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Peugeot 404 - Restoration Project - May 11th-25th, 2001

The car is blocked in place so while I'm trying to find a good work place, I also need to unblock the the brakes. With the grace of a gorilla, I've stripped the head off of a screw on the drum. But have advanced in getting chrome and lights off.

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Rear brakes : Front wheels chocked (securely?). Car up, tire off, lots of WD40. Release hand brake. I'm not doing this quite in the right order.

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The stripped screw (rear right) and a view of the rear left with the anti-roll bar.

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Back of the left and right rear drum.

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Finally got the %*@ screw off using, yes a blow torch and a impact screwdriver; of course the screw is dead.

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Lights off.

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The front grill is off, it was mounted any which way, no surprises here the metal is neat with nothing but minor corrosion

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The light wells are coming off but with some difficulty. Left well is mounted with standard screws and at least one locked nut. Right well is mounted with Philips screws and free turning nuts. The earth for the lights mounted on the well against the head of the screw.

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The front bumper is off. On one side the rubber holder was stripped off the car and on the other side the rubber holder was fine but the bumper wasn't mounted onto it. 

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