Judging by the F-Series holding the pickup truck sales crown for the past 44 years, just about everybody in America loves the “Built Ford Tough” series. And, with no fewer than fourteen generations to sift through, anyone can find the perfect F-Series pickup truck for an imaginative custom project.
Not these guys, though, because they’re presenting us with one of the ugliest F-100 builds we’ve seen in a while. As far as we can tell, the Performance Productions channel on YouTube belongs to the same folks running a little specialty performance shop from California called Andrew’s Tuning and Performance.
They haven’t been in tune with social media for long, though it’s been enough to show off some of their dedicated custom parts. From that, and their name change for the company’s internet presence, we can easily understand they’re focusing their attention on the handy work needed to bring to life high-quality parts specifically for the vintage F-100 truck.
For example, we noticed that Andrew Peterson, the owner and operator of the small shop, has been using for years a patina-infused 1964 F-100 ATP workshop pickup. It got featured in one of the earlier episodes (also embedded below), and from there, we understood quite a lot about this 6.4-liter powered, independent coilover suspension-riding, Crown Vic-flavored love project.
The reason we mention the red 1964 F-100 is because, at first, we thought their latest project revolved precisely around this particular unit. It was only from the 3:10 mark that it became clear the ATP truck was only the harbinger of their coming journey's first step, which involves the alleged “first ever” Tesla-swapped Ford F-100.
Because this is only the initial episode in a likely long line of future installments, we only had time for a first encounter with the actual pickup truck that’s going to feature Tesla’s well-known performance motor setup.
It’s a thoroughly beat-down 1972 F-100 that was salvaged from a scrapyard. Once taken into the shop, we also had a first encounter with its new engine – nestled in a crate (yes, the classic crate engine trope never gets old) was the rear motor unit of a Tesla Model S, complete with the electric drive motor, inverter, and rear axle differential.
Since it’s still winter even in California, we have a feeling the F-100 and the Tesla motor will spend a good amount of time under the roof of the ATP shop, but we’re still going to check on their progress from time to time and report back if there’s something of interest.
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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