Highlights
- Just 28,462 miles from new, verified by service history and MOTs
- Only four owners in 52 years, current keeper for 22 years
- Comprehensive history file including original 1973 sales invoice and part-exchange document
- Restored sympathetically with a repaint in 2013 and retrimmed leather front seats
- Maintained by UK Peugeot 304 specialist Darius Bunch for over 20 years
- Fresh 12 months MOT
The Appeal
There’s a certain, irresistible charm about the Peugeot 304S Coupé. A Pininfarina-penned design, it’s a sleek and delicate interpretation of ‘70s French elegance, and now a seriously rare sight, especially in original, right-hand drive specification.
This example is genuinely one of a kind. Purchased new by Mrs. E. Homer of Stourbridge in 1973, it’s had just three owners since and retains a mileage of under 29,000 from new. The history file is extraordinary, containing the original sales invoice, part-exchange paperwork and a continuous paper trail of servicing and maintenance invoices from 1976 to the present.
Lovingly maintained by renowned UK 304 specialist Darius Bunch for over two decades, this 304S has led a cherished life - garaged, cared for, and used sparingly, especially in recent years. In a world where many 304 Coupés were sacrificed for parts to support their Cabriolet siblings, finding a genuine, low-mileage right-hand drive survivor of this quality is bordering on the mythical.
Comfortable, charming and a guaranteed conversation starter, this is a golden opportunity for a collector or enthusiast to acquire what may well be the finest surviving UK 304S Coupé.
The History and Paperwork
- Supplied new in 1973
- Original sales invoice and part-exchange document included
- Only four owners in total
- Current owner for 22 years
- Continuous service history from 1976 to present
- MOT certificates dating back to 1988
- Maintained by UK Peugeot 304 specialist Darius Bunch since 2003
- Always garaged under current ownership
- Barely used since 2018 but regularly started and kept in dry, warm storage
- Supplied with rare spare parts: driver’s door skin, rear side glass, chrome trims and other items
- Upgraded replacement plastic radiator fitted
- Comprehensive history file included
The Condition
- Sympathetically repainted in original colour in 2013
- Front and rear valances, sill covers, rear hatch and a wing replaced with new old stock parts
- Very good overall presentation, still turns heads
- Minor scratch on bonnet
- Small bubbles around rear driver’s side wheel arch and a single bubble on driver’s door
- Underside presents very solidly
- All original factory glass with number plate etched into each window
- Supplied with rare, perfect-condition driver’s door skin for future use
- Interior in excellent overall condition
- Front seats retrimmed in real leather to match original vinyl colour
- Original carpets and headlining well preserved
- Small hole in rear passenger seat bench
- Some cracking in vinyl trim to the right-hand side of rear parcel shelf
- Light wear to driver’s side front floor carpet
- Original switchgear and controls in fine working order
The Mechanics
- Original engine, all standard mechanically
- Upgraded plastic radiator fitted
- Starts easily and runs smoothly
- Maintained by Peugeot 304 specialist for over two decades
- Drives very nicely, everything working as it should
- Service history confirms regular maintenance under current ownership
- New fuel pump fitted in 2023
- No known mechanical faults reported
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