brownie Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 In Holland, the garbage run is organized anually. This is a "classic car" rally for people who don't have the money to buy a restaured Jaguar E-type or Bentley. It is to show that even virtually worthless cars can complete a 4000 miles rally though Europe in a week. It is encouraged to personalize or pimp your car. I joined them in 2010 with my brother. Because there were many stages over mountainious terrain, I looked for a cheap car (obviously peugeot) with quite some power. Luckely I found a 87 505 V6 manual with over 200.000 miles but technically sound. The route was from Holland through Germany, Poland, Czech repuhblic, Slowakia, Austria, Italia, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg and Belgium back to Holland. My brother did the pimping and wel succeeded with kind of Peugeot Sport colours. At the start point, all cars were together and some strange creations were there! First of all the other Peugeots: 405: 205: 605: But also this old type Citroen 2CV: A small car from eastern europe: This creation was really weird, but cool! These guys had a tent mounted on their roof: The karaoke van: DJ limo: No cooling problems for the 505 after welding the ventilator shut to the pulley: The first Peugeot RCZ I saw in real life: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohms Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 awesome awesome awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Super cool... Awesome choice of car too Brownie! Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal505 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 So effing sick! Wish I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Thanks for the replies. Super cool... Awesome choice of car too Brownie! Rabin Yeah, first I was planning to do the journey in my 505 Break diesel because we could sleep easily in the back. But luckely this V6 came on my path, the extra power was very usefull during a mountain climb with 2 BMW 535i's (3.5liter 6 cylinder in line I believe). Dispite the 505 having 0.7 liter less engine, the Peugeot was easily the fastest on a hairpin climb! Luckily a peugeot friend of me wanted to sell his V6, because here they are also very rare. Only 150 were sold Holland of which around 30 are left! Last year it completed the run again by another 505 lover, but with another design: Great stickering with the "03 series lion" on the bonnet of the 405 by the way: More pictures of the 2011 edition made by the 405 driver here: http://www.lion-rouge.com/reisverslag.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryancohnracing Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Great cars and scenery. I wish things like this happened closer to where I live in the Midwest. The tent on roof is an aftermarket item available in the US. That may have been a home-made unit but I've seen them on off road Jeeps, Range and Land Rovers, etc. They are cool articulated things that fold in half onto the roof rack, legs fold up and away you go. Off the grid camping/living is an interest of mine. I know, more weirdness.... Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Great cars and scenery. I wish things like this happened closer to where I live in the Midwest. The tent on roof is an aftermarket item available in the US. That may have been a home-made unit but I've seen them on off road Jeeps, Range and Land Rovers, etc. They are cool articulated things that fold in half onto the roof rack, legs fold up and away you go. Off the grid camping/living is an interest of mine. I know, more weirdness.... Bryan Funny, I didn't know that. Practical indeed when camping in the middle of nowhere. But in this case it is surely homebuilt. In Europe lots of people travel with a small trailer in which a tent is folded op, like on these Jeeps I suppose. These guys have just mounted such a trailer on the top of the roof of their Volvo 740 Estate. You can still see a wheel of the trailer above the middle side window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Turbo Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 This is flipping awesome. Here in the stated we have a racing series called the 24 hours of lemons. You gotta buy a car and set it up (minus safety equip) for under $500 and race in endurance races. Theres a bunch throughout the country, it's really cool, cars look alot of the same haha. Really awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Very awesome! Those V6 505's with manuals truly are the holy grail. Love the look. My first car was a Peugeot 305, then a 405... and then I moved from the Netherlands to the states and have been driving a 05 mustang gt ever since. Still, I'd love to own a Peugeot again. Such an awesome ride quality, and I honestly believe the 405 is one of the best front wheel drive chassis ever created. The 505's are more than 25 years old now, so legally importable from France! If I had the money... Oh, by the way, I have a mad max fansite that I haven't updated in ages. If you have any high res pictures of that MFP 505 please tell me, I can give you my e-mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 justice -- brownie checks in here every few months or so, if you want to contact him in relatively short order, you should PM him or contact him on the dutch peugeot forum, where he's a moderator... andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohms Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 awesome pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohms Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 heres the pic i wanted to post - a pair of 405s from a 24 Hours of Lemons race earlier this year, in NJ (excluding safety equipment, tires, brakes, car cost must be $500 or less - though theres plenty of fudge-room heh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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