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Thanks, Yeah, I earned too much money last year, so I had to buy some cars. lol And I should not say this on the 505 forum perhaps, but the ride quality of the 604 is even better than the 505 I think. Unfortunately these turbodiesels are a bit low on power, especially compared to the 505 GTI. 505 GTI: 130hp, 1250kg 604 SRDT: 80hp, 1500kg That's quite a difference in accelaration. But the 604 is an ideal car to do long rides along the highway.

There is a very special version now for sale in Argentina: A (home-made) pick-up! Unfortunately it is in the same state as most 604's nowadays. http://camionetas-usadas.vivavisos.com.ar/...mecanica-nuevo#

Hello everybody, Last weekend it was delivered to me by my brother in law from London: A 505 GR Familiale. Such a 7 seater is not that rare, but it is when it's equiped with 4X4 Dangel tranmission. 7500 Dangels are made, but mostly commerciale and break version (2 and 5 seaters) for french governemental organizations. A few were built for the normal market, but hardly any familiales. This one is even more rare because it is an English version, so with right hand drive. Only 3 Dangels are made in RHD and this is the only one still existing! Morevoer, it's in very good state. Very well maintained by an peugeot enthousiastic, only a bit of rust under the bonnet above the headlights but that's a frequent problem by 505's in wet parts of Europe. My camera is broken at the moment, but pictures will follow. Here's one from the seller's add:

Well, I'm not entirely sure, but it is/was available through Peugeot dealers in Holland. At the moment it is at least available through the Peugeot club Holland.

The electrical sunroof's on the 505's are known to be defect due to a broken cable between the motor in the trunk and the roof. It often happens and a new cable at a peugeot dealer in Europe costs more than 250 dollars. Hopefully you're motor doesn't work due to a broken electrical wire or whatever. These motors should be relative easy to find on scrap yards for example. For everybody with a working electric sunroof: Peugeot developed a small clamp to enforce the cable where it is attached to the motor. It costs only a few dollars and you no longer risk to break the cable while operating the roof. If there are still Peugeot dealers in the USA they should be able to order them.

Hi Rob, I can send you two from Europe for around $100 all included I guess. (Postage is the largest part)

Thanks, Yes, actually those are the 15'' rims of my 505 GTI! The rims of the 604 look exactly the same, but aare of size 390mm. It needs special TRX tyres which are very expensive. Luckily I had an extra set of wheels for the 505.

Even more rare than a 505 in Holland and very hard to find in good condition is the 604. (I assume its the same in the states). Finally I found a turbo diesel from 1982 with hardly any rust. It has only done 150.000km and known the quality of these engines I have only to make sure that it doesn't rust away. It has got a full service, I adapted it for vegetable oil and I took it directly to France for a trip of 3500km. No problems at all although I have done quite some mountain climbing with it. Here are some pictures:

Nice pics! Even in Europe all these cars are rare except for the 2CV and Peugeot 206. Incredebel that you can find that in the States. Recently a 205 T16 was sold in Holland for 55.000 euro, so around 70.000 dollar I guess!

Beautifull car, but a bid above my budget probably. I think this is nowadays the most expensive peugeot. I Europe there are 2 for sale. One for about $50.000, the other $100.000. What's the price of this one? And you see, Peugeot was first again While these coupe/cabriolet models became popular by most car manufacturers in the late 90's, peugeot already had them in the 30's!

Well, in Holland LPG is popular since the oil crisis in the seventies. So we are a lot ahead. It is some sort of compressed gaz in a high-pressure tank in your boot. It is applicable on petrol engines. Sometimes you have to start on petrol and switch to LPG, but some cars even start op LPG. It needs also some modifications to your engine. In germany and some other countries it is uite normal to run your diesel engines on vegetable oil. This is also sold at some gaz stations. Needs some modifications too. I did that to on my 604 and the engine runs much smoother and more silent. Some people are even filtering used oil from restaurants to use in their cars! This is indeed a small thing still. I believe only one hydrogen station is opened in Holland, but I wonder how many cars are using it already. I believe there are project in the US too. Aren't they making bio-ethanol somewhere in the central states, from corn?

What a coincidence, I know this guy quite well. He is the treasurer of the Peugeot 505 club. He's living the extreme nord of France, a few hunderd miles from me. I have seen the car several times and it is almost in mint condition! He is equiped with LPG, liquified petrol gas. Does that exist in America? In Europe it becomes more popular due to the high gas prices. LPG costs only about $0.70 per liter while petrol is over $1.60 per liter! He is selling it now because he has bought a serie 1 505 GTI, which he prefers.

OK, I send a pm to the admininstrator. I'll keep in touch!

I'm not sure about the last word, but I think it says: Sorry, but this email-address is banned. This emailaddress does not correspond to the address known to us of this user. Maybe you used two different emailaddresses during the registration process? (Second message) Or the address used it rejected because it looks too much like an automatic spammer? I don't think they do it, but it is true that php-forums are very funerable for spam-users. They might have build in a blockage? What was the username you used? I can check with the admin if it is removed because of spam-risk. I can't see you are registered> There is no new account since 12 juin. You're sure you completed the form correctly? It's not that difficult: Gebruikersnaam: * username E-mailadres: * email Wachtwoord: * password Bevestig wachtwoord: * confirm password Bevestigingscode: * fill in the code on the screen

Welcome already! I suggest to open a topic with some pictures of your 505. As far as I know, nobody on our forum has a 505 like in your avatar. Surely some people will be amazed if they see it!

Yes, why not join it, there is a lot of expertise and nice pictures. We have more foreign members. Topics in English are no problem. Most members have cars from the 04 series and appreciate original state, but also 205, 305 and 505 are popular. There is also a subforum for the 505.

I totally agree that they are very beautiful. In Europe they are becoming very rare too. Not strange, they are from the sixties. Quite old already. That's why a meeting has been planned with all 404CC owners on the 10th of juin. Most 404 coupe and cabriolets from Holland were present. Here some pics: http://www.vandansik.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7854 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jansluijter/s...57600337583377/

Me too. But that will be quite difficult in Europe as well as in the US I think. I only know two existent in Holland, but they need serious restauration.

Welcome! Very rare indeed a right hand driven Dangel. For more 505 Dangels see also this topic: http://www.505turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=213

After close inspection it doesn't have euro lights I think. They are rare indeed but in France at least was a kit available, designed bij Gruau, to transform your own Break to a pick-up. I know a guy who has two of them (see pictures), but I have never seen another anywhere.

Good thing! I think the original 15'' alloys like you have look great. I have the same myself. Much bigger doesn't look well on a saloon car I think.

In Holland we always say, 'a cop is your best friend'. And that is the case, if you obey the law. I have to say, for these semi-legal streetraces, the police won't agree if you want to do it each week. A few times per year is possible on certain locations and if you prepare it well. So make sure the public is not standing on the track and you have a first aid team present at the track and the cars have to be road legal, the drivers need to have a license etc. But that's worth the effort! If you organize a race without discussing it with the police, they are not nice at all. They don't take your license or car immediately, but it's quite sure the drivers will spent the rest of the night in jail.

Welcome. It looks very nice indeed. Very beautiful colour too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAarfy7MVqA Strange french guys.... I wonder how many 505 they damaged learning this.

Thanks for the response. That's an option indeed, but I prefer to buy a set so that I can replace the european ones back if I'm going to regret it.