Way back in 2008 I sold my Peugeot 104 ZS for reasons I can't quite remember and spent the next 9 years missing it.
A chance encounter lead me to join the newly set up 104/Samba/LNA page on facebook and in order to try to discover what became of my old car as information for the page I dug out the mobile number of the man I sold it too in Northern Ireland. One short phone call later and the owner was offering to sell it back to me for what I had sold it to him for. This seemed too much like fate to ignore. The new owner promised to send over some photos of the car to help me decide (like I needed that help).
The photos duly arrived and too my surprise the car looked much as I had left it, a bit shabbier after 9 years in a garage. The new owner had not even touched it since he bought it.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
The photo's held another surprise though. Tucked away behind my car were the unmistakable shapes of two more 104 coupés a gold 77 Zs and a black 80 ZR.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
It's not every day you find one let alone three of these rare cars. The owner was quick enough to offer to include the other two cars in the deal. Three 104 coupés for £1500. Bargain.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
Once the fever of striking car gold had passed the reality of how to get three cars over the sea from Ireland to sunny Swindon and after that where to store them. A quick chat with a contact in NI who does love his Samba's and 104's who was delighted to take the black and gold ones away. One car being much simpler to bring home my old blue 104 was soon on the back of a transporter to the UK.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
Bizarrely, the transporter from the transport company to the UK turned out to be a 44 tone multi deck affair, and thus unlikely to fit down the small road to my house, so the driver left the car in a yard in Chippenham for me to collect, courtesy of a local man with a flatbed.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
They snapped the exhaust off using a fork lift to get it down from the transporter!!
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr
And now it's home.
A chance encounter lead me to join the newly set up 104/Samba/LNA page on facebook and in order to try to discover what became of my old car as information for the page I dug out the mobile number of the man I sold it too in Northern Ireland. One short phone call later and the owner was offering to sell it back to me for what I had sold it to him for. This seemed too much like fate to ignore. The new owner promised to send over some photos of the car to help me decide (like I needed that help).
The photos duly arrived and too my surprise the car looked much as I had left it, a bit shabbier after 9 years in a garage. The new owner had not even touched it since he bought it.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on FlickrThe photo's held another surprise though. Tucked away behind my car were the unmistakable shapes of two more 104 coupés a gold 77 Zs and a black 80 ZR.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on FlickrIt's not every day you find one let alone three of these rare cars. The owner was quick enough to offer to include the other two cars in the deal. Three 104 coupés for £1500. Bargain.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on Flickr104 images by Andrew Stephens, on FlickrOnce the fever of striking car gold had passed the reality of how to get three cars over the sea from Ireland to sunny Swindon and after that where to store them. A quick chat with a contact in NI who does love his Samba's and 104's who was delighted to take the black and gold ones away. One car being much simpler to bring home my old blue 104 was soon on the back of a transporter to the UK.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on FlickrBizarrely, the transporter from the transport company to the UK turned out to be a 44 tone multi deck affair, and thus unlikely to fit down the small road to my house, so the driver left the car in a yard in Chippenham for me to collect, courtesy of a local man with a flatbed.
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on FlickrThey snapped the exhaust off using a fork lift to get it down from the transporter!!
104 images by Andrew Stephens, on FlickrAnd now it's home.
