{"id":2319,"date":"2020-05-13T11:47:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T09:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peugeotvintage.com\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/22\/sander-mays-404-coupe-injection\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:08:08","slug":"sander-mays-404-coupe-injection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peugeotvintage.com\/en\/garage-talk\/2020\/05\/13\/sander-mays-404-coupe-injection\/","title":{"rendered":"Sander May’s 404 Coup\u00e9 Injection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Growing up behind a Peugeot garage and on holiday to France, it’s easy to understand where Sander May’s love for Peugeot comes from.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe first six years of my life I lived behind the Peugeot garage in Breezand where my father worked. The love for the brand was early and when I was eighteen I got my first car from France. Friends bought a Honda or a Golf, I a Peugeot 203 pick-up. Rotten from front to back with a crack in the block … I put another engine in it and still drove quite a bit. That is how I gained a lot of experience.<\/p>\n\n

I like to copy parts in small series. The 203 has an iron under the side windows that often decays after 50 years. At the request of a French merchant I made a series, but he could not afford it. Maybe we could trade? In his yard I found this 404 Coup\u00e9. He had been outside for years and there were no papers. I have known the car for a long time, as a boy I made a photo series on vacation of a copy that was parked at a French lake. Brilliant and elegant.<\/p>\n\n

A lot had to be done about the Coup\u00e9, but it was certainly not a hopeless project. The engine could not be saved anymore, but the carriage was not too bad. I really enjoy repairing and restoring, so I decided to restore the Coup\u00e9 with my father.<\/p>\n\n

Everything is scarce and expensive compared to a normal 404. Screens are no longer available. Much sheet metal has been repaired instead of replaced. A nice grille costs 1100 euros, so I made on of two bad ones. The paint job was done by the professional. Nine years after the exchange, I had a beautiful, well-driving Coup\u00e9!<\/p>\n\n

On the road you notice that it is all a bit older. You have wind noise at speed and the wipers have a lot of rain. But such an engine with injection runs very nicely, you can keep up well and just drive 130 with it. A nice driving car packed in those Coup\u00e9 lines, fantastic right? <\/p>\n\n

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This article was taken from De Telegraaf newspaper.<\/span> Text and photo Arno Lingerak<\/span><\/div> \n<\/div> \n<\/div> \n<\/div> \n<\/div> \n<\/div> \n<\/div>\n\n