1979 504 RALLY | PRICE £19995

ABOUT THIS CAR

IDEAL FOR USE ON: P2P / Road to Saigon / Himalayan Challenge / Odyssey Italia / Paris Amsterdam / Paris / Slartibartfast / Great Amazon Adventure

For Sale-Ex Philip Young and Cape Town Rally Peugeot 504

What will remain if World civilisation ends? Taxes, Cockroaches and the Peugeot 504!

Here we have for sale a remarkable Peugeot 504 rally car which we are selling on behalf of the owner. Rally Preparation Ser- vices have known this car for some time and we are delighted to have the opportunity to find the car a new owner and help get it back out there.

SPECIFICATIONS Built to its current specification it successfully contested the build of the car but how reliable this type of rally car the 2012 London to Cape Town Rally where it found itself can be. pitched against some mighty opposition without a prob- lem. Since completing the event he car has had a gentler life with the lanes of Hampshire and the south coast giving We have for sale a splendid example of the legendary the trusty vehicle some respite from the rigours of interna- French mid-size saloon of the 60’s and 70’s. These were tional endurance rally challenges. well respected of the middle classes in but in the car is valued to this day for its legendary inde- The car features the bullet proof 2,000 cc engine and structibility and how it can take abuse and just keep going. many well thought out rally modifications borne from experience on many endurance rallies. The owner has also This car was built in Africa towards the end of the pro- completed the Peking to Paris Rally in 2007 and the 2009 duction run. The build was arranged by the late Philip Casablanca Rally in another of his cars. The 504 is spec- Young who ran the ERA and pioneered Historic Endurance ified with the best knowledge and experience that Philip in the UK with such events as Peking to Paris and Young could put into the car when new along with the African Safari Rallies. Philip was also a canny buyer of cars current owner’s experiences during his stewardship. and this car was specified by him directly with the factory in Africa to combine reasonable performance with great The car is ‘on the button’ and with relatively minor prepa- ‘roadability’ and toughness second to none. The model ration work is a vehicle one could confidently take on the was also highly successful in period on the Safari as well most rigorous events with a more than reasonable chance as European events such as the Rally of spending the evening in the bar rather than underneath your car-our kind of rallying! Philip sold the car to our client who used it successfully to complete in The 2012 London to Cape Town Rally. The car At RPS we have a soft spot for these old so survived truly shocking roads and completed the 14,000 would welcome the chance to demonstrate this cars kilometre 29-day event with no external support and ac- capabilities. cording the driver “barely a spanner applied other than for More info at – http://www.londoncapetown504.com/ ensuring everything remained tight” Testament not only to

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