A 1982 Peugeot 505 Estate has sold for £20,250 via an on-line auction. That’s all around double the pre-auction information price of £9,000 to £12,000.
What is the attractiveness? Which is a rhetorical issue, for the reason that the ailment of this Peugeot 505 speaks for by itself. It’s also completed 32,000 miles, which in aged Peugeot estate phrases implies it is only just finding commenced.
It appears to be an appreciating classic. The seller purchased the car or truck in August 2020 from Stone Cold Classics in Kent, where by it was outlined for £6,995. A relative bargain when you contemplate the rate they marketed it for.
While it was not the entry-stage product, the GR trim was only one particular action up the trim ladder in 1982. Opting for the GR around the GL included the likes of a journey meter, ‘Econoscope’, inside headlight adjustment, tinted glass, laminated windscreen, rear clean/wipe, distant regulate door mirrors, illuminated ignition keyhole, radio/cassette, heater with 4-speed supporter and, effectively, nothing at all else to get enthusiastic about.
Want for tweed
Except the luxurious of tweed upholstery, that is. Even though motorists of poverty-spec 505s designed do with cloth, GR homeowners liked the wealthy sensation of tweed. Leather-based or velour wouldn’t reduce it if you experienced the require for tweed.
In accordance to Stone Chilly Classics, the Peugeot 505 Estate was identified by a assets developer purchasing qualities from probate. It is unusual case in point of an real ‘barn-find’, rather than a car or truck that is been stored in someone’s garage for a few years.
The supplier invested time recommissioning the car or truck, which includes a full service of the 2.-litre petrol motor and mindful vacuuming of the tweed upholstery. The vehicle was also treated to a new established of tyres.
Because acquiring the vehicle, the vendor had performed very little other than suit a pair of new Valeo headlights. A testament to the make quality of outdated Peugeots and the get the job done of Stone Cold Classics.
French bred
The Car or truck & Traditional auction rate will increase a handful of eyebrows in the classic vehicle planet, but a spending plan of £20,000 doesn’t go quite far when you’re shopping for a new Peugeot. A mid-array 208, probably? An entry-amount 2008?
Alternatively, you could very own a slice of Peugeot history (this was the company’s final rear-wheel-drive design), and an estate vehicle which is much more charming than any modern crossover or SUV we could point out.
Oh, and tweed upholstery. That is received to be well worth £20,250 of anyone’s money.
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