It's perfect. It's timeless. And it's mine...
This is Karen with my baby, a 1977 PEUGEOT 504 L. This basic 504 model saw it's introduction in April 1973 and made up to 30% of all 504 sales here in Germany.
		I spotted my metallic green 504 L first in autumn 1993 on a supermarket parking lot. It was love at first sight. After talking to it's Lady owner and convincing her to sell, I bought it two weeks later for a reasonable price... The car was in a fair, original condition and had been in my home area all his life. It was sold through a PEUGEOT dealership on March 14th 1978 to his 1st owner who was then already 75 years old. The 1st owner's son told me, that his father really loved the 504. He always kept the car clean and garaged, and never drove it during the winter time if the roads were salted. He has fond memories of driving his dad in his 504 to Poland for vacation. However, while his father was on another trip to Spain, using the bus this time, the 504 was stolen from the locked garage, crashed into a concrete post, and left alone. His dad had left the keys in the car... The old man was so angry and disappointed, that he sold the car to one of the mechanics from the very same PEUGEOT dealer which sold the car originally. The poor old man got ill over his anger and selling the 504, and died soon afterwards... Sad story. Meanwhile, the mechanic rustproofed the car (thank you so much), only to put it up for sale after three months. The third owner, who lived nearby, sold the car eventually to a family, from which I acquired it. I used it daily for going to university, and carried out a typical rolling restoration. But it soon became a pampered classic, being driven only on sunny days...
		It's perfect. It's timeless. And it's mine...
click on image to enlarge A work of art... Obviously, Italy's famous Pininfarina did a great job designing the successor of the famous 404. Despite the almost avantgardistic appearance, more than three million 504s were sold.		click on image to enlarge Eagle-eyed 504 fans might note that grill and overriders are incorrect for an '77 L model. Factory-fitted should be an all-plastic grill with bigger rips...
click on image to enlarge ...while front and rear bumpers shouldn't have those overriders of GL and TI models. Most modifications were done by previous owners, including fitting a towbar. Oh, doesn't this car look gorgeous?!		click on image to enlarge But you can't just look at the PEUGEOT to fully appreciate it. You also have to drive it! The smooth ride and good handling of a 504 (like any PEUGEOT) are legendary
This is the interior, with an 1977 sales brochure. Note the original accessory radio console (real wood!), now fitted with a period Blaupunkt Coburg radio as featured in a Peugeot accessory brochure. If anyone has original floor mats for sale, you've just sold them...		Under the bonnet: The 4-cylinder XM7 (105) engine, 1796 ccm (bore x stroke 84 mm x 81 mm) with a maximum power output of 79 bhp / 5100 rpm (fan disengaged) and maximum torque of 143 Nm / 2500 rpm, attached is a BA7 (400) gearbox with column gearshift. Power drive is through a propeller-shaft with U-joints inside a closed torque tube, which is bolted to the live rear axle with hypoide gear set (ratio 0,257)