Peugeot 404 Coupé and Cabriolet registry

[miketippett]

We have found another number of a Coupé in the Netherlands, which brings the total for NL to 94 cars in the Registry. This one was imported from France.

It is 4499304, a red Coupé with carb. engine.



Total: 1458 cars!

[miketippett]

There was some sad news from Germany this morning, the sister car of my Coupé, Cabriolet number 4598611 (mine is 4598609!) was scrapped last year in southern Bavaria for parts.

This same person has apparently also scrapped 3 other 404 C cars and he has promised to add them to the list of "dead" 404 C cars soon.

So the total number of "known" 404 C cars has risen to 1459, but 28 of these are either crushed or exist for parts only.

[miketippett]

Thanks to a new contact in Germany, photos to follow...

4495658 - Cabriolet, Berlin, restoration starts soon
4495811 - Cabriolet, Weyarn
4597338 - Cabriolet, Hamburg
6800884 - Cabriolet, Wiggensbach

Total: 1463 cars registered!

[miketippett]

I received another number from France today: Chassisnr. 6802435, Carrosserie Nr. 15750, a Cabriolet Injection in dark blue metallic paint (a Jaguar colour), beige interior and black soft top, located in Avignon.

This brings the total to 1464 cars!

[miketippett]

Here are the photos that I have of the most recently added cars (my posting on 13 November):

4495658 :


4495811 : sorry, no photo is available

4597338 :


6800884 (ex-Milano Italy):

[miketippett]

From France this evening, a new 404 Cabriolet was added:

6803191, grey metallic, located in Département 33 (Gironde).

So, you might think that the total has risen to 1465 cars......well not quite. I heard from Messrs. Slager and Edgar in New Zealand, and we have found that one of the cars already recorded in the registry is a duplicate. The car in question is 4599456, which is apparently a duplicate and incorrect entry for the actual car, which is 4599466.

So: the total remains at 1464 cars!

[miketippett]

I can report some new information today:

A contact in Germany has passed on a couple of new numbers, from cars that he has scrapped for parts:

6801719, a white Cabriolet Injection from 19 October 1967

4596258, a white Coupé Injection from 01 August 1965

On the happy side, we have a report of a new 404 C in Germany that will probably be restored:

4595492, a Cabriolet Injection (colour unknown so far), from 03 May 1966, located at KEFFERHAUSEN

So this has brought the total to 1467 cars!

[miketippett]

6800380, a Cabriolet Injection from 16 February 1967, in Gris Graphite 1055 (!), located at ST-ANTOINE FRANCE!




Well there is a story behind the next two I will list here. GT Spirit is a company in France, near Lyon, that sells VERY expensive cars, including 404 Cabriolets at about 30K Euro (as I said, VERY expensive cars).

About a year ago I asked them once or twice what the serial numbers of a couple of 404 C cars they were selling was, and they told me. Since then, they won't pass the info on, well probably because I would not buy one of their cars...

But they do post photos of them online, not with a good enough resolution to read the serial number, but sometimes clear enough to read the Carrosserie Peugeot number, which is almost as good as the serial number so far as the Registry is concerned. It seems to me that they should show the serial numbers in the advertisement and mention whether the chassis number (serial number) matches the chassis number on the engine, which could affect the value....but they don't.

However, two of the four cars for sale there right now have visible Carrosserie Peugeot numbers, so I have added them to the list:

Carrosserie Nr. 6643, Coupé Carburator 1965, Noir 1000, Red Leather, for sale at GT Spirit December 2010, 01120 LA BOISSE, FRANCE

Carrosserie Nr. 1741, Cabriolet Injection 1963, Blanc Saratoga 1031, Black Leather, for sale at GT Spirit December 2010, 01120 LA BOISSE, FRANCE

Total: 1470 !

[miketippett]

This is Cabriolet No. 4499110, Carrosserie number 10682, a 1966 model with 1962-64 type front indicator/parking light units.

It is located in an underground parking garage in Brussels in Belgium and is never used by the owner. This same owner also has a black Cabriolet and a parts car which we unfortunately do not know the numbers of (nor are we ever likely to lear them, since he is quite reclusive according to my source). The black car has 17 km FROM NEW. That does not mean it's in good condition of course, but it gives you an idea of this owner's strange relationship with his cars.

Total: 1471 cars!

[miketippett]

Another scrapped car came to my attention today: 4595090, which used to be in Germany.

Total: 1472 cars.

[miketippett]

No. 1473 has been found in Belgium:

It is a C model, I am not certain which type yet - the person who told me about it did not specify - the car was first registered may 1966. Serial Number: 4499192.

Edit: it is a white Coupé

[miketippett]

Number 1474 has been added to the Registry:

4499723, a Blanc Arosa Cabriolet with XC6 engine from 1967, located in France.

[oldpug]

As so many interesting photo`s are being sent in I thought I would add my Cabriolet. (Its on your list 4592427)

Attachments:

[miketippett]

Super, thanks! She is beautiful!

[miketippett]

Another one has been found (that's the good news), but it has been scrapped (that's the bad news):

4595367, a Cabriolet Injection of 1965 - the Fahrzeugschein is for sale on eBay. Before the car was scrapped, it had been converted to a carburator engine, the former location was in Austria.

Total: 1475 cars !