cobcorsa

hello guys said id start a project thread for my first ford a p100 , had plenty of jap stuff but this is my 1st ford , i got this about a year ago and only started working on it recently its a 1990 1.8td that has been sat up since the year 1998 , so where dose one begin it has not been running for most of its life everything is either siezed and the stuff i dont know is siezed i just dont trust so the best thing is a total and complete resto ,

here is a pic of the day i got it

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after an hour of looking at it i was sure it needed some serious work so off came the bed

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in the morning i had a proper look in the light and suprised to see the ladder chassis was rather good

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so then for some reason the p100 got put on hold while i was building my spraybooth and other cars , here is my mx5 fresh after her respray and the poor p100 bed just being lawn art

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so fast forward to this week and the project is back on track i bring the p100 inside and remove the engine and gearbox , i will be doing a lexus 1uzfe conversion to this p100 at some point so i decided to take some measurements while the 1.8td was out ,

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so yesterday i went up the country and bought this little gem , it has everything i need to make good progress with my p100 a healthy 1.8td engine ,2 good doors , bonnet , cossie bumper , interior and so on , got it very cheap so i was very happy

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then i went about stripping the rear end , was easy peasy except for a few sheared bolts

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anyways thats it for now , next i will be removing the front subframe and the interior and starting the bodywork , i noticed 2 users on here have converted to an irs setup at the back , think rizla was the users name , i will be doing my best to do the same as quite frankly leafsprings are terrible

Mr S1

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Good project chap, keep the updates and pics coming !

COLEYST200

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Keep at it mate I love the old p100 when there done up

cobcorsa

i spent a hour at it tonight , took out the front subframe and suspension and whatnot , gave the bay a bit of a clean and put the wires to one side , tomorrow i will be taking out the dash so i can take the doors off and pull the loom through and prep the pay for paint

Glenn_

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Cool project. I do like the look of a good P100.

That saff looks like its had a bit of rear wheel drive action lol.

Will you be using the Lexus gearbox too.

MrCapriScort

Interesting project mate

cobcorsa

the guy i bought it off said somebody crashed into it, i didnt believe him until i drove it , now way could that 1.8 be capable of wheel spin haha

no the lexus has an auto box as all of them do sadly , i will be going manual mating it with a toyota r154 gearbox from a supra, not straight forward this project will have a lot of fabricating something i will be getting help with

cobcorsa

so im just back from the workshop got loads done , ill let the pics do the talking but to sum it up
-p100 fully gutted including loom
-sierra engine subframe and all that removed





















these 3 cars will become one













last job was seperate the engine from the subframe and tidy up the place a bit,

stuboy

good good

cobcorsa

so today i was dying sick but still got a bit done i lifted the arse up and took out the rear suspension and diff etc and rolled them under the ladder chassis to kinda see how it would line up and then i put the front subframe with the wheels suspension etc from the sierra into the p100 ,

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its annoying the pics are blurry ill try and prevent that in future , my next obstacle is mounting the indipendent rear suspension setup to the ladder chassis , i have only one chance at it so it has to be 100% perfect, i have pm'd a member on here for advice who has done it before so hopefully ill have it done by the end of the week just starting , then it will be going into the hands of a good fabricator to get started on making a plan for mounting the engine and so on

RB26DETT

I remember the P100 on DoneDeal, Glad to see it's being saved.

If I'm right the Sierra had Granada leather and was in Kerry direction?

Glenn_

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I thought that saff was a cossie and not a diesel lol. A few people who have modded P100s have used the standard sierra rear suspension set up.

cobcorsa

Yup the granada seats are now workshop furniture , i got it in limerick but it could have been in kerry . The sills were full of rust and chicken wire and filler but the rest wasnt too bad , well the rear too

cobcorsa

No after driving the diesel i was 100% sure of an engine conversion lol . I cant see much of a difference between the normal saff and the cossie rear end apart from the diff and shafts and hubs so hopefully i should be ok , besides cosworth stuff in ireland is very hard to find

Just waiting on my gas and a 9inch grinder and ill have more updates

Flamed Cortina

Have you considered using the Lexus diff and shafts, which would be much better suited to conversion. I feel that the saff diff will call time very early.

robharrold2010

hey, newbie here. love the p100, rare to find, hoping to start a project in about a year. what are they like to work on and source parts for?

cobcorsa

I have but the lexus has a much wider wheelbase so for simplicity im going to keep it ford . I will upgrade the diff and shafts to cosworth ones

cobcorsa

They are easy to work on i think . Basic wiring basic engine basic chassis basic everything really. Finding stuff for the front half is easy because its shared with the sierra . But the back is tricky to find parts especailly in Ireland, then finding the vehicle itself in ireland is hard too . I dont think they sold too well here back when they came out

robharrold2010

pity they didnt sell much here, they are a great lil concept. am i right in saying they are 1.8 td or 2.0 petrol?

BON_300

looking forward to seeing more

TrevCos

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What a fab project, look forward to seeing more.


Wish I had space like this.

DixieTheKid

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cossiestu

That Saff got a good hard smack?! Nice project you got there...

mk3cosproject

Glad to see it on here cobcorsa could have picked a different user name though your in our world now lol
cant wait to see the lexus in it lad itll be mint