Re: [Peugeot-L] Peugeots in Africa

From: Lance <ducaati_at_gmail.com>
Date: 01/25/08

So how do we get a hold of these 404 parts, I need a fender for mine, it'ss got a 6 inch rust hole in it!

Lance

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:48:46 -0600, John Dillingham <parliament.scout@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> It always pays to play the regional card. For instance, they still make
> Ford Falcons in Argentina (or did until very recently) So that was the
> place to go for early Mustang underpinnings.
>
> thenceroth <garagepommedeterre@hotmail.com> wrote: A buddy just
> e-mailed me from Kenya. While in an auto parts store,
> someone came in and bought a 404 Peugeot front fender and front
> subframe panel (buttress, in the book). He said a very small amount of
> money changed hands. Incidentally, the general procedure there is to
> take your broken part to the parts store, and they match it(no
> computers and very few books). There are still loads of 404s still
> running there, and while they sell new cars there, they've gotten a
> pretty bad name over the past 20 years, with the Japanese cars taking
> over most of that market. At least this is what they've told my friend.
> Maybe Peugeot should try a "retro" car like Chrysler did with the PT
> Cruiser, Ford withe the T-bird, and the Chevy HHR? I kind of miss
> seeing tail fins these days, and the folks in Africa would buy anything
> like a 404.
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> Cheers!
> John Dillingham
> Canton, Georgia
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Lance
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Received on Fri Jan 25 18:50:08 2008