Mike T

Here's one more that I found tonight: 6801707, Carrosserie 14742, Cabriolet Injection, septembre 1967, Bleu Clair Métallisé 1158, Cuir Noir 2000, For auction in Lyon June 2017, estimated at 10-15K Euros, HAUTES-DE-SEINE FRANCE Total: 2086 !

This car was submitted without a photo today: 6803296, Carrosserie 16715, Coupé Injection, 01 janvier 1968, Gris Clair Métallisé 1162, Cuir Noir 2000, requires full restoration, PARIS FRANCE Total : 2085 !

This one was submitted today on the registry website: 4594555, Carrosserie 6208, Cabriolet Injection 1965, Blanc Saratoga 1031, Cuir Noir 2000, Hard Top, FRANCE Total: 2084 !

Nick Angiuli in Florida sent me a bunch of his surplus 404C side window parts for free! One of the two regulators with its cable was in perfect condition, so I will be using it in my car. The other stuff is surplus but I can now choose the best parts to use when re-assembling. First order of business was to clean off the surface rust from the two regulators - the right one was from the passenger side of my car and the left one is from Nick. Then the metal was painted with Zinga, a cold galvanizing coating. The next task is to clean the cables and lubricate the mechanisms with grease and cables with Würth HHS.

No update photo because progress (visually) was minimal. Also I couldn't get the panels because by the time I got there most staff had gone home. I did drop off the rear seat though.

One more for the road: 6801524, Cabriolet Injection 1967, Blanc Arosa 1132, Cuir Noir 2000, For sale May 2017 at 49,950 Euros at E&R Classics, originally from Germany, missing Carrosserie number plate, WAALWIJK NETHERLANDS Total: 2083 !

4497470, Carrosserie 4689, Cabriolet Carburetor, 01 May 1964, Ivoire Safari 1083, Black Leather 2000, For sale May 2017, 50,000 Euros, ST-PRIEST FRANCE Total: 2082 !

After this shot, not much progress has been made due to a crush of other finishing work on more advanced projects. So: no new photos were taken this week. Next week I'll drop off the rear seat so they can install seatbelt mounts and bring a bunch of old panels - that were removed from the car - home. I hope to have an update photo then.

Thanks to Trachy of the 404 Club Forum: 6801266, Coupé Injection, 12 juin 1967, Bleu Clair, Tissu Beige, Submitted on the Registry website, HAUTE GARONNE FRANCE Total: 2081 !

I would have thought that a good "whoop de doo" bump would put that diff right onto the ground. I know Peugeot put this suspension in the back to keep the diff up but a major compression on the road won't stop it from getting dangerously low. I wonder if many X4 s actually had this problem. My 404 has nearly 15 cm of clearance under its diff, which seems quite low due to the worm drive, but it's a live axle so it never gets closer to the road.

Wow the diff is so low!

Thanks again to Peter Teuffel: 4591481, Cabriolet Injection 1963, Red, Black Leather, Sold for 7350 Euros April 2017, GEISLINGEN GERMANY Total: 2080 !

Found today after emailing the auction house: 6800249, Coupé Injection 1967, Blanc Arosa 1132, Simili Noir 3000, Will be auctioned in May 2017, estimation 20,000-25,000 Euros, L'AIGLE FRANCE Total: 2079 !

The blue is very dark indoors. Blocking work on the panels is underway.

XVS would be correct for those wheels.

Slow news week. So, here is some more info on previously done work: Oil change from Castrol R40 to Yacco Huile de Ricin (Castor oil). The Yacco is 90W and the Castrol is 40W. Castrol is better for the bronze crown wheel than mineral oil but the Yacco Ricin is correct! My son Sean lends a hand. Kurt Allan from Lake Cowichan, a local motorcycle shock expert, rebuilt the 404 shocks with NOS Peugeot parts that I bought in 1989. He did a great job, and bleeding them was quite an effort. These Peugeot shock absorbers are amazing, I would never use nasty inserts. I once had a set of new Konis in a 404 sedan and they were garbage. The Peugeot shock absorbers came with Esso Uniflow 42PX oil (you can see the blue cans in the back), which has a 5W viscosity.

Nice car, good story. Enjoy!

Canada got both....

No worries there, I am not in a rush. I just wanted to give an update so people know why there haven't been any update photos recently.

Two more, but one is only known by its Carrosserie Number, and the other car's owner doesn't want his VIN made public; both are in California: Walnut Grove and Fullerton. Carrosserie 4879, Cabriolet Carburetor, June 1964, Rouge China 1135, Cuir Noir 2000, BMW M10 engine with twin Weber DCOEs, FULLERTON CA USA Total: 2078 !

I won't be seeing the car this Friday because there is no progress to report this week. Next week the paint preparation begins again on Monday and I will drop into the shop on Wednesday afternoon on our way to Vancouver. I hope to get some decent photos by then. The suspension preparation is complete. The only gap is that I could not find new anti-sway bar bushings of the correct size so I have provisionally reinstalled the old worn out ones. I will have some new ones soon and they are easy to change even when the bar is mounted on the car. I will take 2 more 404 wheels to Vancouver for trueness checking at Automotion in North Vancouver. If they're both good then I will have the 4 good ones refinished in gloss black. I need to get the radiators (heater core and big one) plus the fuel tank cleaned out and refinished so maybe that will come soon after.

Friday afternoon I reassembled the struts, with new grease seals, new roller bearings for the steering swivels, new rubber boot and new upper cups. That factory spring compressor is fantastic!

Not much new to report today. The pebbled surface "stone-guard" barrier is applied underneath and in the wheel wells. The blocking work has not really started yet. Nothing looked photo-worthy today so you will have to imagine it! This weekend I will reassemble the struts.

The first bit of paint is on, the engine compartment, trunk and underbody. The entire car is primed with epoxy but the blocking still remains to be done. The Dark Blue mix was based upon the paint colour chip (actual paint) from 1966 and an interpretation using modern materials of the appropriate mix. I love it! In comparison, here is my friend Tim's car, which he says is about one shade too light: