Visit to Glider Views Museum
The visit to Glider Views Museum is being organised by the Citroen Club,
The Glider Views Museum is a memorabilia museum with a wide range of Kiwiana. The name reflects the views from the museum, not its contents.
For the mechanically inclined, there is an interesting collection of vehicles etc, some of which will be “working”.
But if that doesn’t tickle your gears, then perhaps the large selection of early New Zealand clothing, household items and appliances might be more to your fancy.
There is a $5 entry fee per person. Tea and coffee will be provided with afternoon tea supplied by the Citroen committee.
Drag racing veteran still going fast
A top New Zealand drag racer was beaten by a 65-year-old at the New Zealand Drag Racing Association (NZDRA) National Finals at Fram Autolite Dragway in Meremere on Sunday 28th March 2010.
Veteran drag racer Trevor Watson drove his 1967 Peugeot powered dragster into the C2 Competition Class finals to take on event favourite Robbie Ward.
Ward says he has had a successful 2009/2010 season, taking nearly two seconds off the New Zealand record with his newly built Nissan turbo-charged chassis.
However, in the final race Ward lost his concentration and was disqualified for leaving the line six hundredths of a second too early. His car still ran a 7.6 second quarter mile and reached 143.09 mph (230.27 km/h).
“I’m absolutely kicking myself that I didn’t win it. It was in the bag and I blew it”, said Ward.
Watson, an experienced drag racer says nearly 50 years of reading the lights contributed to his win. His bright red dragster ran a 9.285 second quarter mile and reached 137.16 mph (220.73 km/h).
Although pleased with the win Watson says his biggest achievement was winning the Super Eliminator at the Kopuku open coal mine [New Zealand’s first drag strip] in 1969. “We had an old dragster with a Vauxhall Victor engine – it would have been New Zealand’s first.”
Watson says he comes back every year for more than just the racing.
“The racing’s fine, but it’s the people, atmosphere and the huge adrenalin kick I get out of it. At my old age I don’t need any of the rat pills to keep me going.”
Watson demonstrates age is just a number and passionately encourages others over 65 to enter the sport. “Chuck away your pills, spend a few dollars and go buy a little drag racing car. You’ll have an awesome time.”
Article by Geoff Bell. Originally published in Te Waha Nui. Reproduced by permission.
FOR SALE
1987 505GTi – manual – two owners; straight body with no rust; goes well; moderate mileage – Rego on hold & WoF just expiried. Reasonable offers to Mike Wilkie ph 09 625 4653
Wanted to buy – Peugeot 406 diesel station wagon with manual gearbox
Bruce is wanting to buy a Peugeot 406 station wagon. He has specified that it must be diesel with a manual gearbox, however we don’t know if he has a preference for one of the earlier indirect injection turbo diesel engines or the later HDi common rail engines, nor if he prefers the five seater version over a seven seater or vice versa.
Please contact Bruce Siriett on 021 142 3942 or 07 823 4393.
Technical Information – Rare 1993 Peugeot 605 turbo
Car-data.com has two versions of the 605 turbo listed, the earlier 146hp model and the later 150 hp model.
This car is described as a 1993 model first listed in 1994, indicating that it should be the 146 horsepower variant. This is backed up by the engine code embedded in the chassis number, RGY and RGX are the two versions of the XU10J2te engine and this car should have the RGY engine.
- Top speed 210 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100kmh 10.0 seconds
- Average fuel consumption 9.6 l/100km
- 4 cylinder, 8 valve single overhead cam (sohc)
- displacement 1998cc, bore x stroke 86mm x 86mm
- compression ratio 8.5:1
- Maximum power 146 hp (107 kW) at 4400 rpm
- Maximum torque 225 Nm at 2200 rpm
- multipoint fuel injection
- turbocharged
Data specific to this car is available on Carjam and if you are considering purchasing this car (or any other car) you should at least click here to check for an updated report or preferably buy a report that shows any securities issued against the car.
Vehicle details
- Make: PEUGEOT
- Model: 605
- Year: 1993
- Submodel: SR TI
- Main colour: Green
- Vehicle type: Passenger Car/Van
- Body style: Saloon
- No of seats: 5
- CC rating: 1,998cc
- Fuel type: Petrol
- Assembly type: Imported Built-Up
- Country of origin: France
Vehicle Identification
- VIN: VF36BRGY290878377
- Plate: AMD994
- Engine no: HJ643000662
Basic facts
- Reported stolen or wanted otherwise by the Police?: No
Licence
- Licence type: X (Exemption)
- Licence expiry: 2013, February 24th (expires in 10 months 1 day)
- Latest licence issued on: 2012, February 20th at 81:2
- Continuous licence: Yes
Registration
- Registration status: Active
- Registration origin: Imported
- Vehicle usage: Private Passenger
- Cause of latest registration: Used
- Date of registration: 2002, February 20th
- Was registered overseas?: Yes
- Previous country of registration: United Kingdom
- Date of first registration overseas: 1994
Plates history
Plate AMD994 Effective date 2002, February 20th
Warrant of Fitness (WOF)
- Subject to WOF inspection?: Yes
- WOF expiry: expired 2009, April 13th
- Last inspection: 2008, October 13th (Pass)
Odometer history
- Inconsistent odometer: No
- Latest odometer reading: 141,160 Miles (on 2008, October 13th, source: WOF Inspection)
| Reading, Miles | Date | Source or reason | Usage (avg), Miles/day/year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 141,160 | 2008, October 13th | WOF inspection | |
| 141,160 | 2008, October 13th | WOF inspection | 10.05/3,659 |
| 139,230 | 2008, April 4th | WOF inspection | 3.63/1,323 |
| 138,467 | 2007, September 7th | WOF inspection | 2.00/730 |
| 138,062 | 2007, February 17th | WOF inspection | 18.09/6,586 |
| 134,842 | 2006, August 23rd | WOF inspection | 13.78/5,017 |
| 132,250 | 2006, February 16th | WOF inspection | 8.78/3,196 |
| 130,872 | 2005, September 12th | WOF inspection | 2.56/933 |
| 130,300 | 2005, February 1st | WOF inspection | 4.08/1,485 |
| 129,586 | 2004, August 10th | WOF inspection | 4.40/1,601 |
| 128,794 | 2004, February 12th | WOF inspection | 10.04/3,655 |
| 127,007 | 2003, August 18th | WOF inspection | 7.04/2,563 |
| 125,697 | 2003, February 13th | WOF inspection | 7.52/2,738 |
| 124,321 | 2002, August 14th | WOF inspection | 5.65/2,055 |
| 123,327 | 2002, February 19th | WOF inspection | no travel for 90 days |
| 123,327 | 2001, November 21st | border check |
Disclaimer
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The report was created and is only valid as at 2012, April 25th.
