The idiots on CarTalk were laughing about some lady whose older relatives had given her a Peugeot as a "gift".
They mentioned a shop in Boston that still worked on them, despite there not having been one imported in some years.... Dan --- On Fri, 1/16/09, tom tomscat <tomsc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: tom tomscat <tomsc...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [MBZ] Peugeot 505 > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 9:43 PM > > > Hi Ed, Curt, > > FWIW, I run a social services agency in CT. For the > last couple of years, > we have operated a small, but fairly successful car > donation fund-raising program (200-300 cars). > We have had a number of Mercedes donated, including a very > interesting 1983 230C Euro. It just > so happens, that we were recently given a 1985 Peugeot > 505. It is a 4 cylinder gas model, not the > turbo-diesel. > It runs and drives, needs some minor work, and is in > overall tired but decent condition. If you > have any interest, shoot me an email, and I can get you > more details. It's an orphan, of course, > since they haven't imported Peugeot to the US since about > 1991, but it's an interesting an > unique car, if you like that sort of thing. Price is > negotiable. > > Tom Schuch > 1975 W115 300D > and a bunch of BMWs > SE Connecticut > > > > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:47:03 -0800 (PST) > From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Peugeot 505 turbodiesel (?) on Portland > CL > To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <227793.40055...@web32802.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Wow, thats really pretty. I'd love to have an old pug... > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:24:07 -0800 > From: "Alex Chamberlain" <apchamberl...@gmail.com> > Subject: [MBZ] Peugeot 505 turbodiesel (?) on Portland CL > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: > ??? <f7b6bd1a0901161524o59b3941fvf13ee2c9163f4...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/988008347.html > > I thought the turbo 505s were all gas and the diesels were > all > normally aspirated.? Would this be a slug with the slushbox > or was it > tuned with a high stall speed like in a 603 car to > compensate for > turbo lag?? I bet Mathieu knows.? Sure is a nice color! > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo et al. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090116/a5cc5cfe/attachment.html> > > > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:56:36 -0500 > From: E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Peugeot 505 turbodiesel (?) on Portland > CL > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: > <fbc36f3b0901161656v5113226j560026818b89f...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I always loved the look of the 505. Would be fun to > have, but no idea where > I'd ever get parts for one around here. > > Ed > 300E > > 2009/1/16 Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > > > Wow, thats really pretty. I'd love to have an old > pug... > > > > -Curt > > > > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:24:07 -0800 > > From: "Alex Chamberlain" <apchamberl...@gmail.com> > > Subject: [MBZ] Peugeot 505 turbodiesel (?) on Portland > CL > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Message-ID: > > <f7b6bd1a0901161524o59b3941fvf13ee2c9163f4...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/988008347.html > > > > I thought the turbo 505s were all gas and the diesels > were all > > normally aspirated. Would this be a slug with > the slushbox or was it > > tuned with a high stall speed like in a 603 car to > compensate for > > turbo lag? I bet Mathieu knows. Sure is a > nice color! > > > > Alex Chamberlain > > '87 300D Turbo et al. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090116/aa1e81b8/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
