Malaysian Peugeot 404 Restoration

The Malaysian Peugeot 404 (P404) Restoration Journey

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Peugeot 404 History

The Peugeot 404 is a large family car produced by French automobile manufacturer Peugeot from 1960 to 1975. A truck body style variant was marketed until 1988. The 404 was manufactured under licence in various African countries until 1991 (in Kenya) and was manufactured in Argentina by Safrar/Sevel in El Palomar, in Québec, Canada at the St-Bruno-de-Montarville SOMA Ltd. plant and in Chile by Automotores Franco Chilena S.A. in Los Andes.

Styled by Pininfarina, the 404 was offered initially as a saloon, estate, and pickup. A convertible was added in 1962, and a coupéin 1963. The 404 was fitted with a 1.6 L petrol engine, with either a Solex carburetor or Kugelfischer mechanical fuel injection or a 1.9 L diesel engine available as options. Introduced at the Paris Motor Show as an option was the inclusion of a 3-speed ZFautomatic transmission, similar to the unit already offered on certain BMW models,^[4] as an alternative to the standard column-mounted manual unit.

Popular as a taxicab, the 404 enjoyed a reputation for durability and value. Peugeot's French production run of 1,847,568 404s ended in 1975. A total of 2,885,374 units had been produced worldwide at the end of production - Info by Wikipedia.

So, this is big boy toys to play with and it's not cheap toy....huhuhuhu

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CAR.....$$$$$$$$$$$

This is how it look once i got it from my beloved father in law - a retired teacher/headmaster with several school especially in Jerantut/Kuala Lipis and Jengka Pahang, Malaysia. He bought the car around 1969 and it cost him around RM 20,000.00 at that time, if not mistaken. This picture was taken around December 2007 and the condition was very bad and need a lot of money to be restored.......wuhhh....am i in the right career path or getting myself into the troubled seas.

Finally i have to settle for it and finished what my father-in law had started...to restored it to level best that the local Jerantut mechanic can do. The workshop finally finished the job with much to my dissappointment that most of the job done only concentrated on the external body of the car without fully RESTORED THE CAR... hope everybody know what i meant......and it cost me thousand to bring back the car from the troubled sea. Take a look guys..

Little Aisar inspecting the car on behalf of Aki..

Nice huhhh...

After all the things has been settled (my pocket need to be sawn back...), i took the car back to it new resting place at Budu, Benta, Pahang with sort of proud owner of restored car and waving all the way to the kids along the journey from Jerantut.

The P404 journey does not end here my fren....

To be continued....