1966 404 Coupé Injection Restoration

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http://www.coachwerks.com/MT1966Peugeot404C/

This is a link to the project as it progresses.  Feel free to watch every once in  while for updates.  The page starts on the "arrival", but for the good stuff, click on "update 1" which will bring you to Tuesday January 31st.

2-3-2017

The new right rear fender is welded onto the car.  The rear jack mount and part of the inner fender were just rebuilt.  Looking good!  This fender was severely rusted before the transplant.  I found the rear fenders from a Peugeot service point in Williamsburg, Ontario in 2004.  Under $500 each, cheap!

2-10-2017

The paint I am using on the suspension is really strong and controls rust, plus it looks just as good to my eye as powder coating.

Left rear fender is now welded on, as of February 8th, after the inner fender work was completed.

The three rectangular holes cut into the dashboard to the left of the instrument binnacle are now gone, replaced by a round hole as per the original.

2-12-2017

Wiper frame is de-rusted and repainted in Rust-oleum and the two new wiper spindles (unique design for the 404C so I was lucky to get a pair) are remounted.  The wiper motor drive axle is the original but after flushing it with Würth HHS it was as smooth as butter.  Greased it up and mounted it back together.

The cover of the AEG fuel pump was rusty and needed a good quality of hard paint because it's clamped on by a wire that uses friction and sits in the dimple of the cover.  So I bought some silver POR-15 and applied it by brush. with only 83,000 miles on the car, the electrical part of the pump is in good condition.  I will take the hydraulic part apart and regrease it. 

The framework of the AEG/Kugelfischer pump was also very rusty but now looks better and is painted in silver POR-15 applied by brush.