Sina's Classic Peugeot Restoration Thread

[Vivek]

I love it when you speak in french <3 ;)

[freeride53]

I love it when you speak de PUNJABEHH

[freeride53]

IMG_1344 by sina.pour, on Flickr

[freeride53]

bt dubz, after pulling it, the area that needed cutting/replacing was FAR less than we had all imagined here.

[BlackbirdM3]

Wow, you are making progress. Nice.

I honestly really like the look of the 505. I'd be interested in one of the late ones with the V6. Yeah I'd be forced to lower it but that would be about all it would need to be a bitchin looking car. I'd have to figure out how to route the speedometer cable in a way that doesn't cause it to break on a yearly basis.

Keep on going. A clean 505 is always cool in my book.

Will

[freeride53]

Haha thanks man!
Yeah actually, if you really want a late v6, there is a nice one for sale with a 5-speed in Forestville (Sonoma co). For a mere $600...these cars are dirt cheap now.

The speedo cables are a real bitch, but what's even more annoying having to live with is the bouncy needle syndrome.

[freeride53]

picking it up today. giggity. haven't driven that car in years d0ughe

[BlackbirdM3]

Haha thanks man!
Yeah actually, if you really want a late v6, there is a nice one for sale with a 5-speed in Forestville (Sonoma co). For a mere $600...these cars are dirt cheap now.

The speedo cables are a real bitch, but what's even more annoying having to live with is the bouncy needle syndrome.

I have no room for another car. As it is, I have two stashed at someone elses house at all times.

Will

[ejnight]

picking it up today. giggity. haven't driven that car in years d0ughe

Pix or it did not happen:)

[freeride53]

Pix or it did not happen:)

Unfortunatelyi did not happen :( ....

I was busy selling Peugeot parts and couldn't make it before they closed.

Tomorrow, I shall take you up on that :mrgreen:

[freeride53]

4 weeks, 4 days later...The car is all ready. About blow a few grand tomorrow #smh #ilovethedough #jayzftbiggie #depressing

[freeride53]

Just a little teaser for you beezers.

[Pantless Spency]

@sina i seen a 505 at pnp the other day, it was clean man it looked to be somewhat of a limited model iduno why i wanna say that tho.

[freeride53]

@sina i seen a 505 at pnp the other day, it was clean man it looked to be somewhat of a limited model iduno why i wanna say that tho.

aww shucks. text meh picz next tyme broh.

[freeride53]

Reposted from 505turbo.com:


It was a long day of work on the car today. It was really the first time my dad and I were able to get out hands dirty and work from dawn to dusk on the car.
It really reminded about why I'm keeping this car, as it was originally my dad's since brand new, and I'd always admire it as a child when he used to back the car into our garage. Can't believe it been nearly two decades since I was that little kid riding in the back of my dad's red Peugeot.

Anyways, I'll cut the reminiscing short and tell you what we got done today. We started off by removing the old, crusty trunk lid from the car. We then gutted it's wiring harness, and removed the lock and latch. We did the same with the new Turbo trunk lid. Then, we experimented several things; first, we tried the rare(?) automatic trunk-lock popper. We repaired the tears to its harness, and it was working. We mated my old lock up to the new trunk, and mocked it up on the car.

Apparently, the 1988 505 sedan had a slightly larger latch, that protruded a little too much, and the lid wouldn't shut closed. So we scrapped that idea, and went back to the hassle-free, simplicity of the original 1983 specification. We mated the old lock, as well as the old latch on to the new trunk lid. Problem solved.

Also, while were at it, we retrofitted the new trunk's wiring harness so that it would mate with the power wire coming from the battery. Since originally it accepted only the positive wire, and had a ground wire going to the trunk latch, we spliced some wires and cleanly used some sealed wire crimps to retrofit it back to the old style. When finished with that, we replaced the license plate lights and cleaned up their lenses. Everything was sealed nicely with some electrical tape and we also used some painters tape to wrap them up, knowing that they will be all removed again soon for paint, underneath the trunk lid...and around the whole car.

It took us a few tries to get the trunk lid fully adjusted, but we got it lined up spot-on with the lines of the trunk. Now, we are going to have to figure out a solution for the extra trunk support shock. My car, and '83 model, does not have the hook on the right side of the trunk to add a second shock. Andre showed us the cool solution used by Ukit, and we're still contemplating that, along with possibly replacing the stock Peugeot unit for possibly a stronger shock out of another car...stay tuned for that.

With all of that done, moved on to the front portion of the "Turbo Aero Kit." I had started it yesterday, but got angry with it and left alone. Today, a fellow SoCal Peugeot head Marc, and a Quebecois friend Thierry, helped me out with the mounting. Marc literally guided me step-by-step via picture messaging and so did Thierry. Talk about help in the most clutch of situations!

So here we are, my car's Turbo-look conversion is pretty much complete. We've still got a little bit of fiddling around to do with the front spoiler, with some adjusting bits but that's about it...

What's ahead and we're moving onto now that the conversion is complete:
-I am refinishing the grille in gloss black w/ silver lion & outline this upcoming week
-Refinishing the Quad-rounds' headlight bezels/surrounds in Silver
-Sending the car to the shop to get all of the surface rust (which is only around the F/R windsheilds and sunroof) repaired
-Innerfenders redone in black coating, as well as the rocker panels
-...and of course, a full, proper respray in Peugeot 1476 "Rouge Amaryllis" , also called Claret Red in America.

I am reserving the interior for winter break. ;)

...then reassembling all the trim, lights, etc blah blah blah.. :D

All in all, after today's work, and reaching that major aesthetic milestone, I'm pretty excited for what's to come.
I kinda stopped "giving a shit" for a while through out the remainder of my high school years and the first year of college.
Now, I feel as if my love for the car's been renewed, and never was I so pleased to look at my car with multicolored body panels tonight.

Progress is Progress.

Cheers,
Sina


Gutting trunk lids with pops. by sina.pour, on Flickr


After a long day's of work. by sina.pour, on Flickr


All the new panels are on. by sina.pour, on Flickr


Check out my multicolored French car, bro. by sina.pour, on Flickr