O.K. - I'm gonna reply & answer some question posed by
August & Brian, I agree with Brian on the 89' wing, I
think the earlier ones are much more subtle & fit the
car nicley, I like even more the small little spoilers
BMW used to put on the E30 chasis 3 series (late 80's
. early 90's). Second to Brian also, actually you &
TJ may be right with the number of 89's, I've seen a
few at the shop over the years, probably not 5-6, but
honestly maybe 3-4, there are a few V6 5 speeds that
go there as well (87-89), The mechanic does alot of
swaps from V6 motors into turbo cars because the
clientelle are tired of the heads cracking, also
they'll get an 86-88 Turbo & put the 89' body kit on
them, that may be where I'm confused.
You guys are probably right, if I were to trick out a
505, I'd probably look for a 87 or 88, put on the 89'
body kit then swap in the N9TEA motor so as not to
deface an 89', I love modding but as long as they look
the same on the outside, why kill a rare 89'?
As far as shops go here in SoCal, there are 4 that I
know of. 1. DuBarr Automotive down in Huntington
Beach, Orange County, 2. U.S. Foreign Auto Repair in
El Monte (East L.A. area), 3. Rene's Automotive in Van
Nuys San Fernando Valley, & an old Peugeot dealer that
still does very few cars from timt to time in Santa
Monica (this guy used to race Mi16's), I think Cerrone
& Sons is up north somewhere.
DuBarr said they were gonna start phasing out there
Peugeot work which is a shame because they have a
really nice shop, Rene (French guy) has kind of a
small establishment with a few doner cars out back (He
used to work on a genuine 89' turbo 5 speed - a red
one till it got ass-ended a few years ago - I even
asked the lady if she'd sell it about a year before it
was hit). The shop in Santa Monica is ridiculously
small and nobody there is very enthusiastic about the
cars, he wouldn't even participate in the car show we
had a year ago nor would he let me put up flyers for
his clientelle to see. The one in El Monte in my
opinion is honestly the best one, it's run by a guy
named Ukit, he's been a family friend for 40 years, he
has a parking lot full of old pugs that he pulls parts
from to help me out when I don't have the cash for new
parts, every time I see him I make a day out of it
even if it's only an oil change, we talk, eat lunch,
he shows me how things work & whats wrong with them,
he'll take them apart & explain things, draw it out
for me on paper, ect. I grew up with his 2 sons, my
dad even told me on one occasion with his 403 about 30
years ago, it had broken down out in the California
desert, so he called Ukit & Ukit drove all the way out
there & fixed it for him, now thats a mechanic you can
trust!, they don't make em' like that anymore, when my
car would be out of commision for a day or so, he'd
lend me his own personal car or invite me to spend the
night at his house with his family, where we'd eat,
watch a movie, ect. I honestly don't know what I'll
do when he's gone, he restores old cars Mercedes',
Hummers, ect. He has an mechanical & electrical
engineers mind, not just an automotive mechanics hand.
Anyway hope this helps.
- august <august.macbeth@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey if you dont mind me asking, what peugeot
> mechanics/shops are down
> here in socal? the only one i know of is dubarr.
>
> On 8/23/05, Randy Porter <droppedmi16@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > It's a "Peugeot" group homeboy, custom or
> origional.
> > I dig restored cars, don't mis-understand me, My
> first
> > love are Classic cars, hot rods, but for anyone to
> say
> > "I'm obligated" to out something back to origional
> > just because thats what everyone wants me too, or
> you
> > can't do that because we think your destroying
> > something...to that fine sir...I say "bite me"
> I'm
> > the first to admit I'm not perfect as you say, nor
> > have I ever insinuated that, I respect educated
> people
> > in their own right, & I also think that any well
> > educated person (not just some guy who thinks he's
> > educated because he's lived longer)will appreciate
> &
> > learn from other's opinions & interpretations,-
> > although he may not agree with them, that's what
> makes
> > someone wise, not - I'm older than you so you need
> to
> > do what I think looks good. If you wanna go start
> a
> > "Peugeot purist" page then go ahead & more power
> to
> > you, I may even visit it from time to time to get
> your
> > perspective & tips on things that I don't know,
> but
> > don't stick your nose in the air & put your self
> > rightous pompous declarations or labels on me
> brother,
> > you don't even know me.
> >
> > Hot Rod Hooligan - damned yougsters - all hopped
> up on
> > dope!
> >
> > Randy
> > SoCal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- billbranch1@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Randy wrote, "thats (sic) what cars are for, a
> > > mechanical extension of one's
> > > personality,"
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you, Randy, for pointing that out to us.
> We
> > > "older members," some of
> > > whom received educations when education meant
> > > something, some of whom
> > > appreciate works of art and classic automobiles,
> > > some of whom have been driving the
> > > Peugeots since before you were just a figment of
> > > your parents' imagination, we
> > > appreciate the Peugeot in a historical
> perspective.
> > >
> > > For me to butcher a Peugeot as many list members
> are
> > > doing would be much
> > > like Gary Jeter urinating on the grass in Yankee
> > > Stadium, or, perhaps, like a
> > > group of kindergarten art experts with cans of
> spray
> > > paint at Le Louvre making
> > > things less "boring". Ya, go ahead, I've seen
> the
> > > pompous and ignorant
> > > attitude of today's young people: on 60 Minutes
> when
> > > the question was asked, "Give
> > > me one word to describe your generation," the
> answer
> > > was given with a smug,
> > > "Perfect."
> > >
> > > Well, you're not. You have a lot to learn. This
> is a
> > > list about Peugeots. If
> > > you and your ilk want to make once beautiful
> cars
> > > look like crap, join a
> > > customization group. This is a group about
> Peugeots,
> > > not about garbage.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > > removed]
> > >
> > >
> >
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