Britain's fastest pick-up goes to auction

900hp V8, an MOT until November and a £30K estimate? Truck yes!

By Matt Bird / Friday, 10 March 2017 / Loading comments

PH received a lesson in drag racing recently courtesy of Santa Pod; we tagged along to its Dial in Day last weekend to learn about bracket racing. Who knew doing 400m in a straight line could be so taxing?

About to hit 125mph in less than six seconds

Anyway, there's more to follow on that soon. Since the weekend though there's been a fair bit of discussion about elapsed times, terminal speeds and cubic inches. Then you're on the Chevy Performance catalogue eyeing up crate motors...

And in a fortuitous piece of timing, the sale of Britain's fastest road legal pick-up has been brought to our attention. This 1984 Chevrolet S10 features a 640hp 7.0-litre Chevrolet V8 - we'd guess an LS7, given its capacity and lack of forced induction - with a manual gearbox from Andy Frost, he of Red Victor fame.

A potent combination, though not enough to set any records. Hence the inclusion of nitrous oxide, boosting power to more than 900hp... Apparently this means the big old Chevy is capable of 1.3 seconds to 60mph, 5.6 seconds to 125mph and an eight-second quarter mile. All while remaining road legal.

You could commute in it if you wish...

Having been owned by the same person for the past 24 years (who spent £85K in the process), the S10 will be sold by Classic Car Auctions at its Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration sale on April 1-2. The estimate is £30,000-£35,000; it runs on standard road petrol, the electric windows work and it even has an MoT until November. Go on...

If the Chevrolet is a bit much for you, there's plenty else at the CCA sale. In fact, the variety is huge. Evo VI Tommi Makinen? Got it. Alfa Montreal? Yup. All sorts of old Minis? No problem. There's even a UK MX-5 from the first year of production, which looks very nice. See the full catalogue here, and get your bidding arm ready!