vx220

wifes aunty has just moved out there, and so we're hoping for a free holiday!

heard there's a big ford scene, and thought we could combine the two.

any tips/contacts or anyone on here live there?

rallycross

went to Malta in Sep 06 stayed in one of the (supposedly) best hotels but that is not saying much...

Malta is a dump !

Saw quite a few Honda type R's.

The only Fords of note I saw were crap old Mk2's Escort 1.3's with winscreen stickers and decals - being driven by greasy spotty teanagers....

go to italy and send the aunty a post card instead!

BigMouthBillyBass

i went a few weeks ago for my honeymoon and thought it was alrite. was a bit quiet but it was a honeymoon so we spent most of the time in the room

though having said that it was the last week of the season so it was bound to be a bit quietl

we stayed in salina wharf, near qawra and buggiba (pronounced owrwa and budge-ee-bah)

i'd recommend it though

skeg

To summarise, Malta, quiet place that is taking its protests to the government about huge flocks of south african immigrants. Arent we all. Well immigrants at least.

SimonT

Lots of dirty slappers in Malta - mostly northern girls or fat birds from kent!

vx220

cheers, any more?

Ginge !

think its hal far near a market where the drag strip is


all you idiots who mock malta,,,,, learn a little about its history, it was badly bombed due to its connections with england during the war and YET it still remained loyal to our country, the place has been awarded the george cross for bravery and they also celebrate fucking st georges day,,,,, unlike most the wankers in this country who moan about imagrants and claim there english yet not only can they not tell you when st georges day is without google but they also celebrate fucking st paddys night like its christmas fucking day


its a laid back and very poor place compared to ours but they are the nicest peopole you could ever want to meet,,,, ok im biased as my missus is from malta but they ARE BIG interested in cossies, they is loads of old fords still being used there day to day ( her grandad has a m3 cortina and theres another person there with a lotus cortina,,,,, but then its not as wet as here)


oh and a holiday in malta can cost as little as 100 quid for a week with a hotel


so in a nut shell its not a bad place, a few of my customers at work actually drive here collect COSWORTH PARTS NEW and drive them back, our biggest one is a nice chappy called richard from topford's in malta


and also he fucking looks after ya and always comes with a round of starbucks,,,, unlike most of the wanky garages where all they bring when they visit is attitude and wont even say fucking "hi" if they see you in the pub


rant over

stevieturbo

Big drag racing event on in Malta on 1,2,3 December. Final event of the year.

And Im sure there will be plenty of Cossie powered cars, faster than anything in the UK..

I'm heading over for a week, to take in the racing. My first time over there, so looking forward to it.
There's a guy over there running a Cossie with a Skyline gearbox, and he did all the work himself !!!

http://www.maltadragracing.com/

vx220

thanks ginge!/stevieturbo

stevieturbo, let me know how you get on?

are you flying/driving over?

could be a good road trip once my fester is finished

BigMouthBillyBass

saw an amazing Evo VI in buggiba square too

ricky_3dr

I was there last year for an aunties funeral




























































It's still full of peasants

radiant red

malta is good if you just wanna chill for a week good weather and a couple of decent beaches,we stopped at a proper dump but for Ł99 what do you expect lol.

I will never forget how i were talking to my partner at the time about how my rs will be missing me,as i said this a 2wd saff came round a corner on boost with the arse end well and truly out sent from god

stevieturbo

Im spectating !!! its just a holiday trip lol

A road trip would be cool...but no way I could afford that. Dont know what the rules are over there for racing anyway.

I know that my car couldnt run in a lot of countrys, due to their build regs. I am not bastardising my car with a cage etc though, as IMO, thats for race cars. A cage in normal road use, whilst may be safer, can also pose dangers to occupants. And Im not cutting the car up to do it anyway

stevieturbo

Im supposed to be staying at Bay Hotel, St Julians. Its pretty damn cheap, SC Studio types.
Has a 4 star rating though ???

