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Nice forum dedicated to the 505. One of the most reliable and comfortable peugeots ever. But everybody seems to post everything in "General Peugeot discussion". A lot of the topics fit better in movies and pics for example. Maybe the webmaster can move some topic to better fitting chapters to get the forum structured and well-organized.

Amaai manneke, dus gij spreekt wel Vlaams? I'm wondering if you understand this, because I'm from Holland I know a bit Flemish. Now a days I'm living in France, so French isn't too difficult for my either. But to speak Finnish is really another story. By the way, http://www.peugeotforum.nl is the dutch forum of all peugeots with a lot of pictures. Although it is dutch, you can visit every page as a guest. When you registered you can start an English topic. They will always try to help you and answer in English.

About those yellow headlights: In France it was until around 1975 forbidden to use white ligths. All cars had yellow lights. In the 80's both were allowed on new cars and since 1995 each new car has to have white lights. Therefore a lot of original French 505's have those yellow lights. Only the normal lights, the 'big' lights were white. Although you don't see them a lot anymore here in France, they are still available and don't cost much more then white ones. Even half spheres of yellow glass are sold which you can click on the white lights, making them...yellow lights! Anyway it doesn't cost a lot of money, you don't have to change the compleet unit but it is much more relaxed for your eyes and those of the oncoming traffic. But it's typical french and rarely seen in America I think.

I'm 27. When I was a child my parents drove a 505 Familiale (7 places). There my love for the 505 comes from. I always wanted a 505 and looked very hard to find one in good condition, which is not easy in Holland. Only 350 remains, most of them are shipped to Africa. The ones that are left are rarely in very good shape. But in december last year I found one. I'm also driving a 306 and before that I had a 205. You can see what is left from that one in http://www.505turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=212 My 505 pics can be found in http://www.505turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=211

My little brother got my old 205, but because he's only 16 and in Holland we're not allowed driving before we are 18, he uses it only on the farm of my father. I hope he won't drive on the road like this when he's 18! Surely this car won't survive another 2 years. Road edition: http://www.jochemgratama.nl/download/wunderbar%201.wmv Off-road edition: http://www.jochemgratama.nl/download/wunderbar%202.wmv In the first one is more of a memorial to his old car that is already dead. In the second he is really rough using the car as a plough you could say.

Thanks, I'm very happy with this preserved example. Only 125.000km in 20 years and always parked in a garage. Only a very little bit of rust near the front left wheel. Most Dutch 505's that are completely original are very rusty because of the all the rain and snow in our country. In the early 90's several 10.000's 505 drove in Holland. Only 350 remain today. It's the same story as the 504. In the 80's and 90's almost all 504's in Europe were bought by African traders because they are strong cars with very strong engines (Not rarely they drive over 1.000.000 kilometers). Especially the carburator and diesel engine are loved because of their simple technics. When all 504's were exported or in hands of collectors, they started to buy the 505's which have the same charaterictics. Especially the Breaks were populair: They were the largest breaks produced in Europe. To prove they are really strong here are some pictures taken in AFrika of 504 and 505 Breaks:

Hello everybody, As you all, I'm fan of the Peugeot 505. Not that much for tuning, more to keep them original. It is becoming a classic car en very scarce in Holland at least (only 350 exist today). Most 505's are exported to Africa. The European 505's look slightly different than the american ones as you will see. Mine is an GTI from 1986. The first to photo's were taking in Holland, in the region where I was born. The last three in the French mountains, where I'm living at the moment.