Mike T

An acquaintance asked me to post this advertisement here and on Peugeot-L. It is for a light blue 404 sedan with carbureted engine, that was imported to Canada relatively recently from California. It is presently licensed in Québec and appears to be in very good condition. Seller is located in Trois-Rivières, halfway between Montréal and Québec City. I have asked the seller for more information (asking price, for example) and when I get that I will update this post. Meanwhile, the contact information is: Martin Mercure, email is mercure _dawt_ martin _aht_ videotron _dawt_ ca

Consider it done!

I now have a list of all Peugeot VINs in Connecticut (registered cars only), if anyone wants it for the 505T Registry. Send me a PM or email.

That 404 Cabriolet with the Connecticut DK-1 license above is NOT in the DMV records, damn it! I paid DMV for a list of all Peugeots in the state and got about 85 VINs, but only one 404, a red sedan. If anyone here is in that area, it would be great to try and get a link to the owner of this car!

Great stuff!

Thanks to Peter Teuffel for finding this one: 6800257, Coupé Injection 1967, Rouge Métallisé, Car is for sale in May 2013, SOUTH AFRICA Total: 1730 !

I totally agree. The only new Peugeot I would want at the moment is the RCZ-R, which they're not even selling yet.

That's a great story, Tulaweb. I was not aware that Peugeot was doing European delivery as recently as 1990. My late father bought his first Peugeot in Montreal Quebec, in the summer of 1966. It was a brown metallic car with tan leather seats, and KF2 injection. That car was assembled in Canada at the SOMA factory in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, on the south shore near Montreal. It was a fantastic car - we went in 1967 on a road trip to Virginia Beach. Wonderful highway car... Then in 1969 he was posted to the Netherlands (Royal Canadian Air Force officer) so the 404 went over there with us. We lived in the rust belt in southern Limburg and at age 5 the car was starting to get rusty after its three years in Montreal and two more in acid rain hell. So in late 1971 he ordered a US model 504 sedan ZF (auto because he mistakenly thought my mother would get a drivers license thereafter) and he and I went to Sochaux for the delivery. The car's production was delayed by a day so we got to stay overnight in Le Cercle Hotel on the Sochaux factory grounds, surrounded by foundries and so on. It was wonderful! The dishes and cutlery had lion logos on them (my Dad unsuccessfully tried to buy some for me) and we got the car the next morning. We drove back through Belgium in pea soup fog and after following a car with a rear fog light for 100 km my Dad decided to have one installed on the 504. Upon delivery, the 504 had 4 headlights but instead of sealed beams, the lights were Cibié tungsten lamps with amber bulbs. Very cool.... In 1972 we moved back to Canada - the car was shipped to Montreal but the next posting was at CFB Calgary, so a 12 year old me and my Dad flew to Montreal to get the car and drive across the country together. It was a great trip. That car was in Calgary for 4 years with us and then we moved to North Vancouver in 1976. In 1977 the 504 had a small rust hole in the trunk next to the rear wheel arch (despite a Dinitrol treatment in NL) and he traded the car into Classic and Thorughbred Motors on Marine Drive for a 1977 504 gas 4 speed SL in claret metallic. It had the trapezoidal headlights and of course the monstrous bumpers. The car was supremely comfortable and fun to drive but the fuel consumption was poor. So in 1979 he sold it and bought a Renault 5 GTL, pocketing a few thousand (because the R-5 was a lot cheaper than what he got for the 504). That was his last Peugeot. At the beginning of 1981 I bought my own Peugeot, a 1967 404 Coupé with Kugeifischer Injection, it was a rusty but great car...I ran it five years while a student in university. I sold it in 1985 and replaced it with a 1963 404 sedan from California, into which I dropped a fuel injected 404 engine from a scrapped Cabriolet. I had that car 5 years and then it died due to rust at age 27. In 1989 I bought my present 1966 404 Coupé Injection, which is a long, LONG term restoration project. I have all the OE sheet metal I need to restore it and I hope to begin around when the car turns 50 years of age. In 1994 I bought a 405 DL, and we drove it for 15 years until its engine died of head gasket failure (oil in water and vice-versa, not pretty). In that car, my Dad and I reprised out 1972 trans-Canada drive, with him and I going to Montreal to see the 1998 Formula 1 race. It was a memorable trip, and a mere 8 years after that, my Dad had passed away at age 80. I was sure glad to have had that special time with him. So I have owned at least one Peugeot continuously since February 1981 and our family's first Peugeot was bought nearly 47 years ago. It's a damned shame that they leaft North America and it's also a shame that they're not making family cars that would be of any interest to me these days, even if they were still in this market.

