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Issue 204 August 2020 TTHHEE PPEEUUGGEEOOTTIISSTT Club Officials Registrars Committee members are shown in blue Pre-war Janette Horton [email protected] 01543 262466 Vice President: Nick O’Hara 6 Hazell Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7BW 202, 302, 402 Richard Barker Tel: 01252 721093 [email protected] 01372 274053 203, D3 Alastair Inglis Chairman: Ian Kirkwood [email protected] 01604 862 369 15 Druids Park, Liverpool L18 3LJ 403, 404, D4 Ken Broughton Tel: 07970 257599 [email protected] 01483 421701 [email protected] 104, Samba Alison Budd Secretary: Mike Lynch [email protected] 01460 57572 81 Northumberland Road, Leamington Spa, 204 & 304 Jonathan Poolman Warks CV32 6HQ [email protected] 01343 544842 Tel: 01926 424377 504 Coupé/Cabriolet & [email protected] all 504 derivatives Gary Charlton [email protected] 01329 833029 Treasurer: Vacant Temporary contact: Chairman 604 Philip Christian [email protected] 07958 624377 Membership Secretary: Rob Exell 205 Jonathan Poolman Rose Cottage, Eathorpe, Leamington Spa, [email protected] 01343 544842 Warks CV33 9DE 305 Jonathan Poolman Tel: 07900 490906 [email protected] 01343 544842 [email protected] 309 David Chapman Events Secretary: Alison Budd [email protected] 07764 191744 Tel: 01460 57572 405 & Diesel specialist Michael Huntley [email protected] [email protected] 01268 561214 Editor: Alastair Inglis 505 Ken Broughton Stone House, Hartwell Road, Roade, [email protected] 01483 421701 Northants NN7 2NT 605 Philip Christian Tel: 01604 862369 [email protected] 07958 624377 [email protected] 06 Series Carl Chambers [email protected] 07889 082466 Classified: Doug Whiffen or 01379 586101 after 6.30pm 43 Glencoe Rd, Coventry CV3 1GJ 07 Series Michael Huntley Tel: 07795 805950 [email protected] 01268 561214’ classifi[email protected] 08 Series Roger Turner Webmaster: Vacant [email protected] 01837 82754 Temporary contact: Membership Secretary weekdays after 6.30pm or weekends Commercials (J Series on) Graham Waller Library: Vacant [email protected] 07971 569678 Temporary contact: Chairman Registrars provide a voluntary service which is Regalia: Vacant strictly for members only. Please avoid leaving Temporary contact: Membership Secretary messages asking them to ring you back! To volunteer or for assistance in any of these areas please contact the Chairman Committee meetings : These normally take place on-line on the first Wednesday of each month. Members wishing to attend or submit a subject for consideration should contact the Secretary two weeks prior. /ClubPeugeotUk www.clubpeugeotuk.org @clubpuguk CPUK Forum http://clubpeugeotuk.proboards.com/ Editorial Contents We mourn the passing of Phil Clatworthy and this issue includes an Chairman’s Chat 4 Appreciation by Members who were fortunate enough to have known him since the early days of the Club. His clear thinking, Membership Matters 5 organisational skills and passion for the marque were the driving Phil Clatworthy Appreciation 7 forces that underpinned the development of this Club for its first 25 years. He was one of the founder members in the summer of Events Calendar 10 1981 and used his Gallic charm and ability to encourage others to 125 Years of Motoring Success 12 help and enjoy the journey. I’m sure I wasn’t the first to experience this when, at my first AGM 20 years ago, to my surprise I found Peugeots in Thailand and Laos 15 myself agreeing to take over the 203 Register and then 2 years Peugeot in Argentina 16 later as Membership Secretary! He was always good company, had The 204 – my first car 18 a mischievous sense of humour and will be sorely missed. He was ably assisted by his soul-mate, Marilyn Stansbury, to whom we 204 – Vive la Révolution! 20 extend our sincerest condolences. 304 – plus ça change! 