Originally Posted by Goosecheck

Pug Rehab (or How to Turn $20 into a $300 spend)This is the before, during, and after of an unscheduled 30 day build. $20 CL purchase intended only to scavenge a few parts (butterfly wheelnuts and the rear rack). Guilt got the best of me, so this 1972 Peugeot AE8 was revisioned to a French Porteur. Included full rattle can repaint, decals; new, used, NOS, reused, and partsbin sourced parts; and rebuild of leather saddle. I got the wine box a few years ago from a friend who found it (damaged) in the garage of a cabin he bought. I repaired it then, with the for-thought of putting it on one of my other bikes. The wine box is from France 1962, complete with US customs stamp and French Line cruise ship luggage tags (dated july 4, 1963 with the name of the original cabin owner and his wife he brought from France in 1963). This unplanned build sought to repurpose the bike, but leave some of the pitting and scars of age and inherent quality imperfections of it’s Peugeot/Bike Boom ancestry. It all came together nicely in the end. Not perfect...just perfect enough. Rides wonderfully. Save the Pugs!

Purchased Sep 21, 2019. Project Start: Sep 23, 2019. Project Finish: Oct 19, 2019.