The 504 diesel engine, is a very popular engine to be marinised and then
used for boating.
Good engine.
GGJ
"Ken" <kkerrison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Feb 9, 2:13 am, Paraguay2 <jeromewi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently purchased a 504 diesel 1979 sedan and will be picking up
>> this Sunday.
>> It seems to be in great condition, I'm curious if anyone else owns
>> this model?
>>
>> We are putting together a biodiesel coop in Arlington County (VA) in
>> the next several months -- more info athttp://www.dieselsprout.com.
>>
>> Feel free to contact me on this board (about my Peugeot) or offline
>> about the biodiesel initiative.
>>
>> I'd be interested in buying a similar 504 station wagon if I can find
>> one.
>>
>> Jerome
>
> I just bought a 407 HDI and I'm fascinated to learn that you have
> purchased an early ancestor - 1979! I owned a 504 petrol Pug - the
> first of three. I often wished I had kept it! The oldest vehicle I own
> is a 1989 Ford F150 (petrol) - a great vehicle which looks as though
> it will last for ever (fingers crossed).
>
> Do you have any idea what mileage (kilometreage) the vehicle has done?
> (it has probably been around the dial more than once). From my farm
> vehicles, which are mainly diesel, I have formed the impression that
> diesel engines not only have a meager diet for fuel but last, more or
> less, for ever. I have a Ford 200 tractor which must have been made
> around 1970 (I got it in 1975) which still does everything I want it
> to do.


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