"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
10/31/2013 at 13:26 • Filed to: Daily Turismo
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"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
10/31/2013 at 13:26 • Filed to: Daily Turismo | 1
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The standard web server response to a user selecting a dead link is to generate a "404 not found" error message, but when you find a Peugeot 404, you've got to wonder if it was by error?
Its not that the 404 is a bad car, it's just that it is an odd car to find in the USA and general perceptions of the French equivalent of Sweden's 122/Amazon aren't particularly positive. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in Reading, PA currently bidding for $5,656 via ebay with 4 days to go. Tip from John G.
The comparison to the 122/Amazon isn't just an issue of size/performance, but also styling as both are '60s cars that show a decidedly '50s American approach to styling with pontoon style front fenders and tail fins in the back. The 404 sold extremely well for a French sedan, with over 2.8 million of the mid-sized sedan/coupe/pickup family being built and sold around the world between 1960 and 1991.
The 404 is powered by a 1.6 liter inline-4 cylinder carburetor equipped engine good for 76 horsepower and attached to a 4-speed manual gearbox. Unfortunately this engine hasn't run since 1970 and while the seller states it turns over freely by hand, he has wisely decided not to start/run this thing because it will likely pump out blue smoke like a Venice Beach hooka shop.
While the last 43 years of storage have been harsh on mechanical components, the interior looks great - but we'd be concerned about surfaces being mummified and crumbling into dust the first time you touch them like that Nazi dude in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when he picked the wrong chalice.
He chose...poorly
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BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> DailyTurismo
10/31/2013 at 14:52 |
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Boss. I love the 404. Anything built to conquer Africa is good in my books.
Rock solid worm gear rear diff and Peugeot built shocks that last 100k (as opposed to half that for most others of the time).
Curbside Classic has a load of great articles on the 404, including a couple that have driven theirs through Africa a couple of times.
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-class…
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/my-curbside-cl…
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cohort-si…
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-his…
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/ultimate-…
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/road-trip…
Mr. Edward Mann-Polandballer
> BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
11/08/2013 at 16:10 |
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FYI, the founder of Curbside Classic (Paul Niedermeyer) used to own multiple 404's and still longs for one, so I sent him the link for this article.
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BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Mr. Edward Mann-Polandballer
11/08/2013 at 20:14 |
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Sweet :) big fan of Curbside Classic.
Actually, the 404 Coupe on one of the articles was a spot by me. Found it at a country fair in central France. Gorgeous looking thing :)
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Mr. Edward Mann-Polandballer
> BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
11/08/2013 at 21:41 |
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This one, I'm guessing?
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cohort-si…
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BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Mr. Edward Mann-Polandballer
11/09/2013 at 05:22 |
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That's the one :) there was a ratty old Alpine A110 there as well (maybe a kit, not sure) and an even rattier Opel Manta.
