Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
27th Nov, 2024 13:00
1990 Ford P100 V8 Custom
Completely overhauled and fitted with a tuned Rover V8
Estimate
£7, 000 - £9, 000
Registration No: G956 CAD
Chassis No: TW2PXXCPTPKK60792
MOT: None
Subject to complete ground up overhaul documented on a memory stick in the history file
Fitted with an uprated 3. 5 Litre Rover V8 engine with Edelbrock Manifold and Holley Carburettor
Attractively finished in Candy Apple Red and trimmed with Recaro bucket seats in Alcantara and Leather
The P100 was a car-based pickup initially introduced in South Africa in 1971, based initially upon the Ford Cortina Mk3. Its overall bodywork closely followed the Cortina. The cab used the doors of the Cortina 2-door sedan models, giving the cab a lengthy, yet truncated look, due to the use of a vertical rear window and B-pillar. The rear tray could be had as a ‘wellside’, styled with the Cortina Mk3 estate's taillights, or fitted with a flat-deck or purpose-built body. A fibreglass canopy was offered as an option. The P100 soon proved a popular seller in its home market of South Africa. The P100's bodywork changed for 1977, to correspond with the Ford Cortina Mk4. The cab was redesigned, using the shorter front doors from the Mk4 4-door models. A further change occurred for 1980, when the Mk5's front sheet metal was used. From 1982, the P100 was exported from South Africa to Europe. For Europe, the chassis and tray were lengthened. Interestingly, the P100 was released to Europe in Mk5 form, just as the parent Cortina Mk5 was being replaced by the Sierra. This proved to be no effect on sales however, the P100 continuing in its Cortina Mk5 based form until 1988. In 1988, the P100 was rebodied with a new Ford Sierra-based cab and tray. Engine choices were now the Sierra's 2. 0L Pinto carburetted petrol engine, and 1. 8L turbo-diesel. The range was now built in Portugal for the European market (this is because Ford left South Africa by then), to a design set out by Ford UK. It proved a strong seller, particularly on the UK market. Production of the P100 ceased when the parent Ford Sierra was replaced by the front-wheel drive Mondeo range.
An original UK market P100 that was first registered in March 1990, little of the early history is known about this now relatively rare machine until around 2017, when it was stripped down to the bare chassis and comprehensively overhauled and uprated with a Rover 3. 5 Litre V8 engine mated to a five-speed gearbox with a Ford XR4i rear end. The truck is now presented in a striking Candy Apple Red colour which is present upon not just the now overhauled body but also the complete chassis. Around this time the then owner fitted Recaro diamond stitched Alcantara and leather bucket seats to suit the 'race look'. The vendor advises that it was built as a drift / drag machine and it would not surprise us after a short blast around the block that this could set a good pace! The vendor is confident in the overall mechanical condition of the truck and describes it as 'excellent'.
