1966 404 Coupé Injection Restoration

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It's already insured for 7 grand w. Hagerty and will shortly be insured at an agreed value of $55K with them, once it's restored.  Driving this car is the plan.  Every time I drive a 404, it feels GREAT!  I look forward to that feeling again.

The diff is OK.  It's worm drive and did until 1989 have the wrong oil in it, but it's OK for now, not unduly worn.  Oil seals will be examined but I am not going to take the differential apart for now.  I have new bolts and worm and wheel, plus the factory tool kit.

Even the brake linings, with 82,000 miles on the originals, have lots of life left in them (they usually lasted 150K miles when the cars were new).

Rear shocks are not rebuildable but they seem serviceable and I will see how it goes.  Having run both Boge and Koni shocks in a 404 previously, I can say that they're both rubbish so I am not too keen to bin the rears for some aftermarket brand if I can avoid it.  The bodies were rusty so I repainted them.  Peugeot doesn't make new replicas of rear (or front) 404 shocks, yet.

12-29-2016

The struts are both cleaned and one is painted, one is primed as of Wednesday evening.  Main suspension arms are painted.

1-3-2017

Seat foams arrived today.  Left is backrest, right is cushion.  And yes, I got a second pair for the other seat!  Source: Comptoir du Cabriolet in France.

Double yes, those grinders are both Peugeots!