Sina's Classic Peugeot Restoration Thread

[freeride53]

LOL D0e.

I'm gonna be converting its suspension to 505 Turbo specs

(slightly shorter, stiffer springs, thicker sways)

It already has Koni's that are 4 years old.

[Sea Aych]

Looks fantastic! How plentiful are european bumpers around cali?

[E30 Wagen]

I kind of like these but only with some major mods. The guy who owns a local salvage yard here has a turbo one, says he's owned dozens of them, and has at least 5 or so rotting out in the yard, which is kind of sad.

[2mAn]

Agha you need to be blasting Googoosh when you cruise this thing. Button up shirt with the top two unbuttoned, chest hair, gold chain. haha

[Bimmerista]

Agha you need to be blasting Googoosh when you cruise this thing. Button up shirt with the top two unbuttoned, chest hair, gold chain. haha

Shahram Shabpareh is a little more fitting in a Peugeot. Googoosh is better in an Alfa Romeo. :nice:

[2mAn]

Shahram Shabpareh is a little more fitting in a Peugeot. Googoosh is better in an Alfa Romeo. :nice:

oh shit!!!

[freeride53]

Agha you need to be blasting Googoosh when you cruise this thing. Button up shirt with the top two unbuttoned, chest hair, gold chain. haha

Agha joon already have in-car hookah and farsh floor mats all around

Shahram Shabpareh is a little more fitting in a Peugeot. Googoosh is better in an Alfa Romeo. :nice:

My pops, the original owner of this car is named Mansour....

[Bimmerista]

I always thought Mansour sounded like a gay Persian man's name. Stefan is the American equivalent.

[freeride53]

Hi guys & gals,

Nearly 4 years to the day since the last update here, so thought I'd say hello. Last fall (2017), went to the annual Best of France and Italy car show in Van Nuys (day after SoCal Vintage, same exact venue) and met up with a lot of old Peugeot friends.



Even ran into this guy!



My old boss and some more work buds tagged along



All of the shiny French (and Italian) vintage automobiles got me missing my own, which had fallen back into a slump of neglect, and had transformed as my parents' garage shelf, only a few years after getting some aesthetic help from Oliver. So I made a few calls, and the Peugeot hit the road to SoCal for the first time since the 1980s when my dad lived in Rosemead



Voila! Safe and sound in Los Angeles / Diamond Bar.



Started to unravel the goodies that I had tucked away years back...



Arrived at the largest Peugeot graveyard on the West Coast



89 505 V6 receiving a transplant



A little cluttered and dirty, but found the donor car for my interior



Nestled in between brothers and sisters...



Behold the beautiful duct-tape firewall, a vintage 20 yr old creation courtesy of my father



Yuck!



Eww



Out and about



Oil and filter taken apart



Hanging out with maestro aka the original owner



Cleaning and prepping



Reversing years and years of corrosion



Hnnnggg



jet hot ceramic coating, done by Ducati of Beverly Hills



new RF fender procured (old one was warped/unintentionally flared from a 10 yo accident)



repaired LF door (was banged up pretty good by debris in the wind)



donor interior ready, updated and better designed seats + rear headrest from an 84



old interior yanked out, will eventually be turned into bedroom furniture :)



homemade steel-braided sunroof cable, far superior to flimsy stuff from the factory



Representing Stuttgart and Sochaux...



Fast forward a month.... or three



Maestro Ukit himself. The amount of knowledge this man has about these old lions is unreal.



Sunroof fitted all nice and snug



Donor headliner installed, hopefully to become a template for a fresh new one.



1984+ model front overhead console installed with map light.



Trunk all tidied up with new shocks - additional one welded-on the passenger side to accomomdate additional weight from the Turbo model rear wing



Dat rear.



And another just because..



European H4 Marchal headlamps fitted ..... 10 years later...



Then, because the E30 was down for the count, the 505 suddenly because my daily for the first time since high school lol.



Inaugural shakedown / test drive / weekend drive from LA to San Diego



Enjoying the beach in La Jolla :D



As you can see, the color of the upholstery isn't quite correct, but it'll do for now



Rear headrests are cool... modern update from the newer model years



Dashboard also isn't the correct color. But it'll have to do until I snag the NOS, correct brown dash I located in Vermont



And one more rear end shot because I'm obsessed



All for now

SP

[Stanley Rockafella]

DOOOD! your fookin killing it with the pic with Jay Leno and the "Bosch Pilot" fog light covers! (I had the same on my 86 325es).

Awesome update and thanks for sharing!

[E30 Wagen]

Nice save. The owner of the local salvage yard is into these cars and has like 10 of these just sitting rotting away, makes me sad. Are there any rare/desirable parts for these cars that people want?

[roguetoaster]

Outstanding update! A great example of being a true automotive caretaker.

[FredK]

Aw yeah!

[2mAn]

Wonderful Update!

I LOVE those Euro H4s

[freeride53]

DOOOD! your fookin killing it with the pic with Jay Leno and the "Bosch Pilot" fog light covers! (I had the same on my 86 325es).

Awesome update and thanks for sharing!

Outstanding update! A great example of being a true automotive caretaker.

Aw yeah!

Thank you all!

Wonderful Update!

I LOVE those Euro H4s

Thank you my love. BTW - please let me know whenever you're back up in the Bay Area (or I'll let you know when I'm in LA) for our kabob date.

Nice save. The owner of the local salvage yard is into these cars and has like 10 of these just sitting rotting away, makes me sad. Are there any rare/desirable parts for these cars that people want?

There are definitely parts that I want! Please let me know when you're next headed over there, maybe we could communicate via text? Would love to see photos of the cars / parts he's got.