Thanks go out to Louis M. from the Ain Département in France, who this evening sent me an email with the VINs of both of his 404C cars. One, a Cabriolet, was already registered, but the other one is new: 4591541, Coupé Injection, 09 juillet 1963, Blue, LAGNIEU FRANCE Total: 1729!

This one is for sale on Leboncoin.fr: 4670964, Cabriolet Carburator 1969, Complete car undergoing a restoration, price: 8000 euros OBO, SAINT-JEOIRE-EN-FAUCIGNY FRANCE Total: 1728 !

Good day to all, the seller of this barely surviving example contacted me today, so there is one more car to add to the registry: 4599174, Carrosserie 11572, Cabriolet Injection 1966, Car for sale April 2013 for £4300 ( !!! ), LARISSA GREECE Total: 1727 !

It turns out that "4599422" is actually 4592922, which was already registered in 1992, so the total is actually only 1726 after all. We will find more, don't worry!

Another one I rustled up from the WWW, which was sold by Osenat auction house in mid-2012 : 4595341, Cabriolet Injection 1965, Rouge China 1135, Tan Leather, sold at auction on 21 June 2012 @ 6500 Euros; belonged to the German press-man Axel Springer, rebuilt engine, body requires restoration, FONTAINEBLEAU FRANCE Total: 1727 !

A Coupé is for sale now in Austria and the seller gave me the serial number: 4599422, Coupé Injection 1966, Blanc Arosa 1132, Black Skai, for sale at Peugeot Laumer GesmbH, 12,000 Euros, AMSTETTEN AUSTRIA Total: 1726 !

Here is an update showing where the 404C cars that have been registered are located: 1184 France 117 Germany 112 Netherlands 63 Sweden 52 USA 35 Belgium 21 Switzerland 14 Spain 13 Italy 11 South Africa 10 Austria 9 Great Britain 9 Greece 8 Canada 7 New Zealand 7 Finland 7 Australia 6 Norway 6 Luxembourg 6 Portugal 3 Hungary 2 Morocco 2 New Caledonia 2 Serbia 2 Denmark 2 Tunisia 2 Kenya 1 Costa Rica 1 Colombia 1 Madagascar 1 Turks and Caicos 1 Paraguay 1 Ireland 1 Venezuela 1 Slovenia 1 Poland 1 Nicaragua 1 Chile 1 India 1 Iran 1725 TOTAL

Another day brings another car: 4599663, Cabriolet Injection 1967, Blanc Arosa 1132, Black Leather, LA ROCHELLE FRANCE Total: 1725 !

I got another today: 4499266, Cabriolet Carburator 1966, Blanc Arosa 1132, Black Leather, car is undergoing a full restoration in 2013, location: GIRONDE FRANCE Total: 1724 !

The State of Florida kindly gave to me a list of all 404s in their jurisdiction, and among them, there are two 404 C cars to add to the Registry: 4499142, Cabriolet Carburator 1966, Rouge China 1135, Black Leather, last licensed 27 November 1996, 87052 miles on the odometer at last check, MIAMI BEACH FL USA 6801181, Cabriolet Injection 1967, Blanc Arosa 1132, Black Leather, first licensed in Florida in 2006, ex-New York, last licensed in 2008, MIAMI FL USA Total: 1723! ....And with that, fully 10% of these Coupé and Cabriolet models are now registered!

I have registered fifty 404 Cabriolets and Coupés in the USA but there are a few cars that I have photos of that are not registered yet. Does anyone here recognize them? Also, if any of you know a friendly officer of the law, a search on the tags for the VIN would be one way for me to register them.Anyway, a couple are in California (plate: 3XZB695); (plate: NLT 241), one in Connecticut (historical plate: DK-1) and one in New York (historical plate: HX 28031).

Hi André, if you could specifically ask him about 404 Cabriolets and Coupés, that would be great! Today I received two more new numbers: 4598587, Cabriolet Injection 1966, Rouge China 1135, Black Leather, for sale at Mobile.de April 2013 @7000 Euros, from end is post-1966 type version following a collision in the 1970s, carburator engine, BIELEFELD GERMANY The following car was submitted today on the Registry website: 4598692, Coupé Injection, 09 May 1966, colour was not stated, Nardi floor shifter, ARGENTEUIL FRANCE Total: 1721 !

Thanks to Peter Teuffel: 6800820, Cabriolet Injection 1967, Rouge China 1135, Black Leather, BAMBERG GERMANY Total: 1719 !

Brian Holm in Vermont kindly passed on this information concerning two wrecks in his yard: 4497356, Cabriolet Carburator 1964, PLAINFIELD VT USA 4593564, Cabriolet Injection 1964, PLAINFIELD VT USA Total: 1718 !

Wishing I could be there...

That's not thread-jacking! Thanks for the comment!