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From The Archives: Ford 3000 Leisure Bakkie

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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 12:49 pm GMT +2

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Ford’s “super-truck” was introduced in 1977 and CAR tested the performance model, the 3000 manual-shift bakkie, in the July 1980 issue. This one-tonner was the second-generation Ford bakkie engineered and manufactured in South Africa and sold 24 000 between 1978-1980.

CAR’s test vehicle was the Leisure Bakkie version, which came with an optional fibre-glass canopy fitted. It had “attractive” two-tone paintwork and halogen auxiliary driving lights. “Special equipment” included a lockable fuel filler, reversing light (how times have changed, hey?), shaded windscreen, heavy-duty rubber mat in the load area and a fitted tonneau cover.

The Essex V6 engine was mated with a four-speed manual gearbox and “rocketed” the Ford from rest to 80 km/h  in 7,6 seconds. It’s top speed was a staggering 170 km/h, unheard of in a working vehicle. Fuel consumption was an impressive 9,67 L/100 km with the canopy fitted. It achieved 9,59 L/100 km without the canopy.

At R6 000,  it was a steal!

Click on the pics for the full test.

 


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  • Karl

    This looks like an incredible amount of fun to drive…

  • Kyle Smith

    My dad owned one of these in a light blue metallic together with white fibre glass canopy. My sister and I would always sit in the back as kids on a mattress of sorts. We used to tow our Gypsy 4 Caravan with it down to the coast every year. Scary to see how a car of just a few decades ago seems immensely under powered comparative to cars of today. You can get similar power from a 2.0 engine these days in naturally aspirated form!

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