Down memory lane… from the club archives2430 years agoForty members at the Christmas1982party at Don and Joan Anderson’splace at Peakhurst and the food is up to the reliablestandard of the Roving Spit.Seventy-six-year-old Roy Moores, ofAdelong, has a spare steering assembly thatwould have gone into his outback Peugeot 404,but bec<strong>au</strong>se of an old war wound he traded thecar on the last Automatique Peugeot 504 soldin Australia. <strong>The</strong> Pug is the only car that goeswhere you point it and stands the bashing of thebush, he declares.25 years agoCodename C28 is revealed at1987last as Peugeot’s new 309 model,l<strong>au</strong>nched on September 18. It’s a five-doorhatch with an aerodynamic cD of .33 built ona stretched Peugeot 205 platform, has a choiceof four engines already in production to giveseven models with five trim levels. Ex-Chryslerplants at Poissy and Ryton produce it at the rateof 1,000 a day, compared with Peugeot 205production of 2,500 a day.Stories abound about D60, a bigger FWDmodel due later in the year and tipped to becalled the Peugeot 405.Jon Marsh feels it is always worth checkingthe tappet setting on a newlyacquired car. Most have been allover the place and the hour’s effortis repaid with quieter running andbetter performance.20 years ago<strong>The</strong> <strong>Pugilist</strong> is ref-quoted and 1992erenced,displayed at all manner of <strong>Peugeotclub</strong>s around the world, proud editorChris Deligny reports after visitingothers in the kinship abroad.John Geremin takes out his back seatand passenger seat to lighten his wagon foreconomy on a trip to Queensland and to fit in amainframe computer on the way back.404 Ferarri: <strong>The</strong> great Enzio once foundit handy to own a Peugeot 404. Maybe awagon floor was more comfy for sitting thanHello Petal: Miss Germany in a Peugeot cabriolet.his race car.a 202 cabriolet.35 years agoKiwi Mark Wolz vowed to have the nicestStuart Lenthall pays $10 for aPeugeot 604 in the world for his limousine tours19771953 Peugeot 203 ute that hadbusiness when he had his 1978 model restored.been left in a garage for 15 years after its first<strong>The</strong> work was so thorough he has a new enginegear “went” and its battery died.15 years agoand almost new everything else.Doug Weinert’s Peugeot 404 meets anNorth Shore Peugeot lends <strong>au</strong>ntimely demise so he acquires a 10-speed 1997gleaming new Peugeot 406 for Five years agoPeugeot gent’s touring cycle and cycles from display at the club Christmas gathering at<strong>The</strong> engine fitted to CarolSummer Hill, via Cremorne Junction to get the Narabeen.2007Partridge’s and Vern Pepper’sclub mail from Box 203, to the committee meetingat Normanhurst.nicks the grille of her Peugeot 504 while theShelley Smith is most irate after someonefamily holidayed at Byron Bay.That hippie new year!A year’s sales of Peugeots inAustralia and New Zealand representsjust one day’s factory output,new Peugeot publicity chiefJames Cleary tells club memberswhen he visits a meeting.<strong>The</strong> Peugeot 505 gets a topsafety rating for its passengerprotection, according to a studyof NSW-Victorian accidents.Craftsman touch: Bill Barry hand turned this rosewoodboss for Peter Nash’s 203 steering wheel.10 years agoAmong his ABC2002movies taped overnight,Mark Arbuz was delightedto find <strong>The</strong> Golden Salamandar,a 1950 British film set in NorthAfrica, with Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimee andAbandoned: Did the airbags go off?Tim Moore seeks interest in this 203 vanfound in the yard of a home in the SnowyMountains.505 SR wagon was noisy – piston slap, perhaps– but they said it flew and it went all right fora couple of years, even towing a caravan fromBrisbane to Melbourne and home without troubleexcept enough noise to make a neighbourcomplain. Vern dropped the sump as a prec<strong>au</strong>tionand found about five pieces of piston there,broken from below the ring section. Anotherpiston was fitted and the wagon flew again.To mark the Australian l<strong>au</strong>nch of the Peugeot207 in March, David Schultz has proposeda club lion-up of the two-oh model range atDarling Harbour.Peter Nash thanks the members who helpedwith missing parts for his Peugeot 203 restoration.Many members telephoned Doug Smith tosay they’d sighted a stranger driving his presidential505. He’d lent it to his brother-in-law,an Aussie living in Oregon and the one whointroduced him to Pugs, while he was visitingSydney.
Wedding PugsNice day for a white wedding: Gary Chamberlain’s 1970404 with Mike Barrett’s ivory 1963 404 did the Pug communityproud and Michael and Lulu’s wedding in December.Michael Ellis, Victorian Car Club member and prolific attendee of theRendezvous 206 events, recently put out the feelers for some weddingcars, as his wedding was to be in Sydney. Eventually, some NSW clubbersanswered the call.Gary ChamberlainHere are a couple of photos& a brief snapshot of the eventsfrom Michael & Lulu’s wedding inSydney,— maybe a snippet for your next issue.All went well on the day — Mike Barrettwas noted topless at the bride’s house (beforethe wedding) — but that story is for another day.<strong>The</strong>y made it to the church on time, despitehaving to ford a number of roads in Mike’sFrench-built ’63 model, due to the heavystorms.Meanwhile the groom & best men traversedthe inner west en route to “Punch-a-bowla”with Michael Ellis providing excellent skillsdespite the nerves as intermittent wiper controland assistant navi-guesser in my ’70 model.We were early so a bit of circle work in thelocal streets ensued, as well as a spot of huntingthe Lebanese BBQ chicken for the starvingbest men.NOWALSO IN SYDNEYAlas, the chickens proved to be elusive...<strong>The</strong> 404s were spotted by a mob of youngLebanese lads at the church, who we heard asking“what size V8 does it have?” and providingcomments such as “I bet you can do good burnoutswith such skinny tyres”. Michael Ellishad remarked that “only cheap wine comes in4 ltrs”.<strong>The</strong> ceremony went off without a hitch: thebutterflies were set free, the pretty girls wereall gathered for pictures and the photographerssnapped<strong>The</strong> wedded couple and family retreated tothe big smoke with wipers flailing, respectivemothers in-law gibbering and horns a tootingfor an evening of marital bliss at the OperaHouse.I bet all Victorian club members wish theycould get such treatment in Sydney.Parts for Peugeot, Ren<strong>au</strong>lt, Citroën and Alfa RomeoCarrying the largest stock of parts for these marques in Australia.Club discount on production of current membership card. Mail order.321 Middleborough RdBox Hill VIC 3128Ph: (03) 9899 6683Fax: (03) 9890 2856eai@eai.net.<strong>au</strong>Unit 3/10 Pioneer AveThornleigh NSW 2120Ph: (02) 9481 8400Fax: (02) 9484 1900www.eai.net.<strong>au</strong>Photos: Gary Chamberlain25
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