22 As Jonathan Poolman commented, our cover illustration “in a sense, takes the magazine back to its earliest days, when the cover My Journey to 404 Ownership 24 was illustrated by Edwin James and Phil Clatworthy was the My 404 26 Editor – among his several jobs in the Club at the time!” It is from a book of illustrations by Jean-Louis Coulon: ‘L’Histoire Passionnée Peugeot News 27 entre Le Lion de Sochaux et Le Lion d’Afrique’ and sub-titled Classified Ads 30 ‘Peugeot et le Safari Rally’. This talented artist illustrated Peugeots that took part in virtually every Rally between 1958 and 2002. Additional Contributors: Richard Although 404s and 504s dominated for many of these years, 204s Barker, Peter Beale, Ken Broughton, were perhaps surprising performers, taking the first 6 places in Gary Charlton, Rob Duff, Rob Class B in 1967, with the first one coming home 8th. Hasson, John Hepner, Janette Articles by Rob Duff and Mike Keyse on their 404s help to celebrate Horton, Mick Keyse, Nick O’Hara, the 60th anniversary of one of Peugeot’s most successful models – well designed, robust, and stylish. Even Enzo Ferrari was impressed: Jonathan Poolman he chose a 404 saloon for his daily commuter car and purchased Front cover: 204 East African Safari several estates for members of the racing team to accompany the entrant (J-L Coulon) cars driven by world-famous racers to different corners of Europe. Back cover: The ‘right’ stable – So Rob Duff is ‘following in the steps of a Master’. 204 and 404 advert circa 1970 Jonathan Poolman helps to celebrate 125 years of Peugeot motor sport success and two of our well-travelled members report on Please submit all articles, photos, Peugeots in far off lands. letters, etc by 30 August for the An interesting Edwardian Peugeot appears in Private Parts. The Type next issue to the Editor via e-mail 153 was produced from 1913 to 1925 in large numbers (for the to [email protected]; time) – over four and a half thousand across 8 different base tel 01604 862369 or by mail to variants and 4 different engines. It would be a glittering catch for The Editor, CPUK, Stone House, the Club and carry away all the top prizes at a National Rally! 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The Editor reserves the right to publish or withold any material (or any part of any material) submitted for publication, and to publish letters or extracts from letters. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the content of the magazine, neither the Editor, nor any members of Club Peugeot UK, may be held liable for any errors or inaccuracies nor for any loss or damage arising therefrom. 3 CHAIRMAN’S CHAT It’s July and fingers sensors can cause many hours of head crossed we are scratching whilst sending erroneous messages to beginning to see light the ECU, especially if you buy cheap and they at the end of a very are faulty. Anyway, that’s all behind me now long tunnel! Businesses and the car is running like a dream delivering are beginning to reopen exactly what a modern 200bhp car should. For fully, pubs and the money it’s a lot of car. On the 205 GTI restaurants are opening LeMans front the this weekend and my daughter is over the moon engine and gearbox that her hairdresser is also reopening on the 4th are now rebuilt and July, so much so she is the first appointment! look fantastic. Parts sourcing goes on at a However, life still isn’t back to full normality and pace and my office is there is always the threat of a “second wave” looking more and hanging over us and allowing any public events/ more like a Peugeot shows has not even been mentioned. That is why parts department every day. The bodywork starts we have taken the difficult decision to cancel our in earnest in a couple of weeks and, once National event in 2020 as there were too many underway, I expect it to be done in maybe 2 variables making up the event programme that months (that’s if the restoration of the 202 is we could not control and we are not prepared to anything to go by) which will mean a busy risk anyone’s safety. This is an unprecedented step Autumn for me rebuilding the car! There is also for us at CPUK but the good news is that we my 205 Multivan to get on with which will also have booked the same venues for 2021 so we be getting my attention over the coming weeks. have something to look forward to! Whilst the social side of CPUK has been Recently we have lost one of our founder devastated this year I cannot stress enough to members, Phil Clatworthy, who passed away you the positivity coursing through the whole after a short illness. Phil was instrumental in the Club. We have reached record levels of members formation of CPUK and in its direction in the for a reason. We work hard at every level to early years of The Club.