Tom100e

Some lovely shots guys! keep up the good work! And hello to all fellow Maltese

The Mk3 Tina I bought recently has a turbo diesel motor in it...so far stock and not too exciting (but that might be down to a clogged/dirty/messed up intercooler and incorrect gearing...) It's a 1.7 Isuzu engine from a 90's Gemini mated to a granada 5 speed (only had the car for a week and have not had the time to crawl underneath it to have a proper looksee at what lies beneath) via a custom made adapter. Just FYI... a 2.3 engine has been very successfully turboed (think comparing with a stock cossie at the strip...) over here (Malta) and we also have some pretty quick street/strip diesels.... so maybe its not all that improper if done well

Some pics from tonight's RWYB for you all to enjoy Cossie powered Mk1 (4x4) Fiat twincam turbo powered Mk1 Pinto Mk2 Cossie Mk1 4 dr Tina More pics when I get the chance to attend another event

Awesome hehe that Transit.... and the limo too! gotta book that driver for my wedding hehehehehehe

Brilliant vid! reminds me a bit of our bus drivers here in Malta! LOL

Hey I used to own LAA 606 mk3 Tina wagon Regarding the lack of Mk2 escorts, well Mk1's were always the preferred model here with Escort lovers....and many were done up properly many times over so survived the years...they still pop up in the classifieds on a semi-regular basis and so on too. Mk2's... there are some of them left you just have to be lucky with spotting those Regarding our MOT... laws changing all the time - up till about 10 years ago there was still a guy near where i used to live that drove a square grille sit up and beg pop on a daily basis....not any more though. Our interesting scrapyards disappeared around 1999/2000....when the environmental agencies here decided to crack down on all the irregular sites...of course those were the ones with the most interesting cars....hurts me even to remember. (on a non-Ford note....one particular yard was full of 1950's ad 1960's Mercedes cars in salvageable conditions and they all/mostly got crushed.....) Of course interesting cars languishing in some garage are still to be discovered by some lucky bug*er....but tis getting harder than it used to be. Everything considered though I appreciate how much we have it good as far as car availability goes.....just do not try importing anything into Malta with an engine capacity over 2 litre though...the registration fees are insane! (think in terms of 10,000+ just to register the car on the road....) Well rant over for now....if anyone needs anything clarified feel free to ask.. i will be more than willing to give my view on it! Thomas

Wow brilliant work there! Wish i had the patience to give that a try!