RS-P100 Cosworth 24V

[swampy395]

Here's my P100 project Just fanced a retro rocket Cos i'm stupid !!
Bought this of Ebay  Well it just managed to pull it's sorry self the 40 miles home, blowup about 20 miles into the journey, but didn't want a smelly old diesel any way and you can see the donor "Scorpio ultima estate 24v in the bottom right of this pic"
It's not as streight as it look but not a bad base truck for a project,

Front and rear axles, struts, engine & gearbox, seat, dash, wheels,
will all be replaced by the Scorpio Cosworth 24v Cos i'm tight
A moden well equipted truck 
cruse control,
heated memory seats,
sports mode,
snow mode,
economy mode,
auto drop mirrors,
power steering,
Limited slip diff,
157 miles per hour,



More Pics of the base truck



I started stripping the scorpio but it looked like this one, frog eyed BOB,


Cosworth 2.9 v6 24v BOB Engine,

[2saffs]

Welcome to the forum mate. Did you miss out a link to pics or having trouble posting them up?

[swampy395]

Breaking the Scorpio Cosworth

Bye Bye old sport, This is all gona fit under the P100


Hello beasty


Help please someone let me out 


Poor Old Cossie    This is what happens when your alternator stops working 


I recon a scorpio would make a nice pickup     


OOoo Sexy   An old scorpio hearse would make a nice Double cab 

O'dear i think i just found the next project 

[swampy395]

Getting the P100 stripped out read for some raw power 

Bye Bye Slow Smelly old diesel 


Nice blank canvas  Time to start squeezing that meaty 24v beast in there


Got some twin headlight surrounds today  Sneek Peek   But there not a very good fit  more tweeking


Scorpio Cosworth cross member trimmed and test fitted without engine,
Gona use the old antiroll bar fixing points to secure the back edge of the cross member


First test fitting of Engine & Box WoW thats snug

[swampy395]

Time to change that front Susspension & Brakes

Cut out the sierra Strut tops and test fitted the scorpio strut tops



Both Strut top in place now  time to set them up and weld them in 


And now I find out there's a shortage of acetylene, Thankfully a friend managed to saurce some,
I like gas welding  also repaired the front cross member ! think i mite move that towing eye,

[swampy395]

Test fitting No2 With Scorpio Steering & Susspension

Strut tops welded in, Engine & Box, Scorpio cross member, Struts & Hubs, Disks & Brakes,
ABS, Antirolbar, Power steering,
This also increased the track width and some 18" Fox alloys that need a little work but looking


Got an off side front wing the other day also got a pair of Capri MK3 twin headlights for thoe's
crappy fitting headlight surrounds 

The bonnet don't close  Needs a hump in it    Hum feel a Power Bulge coming on

[swampy395]

Time to start on the rear end 

Turned the truck round now
The tub and tank are OFF, The old axle and springs are gone, cut the front spring hangers off,


The new independent rear from the scorpio is supported on wooden chocks,
the truck is close to finnish ride height, lots of cutting and welding ahead


Need to decide the color next  what color to go for ? RED ? PURPUL 

[swampy395]

Project on hold untill i recover from an operation   

[swampy395]

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