Classic car rescue, again

[Doesitdrive]

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.

[I-am-the-reverend]

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.

[Doesitdrive]

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]

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.

[Doesitdrive]

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.

They were in use but battered beyond restoration.

[Smollet]

Iirc they did win the Safari rally a couple of times

[Mr Tidy]

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.

[tr7v8]

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.

[Doesitdrive]

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.

[hidetheelephants]

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.