Im not overly fussy. As long as its clean and not miles from the town, its good enough.

radiant red

pretty sure it was palm court hotel proper dive but it was ok i guess,they claimed "this is a hotel with 3 * rating with 5* facilties

indoor pool was green

Ginge !

ironically its full of peasants but the missus old man owns a converted farm house in oxford aswell as a a place called cassa magri in malta


but he did make his money over here and he aint gone back to live there


id move to malta and was seriously considering it about a year ago,,,,, just dont wanna sell up, move away and realise its not as good as the holiday snaps remind ya

valetta is where we usually stay at,,,,,, but then we only pay for flights and the prices of flights to malta is cheeper than driving to oxford street for christmas shopping

BigMouthBillyBass

We found a fantastic beach called Golden Bay. next to the Radisson SAS resort. it's in a bay and has white sands, which is great compared to most of the beaches that are rocky. It's about 25 mins on a bus from Qawra (60 cents-ish, about Ł1)

Ryan_3

but our government is fuckin shit

COCHYN

Nice place, big modified Ford scene there too

Smit

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not many beaches!

nuff said.

Ryan_3

better than your ginger boyracers, arsehole

u surely didnt visit then

Ryan_3

ginge I dont know bout to move here, our wages are pretty shit, lot of taxes, surcharge on electricity and water

Ginge !

yeah but the 3 that are there are the nuts,,,,,, golden bay i LOVE,,,, think about it every other week tbh

ok its me burning my feet on the sand tring to get the sun bed from the bloke to the front near the water,,, as after that i just chilled on the beach

the sea,,,,,, even better blue lagoon.... BIG fan of malta tbh

dont mind the low wages,,, though the maltease do work fucking long hours has to be said !

stevieturbo

And the UK government is a few steps below that !!!!

NoGutsNoGlory

Any one we says that in Malta there isn't a big ford scene, doesn't deserve to come to malta.

I mean come on... in any kind of racing done in malta. hill climb, drag racing and auto cross... the mojority of the cars are fords or ford powered.
There's a guy in drag racing doing 7.4 sec with an modified escort mk1 which is powered by a 4 cylinder cosowrth.. in amrica they do that time with a v8 FFS.

Especialy in drag racing 80 % of the cars are escorts mk1 powred by a cosworth or pinto.

stevieturbo

Supra engined dragster !!



The Fugitive...n/a 1490cc Pinto with gas, that ran a very very low 10sec when we were there.



Fastest truck in Europe. sequential/compound twin turbo. These things run a LOT of boost.





A very very very fast car.



And another very very very fast car.




The standard of most of the cars there, would put a lot of UK cars to shame.

Ginge !

not ever car in hal far is modded like that though, but theres not much to actually do in malta hence the cars are a big thing for the young kids,,,, actually even the older generation are big into it

also alot of people in malta do there own work ect too rather than too scared to try it

when i was there a bloke in a bar owned a peugot 106 with a toyota starlet engine which he fitted himself and made the mounts ect,,,,, top bloke and not just cause i got free drinks all night pmsl

andycos

I'll be there on Tuesday for two weeks.

I hope the thunder storms predicted there this weekend have pissed of by then, i've seen enough rain this summer !!

stevieturbo

Most of the guys in Malta do their own work.....it costs a fortune to have it done anywhere else !!!

How about a nice billet throttle body etc on a MK3 Supra, with a T88 Turbonetics, and 2 speed glide. Pretty much all fab done in Malta.





Or an aluminium panelled MK3 Cortina.....it may seem funny, but clearly some work put in there !!!! and it was pretty fast from what I recall.



Or a 3door Cossie, T66, DTA ecu, and a LOT of boost. Also running an R33 GTR gearbox/4wd setup ( here receiving a new clutch )




You cant argue with the work these guys put in. Is it any wonder their cars go so fast !! They dont follow the crowd and stick to old methods. They develop and push the boundaries an awful lot.

I was very very impressed when I went there. Far more so than any event Ive ever been to in the UK.

Ginge !

i agree also, id LOVE to go malta and take the scoobie for a laugh down hal far but its almost a weeks drive

flights are like 80 quid