Mike T

Today I discovered two more, thanks to the owner: 4498822, Carrosserie 9436, Coupé Carburateur 1966, Blanc Arosa 1132, Simili Noir 3000, May be too rusty to economically restore, NIJMEGEN NETHERLANDS 4499579, Coupé Carburateur 1966, Blanc Arosa 1132, Simili Noir, Imported to the Netherlands in 2004 from Sanary-sur-Mer, NIJMEGEN NETHERLANDS Total: 2099 !

A nice new one, owned by a Club member in France! 4599563, Cabriolet Injection, 19 octobre 1966, Noir 1000, Cuir Rouge, Photo taken at Mont-de-Marsan in summer 2017, rev counter on dashboard, SARBAZAN FRANCE Total: 2097 ! (that is 900 new registered cars since 2009 when I began this work for Le Club 404)

It was a bit overcast when we saw the car yesterday. There are three colour base coats. Once the paint finishes off-gassing over the weekend, wet blocking will begin. Once the base coats are mirror smooth, three clear top coats will be applied, with wet blocking again.

Thanks to Raoul Aubry: 6802584, Coupé Injection, 01 avril 1968, Blanc Arosa 1132, Simili Noir, BREVIANDES FRANCE Total: 2096 !

Dark blue paint, I love it! There are a few more on the restoration page, under "paint": http://www.coachwerks.com/MT1966Peugeot404C/paint.html

Last weekend I washed the floor of the garage on Saturday! The car has been in the paint booth since Friday and today was to be paint day but Andy, the painter, required a final fettling, being a perfectionist. So....paint goes on Wednesday 16 August.

FWIW I had some new 42PX tested in 2017 and it is 5W.

Excellent ideas!

The good news: the 404 C will be in the spray booth Friday, 11 August! The final preparation and priming will be done tomorrow. The bad news: paint will only be applied on Monday, 14 August. So I won't be visiting the car until Friday the 18th.

6803059, thanks to Michael Hall.

While I wait for the anticipated permission of the person who took the photo of this car to use it here, today I got a new one thanks to Philip Dunleavy for the information: 6803059, Cabriolet Injection 1968, Bleu Clair Métallisé 1158, Cuir Noir 2000, photo taken July 2017, engine number 114845L, TRALEE IRELAND Total: 2095 !

Another one, just submitted today on the registry website, without a photo: 4597015, Cabriolet Injection, 29 septembre 1965, bought by present owner on 21 June 1974, Blanc Saratoga 1031, Cuir Noir 2000, Hard top, PONT L'EVEQUE FRANCE Total: 2094 !

Thanks to Jacques: 4593302, Carrosserie 4941, Coupé Injection 1964, Blanc Saratoga 1031, Cuir Noir 2000, front end of a 1967+ model, side marker lights, Type 35 fog lights under the bumper, BOUCHES DU RHÔNE FRANCE Total: 2093 !

Thanks to Peter Teuffel and Jean-Pierre Loneux: 6802911, Carrosserie 16346, Cabriolet Injection, avril 1968, Blanc Arosa 1132, Cuir Noir 2000, For sale August 2017, 14,900 Euros, missing Injection engine, at SPRL EURO CARS DIFFUSION, COMBLAIN-LA-TOUR BELGIUM Total: 2092 !

Too good to be true - today's update is that a 300 SL bumped the 404C out of the booth and so next week may be the magic day.

Nice! I can't remember if I kept my 405's third brake light before I scrapped it, but if I did, Marc probably has it.

Today's communiqué from Coachwerks is encouraging: "We are on schedule for paint next week, so next week will be much more exciting!"

Yeah, it's a fuel tank so the finish aesthetics don't matter, but the brush strokes disappear completely.

Painted with POR15.

The fuel tank after external derusting. Sunday it will be painted. The areas with surface rust were all treated with Zinga yesterday. Note the two fuel line fittings. One is the feed and the other is the return. Only Injection models had this tank. The restorer who did the inside had to cut the bottom of the bowl off to remove the coarse screen, which would have been gummed up with the anti-rust coating.

Two more: 4599404, Coupé Injection 1966, Blanc Arosa 1132, youcef31 from the Le Club 404 forum, HAUTE GARONNE FRANCE ....and one from the middle east! 6802154, Cabriolet Injection 1968, Blanc Arosa 1132, Cuir Noir 2000, RISHON LEZION ISRAEL Total : 2091 !

Today I picked up the derusted and coated (inside) fuel tank. We didn't stop by the shop because I wasn't given a call to say the bodyshell has been painted.

You're probably thinking: "Mike, when - for criminy sake - will your 404 be painted?". Well, I was asked to bring the grille surround back to the shop on Bastille Day to Coachwerks, as the bodyshell is virtually ready to paint. A final fitting of the grill surround to the shell will confirm that it's ready. Meanwhile, two of the three taillight bezels I have as well as the door handles are still at the chrome shop, as well as both bumpers, the latter for dent repair and polishing only. You've read this before, but it's possible that the car will be painted in a week's time, and almost certainly by the end of July. So, Peter Gallagher of Automotion, 1390 Pemberton Avenue North Vancouver, did the mounting and balancing when I was at his shop on Tuesday (11 July) morning. When I arrived he was nearly done, but I managed to catch the last bit of work. The wheels were "too pretty", Peter said, to hammer rim weights onto, so he used stick-on weights that will be invisible behind the large hubcaps. I think I will keep the two 30 year old Michelin MXL and two 28 year old XM+S 100 tires on rims, so when the car sits in the garage it can be on those tires, saving the XAS from flat-spotting during storage.

Latest news: there is no REAL news to speak of, in fact we won't be visiting the car for at least eight more days. But, we're heading to Penticton BC for Granfondo Axel Merckx bike race, and on the way I will drop off 4 of the 5 new XAS tires, 4 new Airstop inner tubes and the 4 newly powdercoated wheels at Automotion for mounting and balancing. Hope to pick them up on Monday as we come back home again, if Peter has them done by Friday afternoon. The fifth tire will be mounted on another wheel for the spare once I have a chance to put another wheel into the powdercoater. The delay on the 5th one is that I want to have 4 mounted tires at all times, in case I get a call saying the car is done (before the new XAS are mounted and back home again).

Blanket, good idea!