1977 Peugeot 304 Estate

That's a pretty rare car today - back in the day I worked for a Peugeot dealer when these were new - not had anything to do with them for a few decades though now - I have a contact that has quite a decent collection of French estate cars (Simca / Citroens / Peugeot)  I'll see if he has any contacts for panels & parts 

Firstly welcome to the collective.

Secondly I trust the Brave Pills are on order!

Suppliers list as best I can remember off the top of my head as currently jetlagged in Australia for 5 weeks and my 304 scribblings book is at home but I think I have covered enough to get you started. Will Edit to add more as and when I remember.

www.serie04.com/fr/ All sorts of parts including new body panels. Sometimes used panels but best to email and ask about them.

www.comptoir-carrosserie.fr/ Rubber seals etc.

www.boutique-laventure-association.com/en/18-304 All sorts of parts.

www.cipere.fr/fr/Peugeot/204-304/ All sorts of parts

Ebay UK Also look on Ebay France, Spain, Italy etc. I found a headlamp for mine in Italy.

www.boletus-satanas.org/bb/index.php?sid=4320a7180b1bb13f35537c11551c73e6 Recommend you join this French Forum. Lots of information, very friendly and helpful. I found rear struts for mine but the seller would not post to the UK. When I had a rant on that forum a helpful French man offered to buy them for me and post them on. I paid him by Paypal.

Darius Bunch in the UK has various used parts. I will PM you his phone number as don't want to put that on here.

www.peugeotparts.co.uk/ Dean Hunter has lots of new old stock and used parts.

www.leboncoin.fr/ A sort of French Ebay type of thing. Constant supply of all sorts of parts but you need to search every day as some parts get snapped up quickly. Also find reluctance to post to the UK but I have found lots of parts on there.

One thing you will not find is floor panels and sills. (Might be lucky and find sills) Easy enough to get sills folded from your measurements by a fabrication shop which is what I did. Floor panels I made, details are on my 304 cabriolet thread.

Before you do anything else don't be a dik like me and start without adequately bracing the shell or the panel gaps will be all over the place. Buy some 25mm box steel and weld it up solid first then start cutting panels out. The bracing can be cut out later. Good luck the keep your thread going. You will get plenty of advice and encouragement on here.

Great to see another Peugeot on here.
I've never been in a 204, but I have fond memories of a mates 304 saloon from a similar era.

All the bodywork looks do-able.
But I'd buy up any/all headlamps you come across, as they must be as rare as a rare thing now.

Thank you! Will go on a headlamp search now...