400 changes?

Yes, the "series 2" version of the 400i started production with the 1983 production year I believe and most of the changes were on the interior, including revised single color seat leather, dash vents moved to front of dash, no more wood, solenoid controlled switches for hood, trunk lid, etc. The main mechanical change was to use a hydraulic self leveling rear suspension system. There were several other more minor changes to the interior, exterior and mechanicals.

The red lights in the rear bumper are fog lights, not reflectors.

 

Clear indicator lenses came on the 412s, and supposedly on French market 400is. But I don't know if the French market questions has been 100% put to bed, but I see lots of photos of 400is with clear front indicators with French plates.

 

Back in the early eighties, some European regulations required the lenses to be clear, and the bulb to be Amber! I worked in a Peugeot plant back then and the 504 and 505 we turned out had a variety of indicator lens colours, must be a nightmare for a concours judge nowadays!

 

il y a toujours la possibilité de les démonter et de peindre la lentille avec un vernis a maquette orange ca va très bien
le plus difficile est le démontage sans les cassés
Christopher

 

Mine was originally sent to Charles Pozzi. My understanding was that the day light flashers had to be yellow back then. Maybe a number of them have been swapped out with clear lenses at a later date.
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The lights in front are not fog lights, they are flashers since the regular headlights are hidden when they are off.

 

Hey Blkprlz,
Interesting a grey Pozzi car. And a 5-speed as well right? Who was the US importer?

 

Yup, a grey Pozzi…& a 5-speed to boot!
Robert Ryan out of Watertown, NY. Port of call: JFK Airport on the Oriental Pine (kind of hard to read the chicken scratch on HS Form 7). Air cargo??

 

Mine is also from Charles Pozzi....vin 55027 1985 400i Auto trans, from Italy to France to Jersey to Vermont to south east Florida...
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I meant......Sun International? JTS? The RI......not the individual.

 

I'm guessing that Robert went over to France, bought it, & had it shipped over here for himself.

 

He'd still have needed to use an RI. It should be in your door jamb.

 

What's an RI…Registered Importer
Unfortunately, my car is in FL & I'm presently in OH so can't check the door jamb now
On the Customs Form 7501, it lists "Robert Ryan" as the Importer of Record & "Same" in the For Account Of box.

 

You ever find your RI?

 

Still wondering what an RI is
Will take a pic of the door jamb when I return to FL in the fall if I can remember to do so

 

RI = "Registered Importer". The company that Federalized your car for importation into the US. This is not the "imported for" name that goes with the car usually. It's the company that did the importation.

Here are a couple examples. First is Sun International for 47583. The second is my car imported by JTS International (who I actually know nothing about...been researching). And another Sun International one showing "Imported by Mitchell Cotsworth" or something like that, but as you can see this is a Sun International car.

Notice mine says JTS International out of Huntington Beach--but imported by W. Randa. W. Randa was not an owner of this car from what history I have (and I have it's history since very early in its life in Beverly Hills circa 1985). I found a 1983 308 GTS that was also imported by JTS and W. Randa is listed in the "Imported by" portion too. I assume W. Randa was a partner or owner of JTS, but again I find almost nothing about JTS online.

I have seen a few with stickers that just show an "imported by name of person" thing, but I always figured there would be an additional sticker showing the RI (the company that did the federalization work).
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I don't have any of the labels you show except for the one "E" glass label on my door jamb if memory serves me correct. The only thing that was done on my car for federalization was the side marker lights, then emission tested…that's it! No restrictor plate in the fuel fill, no "unleaded fuel" stickers, no air pumps or cats.