My own barn find - Peugeot 505
Discussion
So the story goes, my old man bought this Peugeot 505 shorty after the fall of iron curtain in '93 (I'm from Kazakhstan, there's no such thing on PH country list). I was just 13-young Pioneer then, so you can imagine my excitement being driven in something Western among Ladas and Moskviches at the time. I was completely in love with it.
My parents separated in '94 (I stayed with mom) and the next year something happened to Pug's fuel system (presumably a paraffine plug somewhere in fuel lines caused by very poor diesel fuel), so my father just put it in his garage, locked the doors and probably threw out the keys. I was told he had removed the engine
Since then, I had no idea what happened to the car - his house was bought by someone else, and our family had no legal connections with the car.
Back in 2012, terrified by the world's end perspective, I dug out all of our family papers and thumbed through just to find the Pug's technical passport (V5 in queen's) registered to my late father. I was so excited that I just jumped in the car and drove 400 miles to find out what's with the car. I was then been refused to be let in and see the car. So that had to go in a court.
2 years since, I finally put my hands onto it, and it's beautiful
What's more amazing - how it came alive. Well, almost.
Standing tall and proud with its Turbo badge on - not so cool these days, I imagine
After 19 years in a barn - all four tyres just were pumped up and we pushed it out. Still can't quite believe the quality of those old balloons still holding pressure. Also, when did you last seen a thread like this
Before
While
And after
So the old Pug feels and looks sound for me, with a few obvious rust spots, dents and cracks here and there, but nothing major. Just how robust are those things? All I have to spend for now to get it running (I know I'm asking for it) is £80 and drive it somewhere I can get my spanners out.
I thought it was disassembled and had no engine, but the reality turned out, well, better. My initial plan was to put what's left of my Audi V8 in it with E34 getrag and rear differential, which I also happen to have, but for now I just want it to get running again. More pics if someone's interested.
My parents separated in '94 (I stayed with mom) and the next year something happened to Pug's fuel system (presumably a paraffine plug somewhere in fuel lines caused by very poor diesel fuel), so my father just put it in his garage, locked the doors and probably threw out the keys. I was told he had removed the engine
Since then, I had no idea what happened to the car - his house was bought by someone else, and our family had no legal connections with the car.
Back in 2012, terrified by the world's end perspective, I dug out all of our family papers and thumbed through just to find the Pug's technical passport (V5 in queen's) registered to my late father. I was so excited that I just jumped in the car and drove 400 miles to find out what's with the car. I was then been refused to be let in and see the car. So that had to go in a court.
2 years since, I finally put my hands onto it, and it's beautiful
What's more amazing - how it came alive. Well, almost.
Standing tall and proud with its Turbo badge on - not so cool these days, I imagine
After 19 years in a barn - all four tyres just were pumped up and we pushed it out. Still can't quite believe the quality of those old balloons still holding pressure. Also, when did you last seen a thread like this
Before
While
And after
So the old Pug feels and looks sound for me, with a few obvious rust spots, dents and cracks here and there, but nothing major. Just how robust are those things? All I have to spend for now to get it running (I know I'm asking for it) is £80 and drive it somewhere I can get my spanners out.
I thought it was disassembled and had no engine, but the reality turned out, well, better. My initial plan was to put what's left of my Audi V8 in it with E34 getrag and rear differential, which I also happen to have, but for now I just want it to get running again. More pics if someone's interested.
DUMBO100 said:
My Dad had an Estate 505 as family transport back in the day, it was red too. I'm pretty sure that it didn't have a V8 though
I spent most of my childhood in the back of the estate version of these, mum had a succession of them for child ferrying - they had 3 rows of seats and were huge by the standards of the day.I do think these older Peugeots are far better looking than their modern equivalents.
What a great story! And a lovely old car!
The 505 is such a good looking car - there is a real elegance to its simplicity. This is particularly true for the early cars such as this.
My late father bought a 505STI back in 1979 when they were lanched in right hand drive. It was metallic green, and came with the same (high) spec as your SRD. IIRC, the SRD was the most expensive 505 model, back then.
Yours seems to have lost its chromed finishers from round the headlamps, though I imagine these will be fairly easy to obtain on the internet, provided you don't struggle with the postage.
A V8 seems to be a well known conversion for the 505; there is a lot written about it on the internet. They were available with a 2.8 V6 from new, so there should be no problems fitting a V8.
Thanks for posting the pictures - I'd like to see more of them! I look forward to reading of your progress!
The 505 is such a good looking car - there is a real elegance to its simplicity. This is particularly true for the early cars such as this.
My late father bought a 505STI back in 1979 when they were lanched in right hand drive. It was metallic green, and came with the same (high) spec as your SRD. IIRC, the SRD was the most expensive 505 model, back then.
Yours seems to have lost its chromed finishers from round the headlamps, though I imagine these will be fairly easy to obtain on the internet, provided you don't struggle with the postage.
A V8 seems to be a well known conversion for the 505; there is a lot written about it on the internet. They were available with a 2.8 V6 from new, so there should be no problems fitting a V8.
Thanks for posting the pictures - I'd like to see more of them! I look forward to reading of your progress!
My mum & dad brought a new 505 GTI estate in 1986. I have some great memories (family holidays etc) of that car as it was our family transport up until about 1998 when it was unfortunately written off. It was dark grey metalic with a blue velour interior and I thought it looked awesome, will have to try and find a picture to post up!
Great story BTW
Great story BTW
northwest monkey said:
Don't bother keeping it original - it's not a historic Ferrari. Put the V8 in it
Nah that's not the point. Point is to keep it as close as possible to the driving experience his old man would have had. To walk in his shoes as it were...If you're gonna just chop it up then might as well pick something without the history.
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