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"Just One More Thing" - Encounter with the original Peugeot 403 of Inspector Columbo

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Created on September 14, 2018

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - on the road like Columbo in the TV series

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Columbo's TV series car, on the road in Florida

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Columbo convertible on the road for SWR filming

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Columbo-Peugeot in the garage at home

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the Columbo car in today's condition at enthusiast Delaney

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Columbo-Pug during the filming of the SWR documentary

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the Columbo-Peugeot in Florida

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the roof of the Columbo-Peugeot was dark or light depending on the season

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Columbo-403 with light-colored roof

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Columbo-Peugeot in front of the garage at home

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Interior of the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the choke is specially labeled

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Peter Falk drove here as Columbo

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - pretty used up - Steering wheel in the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - worn steering wheel in the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the controls in the interior were specially labeled for Falk

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - worn-out controls in the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Display instruments in Columbo's movie car

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Motorola radio in the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the original "Instruction Book" for the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - View through the rear window of Columbo's car

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - View into the trunk of the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the original California license plates as in the TV series

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - rear light of the Columbo-Peugeot, the part underneath can be opened and hides the fuel filler neck

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Scratches from filming and from the designer of the specific Columbo look

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - some of the dents were caused during filming, some were hammered in

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - these dents were probably hit with a sledgehammer

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - additional reinforcements for filming at Columbo's Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - nothing for the Concours - Engine compartment of the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - faded - View into the engine compartment of Columbo's Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - original lubrication instructions in Columbo's Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - satisfied Columbo-Peugeot owners Jim and Connie Delaney

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - Owner Jim Delaney in the Columbo-Peugeot

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the SWF film team together with the Columbo-Peugeot owners Jim and Delaney, in the back in the middle the author of the article Thorsten Link

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1959) - the certificate that proves the authenticity of the movie car

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Peugeot 403 (1956) - first presentation in Switzerland, decorated with many sporting successes - Geneva Motor Show 1956

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Peugeot 403 (1962) - an elegant passenger car

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Peugeot 403 (1961) - as Berline Grand Luxe

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Peugeot 403 (1958) - Automobil Revue test car

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Peugeot 403 (1958) - the Automobil Revue test car

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Peugeot 403 (1958) - Test car with open doors

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Peugeot 403 (1958) - Interior of the saloon

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Peugeot 403 (1958) - View into the engine compartment

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Peugeot 403 Cabriolet (1957) - Show novelty, with two to four seats - Geneva Motor Show 1957

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Summary

Almost everyone knows the TV police inspector Columbo, after all, the stations broadcast the series for decades and even today old episodes of "Columbo" still flicker across the screens. Columbo was characterized by his dented grey Peugeot 403 convertible. It was always the same car for more than twenty years and it has survived with a collector in Florida. This report goes in search of clues and shows the original Columbo Peugeot in many pictures and film clips.

This article contains the following chapters

From California to Florida
Bought sight unseen
Looking for a suitable company car
As if from a single mold - the Peugeot and the trench coat
Always there from Steven Spielberg's third episode onwards
Not completely
Columbo relaunch only with original car
Loan with conditions
More complete than before
One more thing!

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Largo, a small town in Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico in the US state of Florida. The area could be straight out of a movie script: fine houses, manicured gardens, sophisticated driveways. There is no doubt that this is where high society lives: artists, writers, lawyers, doctors. The upscale milieu that, from the late 1960s onwards, did not shy away from malicious murders in almost 70 television episodes and got rid of supposed traitors, competitors or wives. Not in Florida, but in Los Angeles. The precinct of the quirky police inspector Columbo, who always comes back at the end of his investigations and interrogations and says "One more thing" ...

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