comment because I have done this hundreds of times. Not all gems, but this isn't the best one. Usually liw miles forgotten about cars stored for decades and when they fire up easily stilk get a thrill lol.
The mechanic owner had kept this ready to go until a few years ago, when age put a stop to things, so it had a fair chance.
Others like a 36kJaguar 420g, and a 1 owner 25k Ford Corsair GT. That had been stored for 30 years plus and started and drove with nothing more than fuel, coolant and a battery gave a real buzz.
So did a very nearly mint 31k 1970 Hillman Avenger, that i literally put fuel and brake fluid in, pumped the brake pedal and drove to an MOT, which it passed after nearly 20cyears in a lock up.
I once was asked to buy and take away a long term stored RS Turbo MK3 Escort, checks and inspection revealed 22 owners , probably because it was a ringer back i. The day, left it where it was, but not a wasted trip, the 1939 Morgan sitting beside it, 44 years it had been there, definitely a project, was bought and a nice little earner.
I rarely took pictures, let alone filmed over the years now everyone does.
Rumdoodle said:
Used to see a lot of those when I lived in Libya before the war. This was Ptolemais in July 2010.
I'm back there now, as it happens, and haven't seen a single one yet. It's all Kias and Toyotas.
They stopped making them in Kenya and Nigeria in the noughties, so the ubiquity of korean and japanese stuff is inevitable. No doubt they've vanished from egyptian roads too; when I visited in 2001 every 4th car seemed to be a pug 504.I'm back there now, as it happens, and haven't seen a single one yet. It's all Kias and Toyotas.
hidetheelephants said:
They stopped making them in Kenya and Nigeria in the noughties, so the ubiquity of korean and japanese stuff is inevitable. No doubt they've vanished from egyptian roads too; when I visited in 2001 every 4th car seemed to be a pug 504.
I already mentioned seeing a few in Egypt over Xmas. 504 and 505. Well battered though still in use. sjabrown said:
A 504 is a lovely thing. Very much on my list of cars I want to own and drive some day. In fact all the 04 series Peugeots are... only achieved 1 so far.
Well this one will be for sale shortly, I took it to Liverpool docks for an overnight to Belfast. My friend has driven it down into the southern Ireland to enjoy it and sort any niggles. It did the trip from Belfast to Kilkenny with no issues.
So far not found any rust on it, apparently the door bottoms had some surface rust 30 years ago, when it was traded in, they were painted and nothing has come back through. The chrome is excellent, interior nice too,
It was fitted with correct tread Michelin tyres, with the bolster on the side walls, maybe 20 years ago, barely done any miles and no sign of issues with them. Same tyres it was supplied on.
It is a 2 owner 60k car , registered to me in the trade, so the next owner will be the third recorded.
I am pretty sure you won't find a better almost all original car, that has not been restored or welded.
The carb has been changed for a later auto choke one, but the auto choke doesn't work, will probably put the original back on after servicing it, the dash board lights and gauges, something there keeps blowing fuses, a short somewhere, that we will get to the bottom of, disconnected for now.
Gearbox and brakes are spot on.
My old man owned 3 of these in the 70’s, a green one, a white one and finally a maroon one. At least one had a manual gearbox, which had a slight bias to the left going from third to fourth, I remember . They were quite rare in those days as a company car and my Dad got so fed up of people mispronouncing the name, he put a dymo sticker on the glovebox, stating “Purr-Jo”! Happy days, the radio tuned to Radio 2 in the mornings, listening to Terry Wogan.
Doesitdrive said:
Isn't there people doing this on YouTube lol.
Pulled this out of a garage Saturday morning, actually a friend found this one. As usual the donkey was needed.
Remarkably, a battery charge, points cleaned with a 2p piece, a tap on the carb to free a stuck float, fresh fuel straight in the tank and off it went.
Wow! My dad bought one new in 1972 in that colour … mid-brown velour interior. OLT 113L. Bought from the Peugeot dealer on Stepney High Road. Most comfortable car he’d had, he always said.Pulled this out of a garage Saturday morning, actually a friend found this one. As usual the donkey was needed.
Remarkably, a battery charge, points cleaned with a 2p piece, a tap on the carb to free a stuck float, fresh fuel straight in the tank and off it went.
uk66fastback said:
Wow! My dad bought one new in 1972 in that colour mid-brown velour interior. OLT 113L. Bought from the Peugeot dealer on Stepney High Road. Most comfortable car he d had, he always said.
My dad bought a new 504GL in 1972 as well, his was white with red seats though. I was far too small to remember it but I do remember his next car, a 504Ti in metallic blue with a black coachline and tan seats. The 504 is a lovely car, I haven't seen one for decades!dbdb said:
My dad bought a new 504GL in 1972 as well, his was white with red seats though. I was far too small to remember it but I do remember his next car, a 504Ti in metallic blue with a black coachline and tan seats. The 504 is a lovely car, I haven't seen one for decades!
I had one exactly the same as this in the early 80,s, not because I wanted one, I crashed into it with an Austin 1800S, so bought it to save my insurance 🙃. Doesitdrive said:
I-am-the-reverend said:
Those 504's were great cars, tough as old nails. The cheap ones had a live rear axle similar to the estate, pricier versions had IRS. iirc.
Haven't look that hard, it's a 72 GL Auto.Original paint except doors, 2 long term owners with an interesting story of how an 18 year old 45k car was deemed worth 200 quid by the dealer that sold it, the second owner, a mechanic at said dealer bought it and kept it since.
Amazingly, I put a u bolt on the tiny strapping eye under rear valance, and pulled it backwards out of the garage, up the steep drive and ob to the truck, those eyes are normally long gone.
Safe to say it is a solid beast lol, mint original sills.
Turned it round on flat ground before the 300 mile trip I took it on.
I started working with Peugeot`s in 1970, mechanic to service manager at a Main Dealer. Then my own small Peugeot Indy` for 22 years. One of my Dealer company cars was a top range 504 Ti, fuel injection, torque tube drive, coils and discs at each corner, comfy leather interior, lovely car to drive.
Back in those days Peugeot`s were well built, tough and very reliable. We very rarely had to strip down an engine, gearbox or axle, they just lasted for ever.
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