Made in Beaulieu: 1913 Lion Peugeot V4D

[quote name="Mike Crehan"]I really hope that someone finds the perfect engine for Hans, that it is really cheap and that they send it to him so quickly that it arrives at his house before he even has time to pay for it.[/quote]

When I get a chance I will have look in the barn where we keep our french car spares. Might be able to do a deal with Hans.

You are all wasting a lot of TIME, it is a PERFECT horse drawn carriage!

It cannot be a 1913 car and a V4D. it's either a 1914 V4D car or it's a 1913 VD car which would be more fitting!

[quote name="Keith Kuehn"]Hans....don't know if I can help at all, mine is a 153a Peugeot, 1914 with a straight 4.
I do have a overdrive from the 50's or 60's that O took out, but it is a beastie....probably not worth it even for shipping cost only....Keith
(U.S.)[/quote]

This is a LION Peugeot car nothing to do with Peugeot SA, so none of the Peugeot parts are interchangeable.

[quote name="Graham Rankin"]I owned, restored and drove one of these cars in the nineteen-sixties and found a complete spare engine a few years later. Both were found in France. I sold the car and do not now know where it is but the English registration is AA 1913 so the DVLA should be able to find the current owner. My original engine suffered from crystalline cast iron and successive welding was only partly successful which is why I was so glad of the spare motor. One problem you may have is finding a magneto which for a 20 degree vee engine is very rare indeed. The contact breaker set-up included a system where a half-moon cam arrangement swung into play every other revolution to separate the points at the required moment. Good luck ![/quote]

I know where to get a suitable Mag but it would be very expensive!

If all else fails a V4 from a 1980's Transit would do!!!............

I really hope that someone finds the perfect engine for Hans, that it is really cheap and that they send it to him so quickly that it arrives at his house before he even has time to pay for it.

This can be a fun opportunity to play detective. Go back to the town or city where this car spent it's life in Austria, and find the oldest garage there. Ask the oldest mechanic which is the best automotive machine shop in the area.Go there with a picture of the Peugeot's block, and ask if you can look around. It may be on their scrap pile, or in the Will Call area, covered with dust. There can't be THAT many auto machine shops in a small city. Good luck!

I owned, restored and drove one of these cars in the nineteen-sixties and found a complete spare engine a few years later. Both were found in France. I sold the car and do not now know where it is but the English registration is AA 1913 so the DVLA should be able to find the current owner. My original engine suffered from crystalline cast iron and successive welding was only partly successful which is why I was so glad of the spare motor. One problem you may have is finding a magneto which for a 20 degree vee engine is very rare indeed. The contact breaker set-up included a system where a half-moon cam arrangement swung into play every other revolution to separate the points at the required moment. Good luck !

It's Lion Peugeot, nothing to do with Peugeot SA. There was a family dispute and one of the brothers split off and started making cars in competition to Peugeot SA.The Lion Peugeot company was later taken over by Peugeot SA and all the engine designs were dumped. They made 1500 of this model.Total production of Lion Peugeot cars was less than 8000.
The chances of buying a replacement block are pretty slim.

Hans....don't know if I can help at all, mine is a 153a Peugeot, 1914 with a straight 4.
I do have a overdrive from the 50's or 60's that O took out, but it is a beastie....probably not worth it even for shipping cost only....Keith
(U.S.)