Rare Peugeot 605 Turbo for sale
Although Peugeot has a long history of using turbochargers in their racing cars and diesel engines, finding a factory fitted turbo in an older petrol powered road car is a rare occurance in New Zealand.
There was of course the fabulous Peugeot 205 T16 (200 produced for homologation) and Peugeot 405 T16 (1061 produced), both of which allowed Peugeot to perform remarkable feats in motor racing in the 1980′s. However, based on the limited information available from NZTA, there is no indication that there are any road legal versions of these models currently in New Zealand.
Left hand drive countries got the Peugeot 505 Turbo in both wagon and sedan form. The US spec 505 with the 2155cc turbo engine put out significantly more power than the US version of the 505 V6, but only just beat the euro version of the V6. It seems that the turbo sits right where the steering column goes on a right hand drive 505, so this probably explains why they were available in LHD only.
And then up pops a Peugeot 605 Turbo on Trademe! – Time to do a little investigation.
In February 2005 there were around 169 Peugeot 605s with live registration. Of these, 12 were shown as having a 2 litre engine and the remainder having the 3 litre V6.
The 2 litre models included
- 2 SVI
- 4 SRI
- 2 SLI
- 1 STI
- 1 SRTI
- 2 not specified.
But by May 2011, the number of 605s with live registration had reduced to around 81 and only 8 of these were four bangers!
- 4 SRI
- 1 SLI
- 1 SRTI
- 2 not specified.
So what do the model number mean? The information below is takend from the cars-data.com website:
- SRi could be either an 8 valve engine producing 122 hp or a 16 valve dohc engine producing 135 hp
- SLi could either be single point injection producing 110 hp or multipoint injection producing 122 hp, both 8 valve sohc
- SRTi is 8 valve sohc with turbo producing 146hp in the first year of production, rising to 150hp in subsequent years
Sure enough, the 605 Turbo on Trademe matches the NZTA information – 1993 605 SRTI, 1998 cc petrol engine first registered in NZ in 2002, colour green.
The current listing can be found here, but since it is a classified ad, it will no longer be available after the listing expires, so the information is reproduced below. The seller is nfeleven
1993 Peugeot
- Asking price: $500
- Listed: Thu 19 Apr, 11:53 am
- Listing #: 468071515
Has 2 litre turbo petrol engine with 5 speed manual box.
Engine broke cambelt when idling hence the reason its parked up.Some doors have been kicked in but otherwise its straight and tidy.
Don’t want to split for parts so the buyer takes it all.Its quite a rare vehicle which seems too good to scrap.Any enquiries:
Ph:03 3124 940
or:027 224 3167
Seller’s Details
)- 100% positive feedback
- Member since Oct 2011
- Located in Rangiora, Canterbury
Front view of the rare 1993 Peugeot 605 turbo
Front left corner view of the rare 1993 Peugeot 605 turbo showing the damaged left front door
Left rear corner view of the rare 1993 Peugeot 605 turbo again showing the damaged left front door
Rear view of the rare 1993 Peugeot 605 turbo
Cavernous Peugeot 605 boot with a ski trapdoor
Front seats - this may be a rare 1993 Peugeot 605 turbo but the seats will be as comfortable as more common models
What colour is your Peugeot RCZ (today)?
Just imagine being able to match the colour of your car to your outfit, or your mood….
ps, don’t forget to check out the anagrams for the Head of Innovations – Flora Polis!
Damaged 1957 Peugeot 403 Sedan Auctioned at Turners Penrose
The black 4 door 1957 Peugeot 403 Sedan was up for Auction at Turners Damaged Vehicles in Penrose on 29th March 2012.
Intermarque 2012 “The Power of the Marque”
39th Intermarque Concours d’Elegance
11th to 12th February 2012
The Power of the Marque is theme.
The Peugeot Club will be showing a selection of member’s 406 coupes.
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Gymkhana 2012
The 2012 Interclub Gymkhana is being hosted by the Peugeot Club.
When: Sunday 19th February 2012, 1pm to 4pm (or arrive early at 12.30pm and have a picnic lunch)
Where: Cato Farm, Karaka. (see it on google maps)
Driving Instructions:
- Take the Papakura exit from the motorway
- Follow Hingaia Rd which changes its name to Linwood Rd
- Turn right into Karaka North Rd
- Proceed down Karaka North Road and turn down the first and only road to the right – Cato-Peart Road
- Proceed to the end of Cato-Peart Road where you will directed to the appropriate paddock.
The Gymkhana is an annual event involving a number of activities which may be scored by time, accuracy, or what ever the organisers can come up with. As well as points for individual placings, points are tallied for the two clubs and count towards the Tricolore Trophy.