Happy 50th birthday Peugeot 504.
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Any other memories, apart from Flying Squad shenanigans in the 80/90s?
what a car, should be brought back like the Nokia 3310
The tomato sauce baron, borrowing slices in that machine.
Barclays Bank bought the 504 for it’s managers.
hii gari iliogopesha wanawake kuendesha
Durability ya hii gari was on another level.
They should bring them back.
except the doors always had a problem.
That car excelled in all roles. Matatu, pickup, rally winner, executive car.
DC vehicle, my uncle an Alpha Papa once served as it’s driver, nimekula raundi Sana Na hiyo gari.
…and the getaway vehicle of choice for robbers…
And window…and the gear knob always came off
- The engine note when decelerating in high gear was magical.
- Blaupunkt Stereo (ours had this one)
- How the horn worked, sio kuchapa steering makofi.
- The seats were very well padded and comfortable.
- No airbags, we died like REAL ALPHA MALES.
Na points za distributor lazima zigwarwe every few hundred kilometres
and the chasing vehicle for flying squard
That is where they got it wrong. The Japanese understood that they needed the customer to come back for another purchase. So their cars would only last a Max of 15 years or 300,000 kms. The French built a car that could last 30 years. With no need for replacing spare parts every one or two years. So after the market was flooded with these merothis, no one needed to buy another one.
Show me someone who owns a Toyota na hajui spare parts shops zote within a radius of 50kms from where he operates from.
Toyoda learnt his lesson with the workhorse called Stout. First buult in 1966. Gari haiishi bado inabeba magunia ya ma-beans on some of the most rugged roads in Oloitokitok.
Hio mugunda hapo nyuma iko sette
No Siemens A35
Idi Amin, is that you?
It isnt better than modern cars. A modern car well taken care of will run for 20 years without asking for crap everyday. Hizi gari za distributor na carburettor nimedeal nazo for sometime umeffi siwezi taka tena. Ata ununue distributor mpya. ni lazma mwezi moja mbili uko hapo unapiga sandpaper ama unanunua condenser. carburetor na mechanical fuel pump lazma ushinde kufanyishwa kazi ya ujinga. a/c hakuna kama gari ni ya kitambo kabisa.
kwanza nafurahia vile auto siku hizi imetoa hizi gari za clutch. Clutch ziachiwe gari za diesel. it easier to deal with it in a diesel vehicle. clutch kwa petrol inakaa kuisha kila time kwanza kama engine ni kadogo ka kubembeleza. Nakumbuka siku moja nimeenda mahali remote sana na gari ya clutch. kumbe gari imeisha clutch huwa inajichoma inakaa kama glue. you couldnt balance the clutch. time ya kuengage inashika mara hiyo. sikujua imeisha ikaslip sasa ilikuwa kama paste. I picked some sacks of cereals i could not leave. hiyo kitu ilienda kwa mlima fulani huko msituni ikashikana na flywheel bila kuguzwa. nililala nikijaribu kuiamsha kwa jamaa mmoja huko alikuwa kind enough kuniambia niweke kwa compound yake. kesho another clutch plate. every time clutch plate. every time clutch plate. even the bigger petrol vehicles were the same. Chieth mimi siwes taka tena.