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Old 05-12-2007 | 02:38 PM
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What year was each made? all same spec???


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Old 05-12-2007 | 05:39 PM
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anyone?
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pm tony and ask him
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pm tony and ask him
He'll tell you all about Mitsubishi's!
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Originally Posted by Dan
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pm tony and ask him
He'll tell you all about Mitsubishi's!
nar mention the word cossy and he'll talk yer socks off
Old 05-12-2007 | 06:22 PM
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do none of you guys know?
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Iirc there were 3 fook knows what reg's they were though.
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Originally Posted by xr2i-carl
do none of you guys know?
I do
Old 05-12-2007 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Mitsy FQ
Originally Posted by xr2i-carl
do none of you guys know?
I do
Can you let me know then buddy

just want to know how many? what names and specs etc and what year were they built?

did you have them from new and do the conversions?

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Originally Posted by Mitsy FQ
Originally Posted by xr2i-carl
do none of you guys know?
I do
Tony your famous!
Old 05-12-2007 | 07:29 PM
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I would say at a guess four
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Originally Posted by Mitsy FQ
Originally Posted by xr2i-carl
do none of you guys know?
I do
have you got any pics of desert storm with the tiger stripes & 5 spokes. i lost my old copy of fast ford from when it was on the cover
Old 05-12-2007 | 08:38 PM
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the best saffs around bar none!
Old 17-12-2007 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jaimesdna
have you got any pics of desert storm with the tiger stripes & 5 spokes. i lost my old copy of fast ford from when it was on the cover

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Old 17-12-2007 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Stradale Corsa
Originally Posted by jaimesdna
have you got any pics of desert storm with the tiger stripes & 5 spokes. i lost my old copy of fast ford from when it was on the cover


awesome car had turbosimpsons bartsport on it iirc
apart from the bonnet vents
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3, the 1 in the pic, a white saph and the white k reg escort, tony will confirm no doubt if not I'm talking shite!!

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there were more than that
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How awesomely old skool cool is that!

I remember when 'Turbosystems Motorsport' stickers were on every modified Ford in my county, I used to sell the stickers before i'd put them on the shelf!

Anyone got any pics of any similar cars from the same age?
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Mitsy FQ

Was the Saff in your sig on the cover of Revs a few years back?
Old 17-12-2007 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by CoupeUK
Mitsy FQ

Was the Saff in your sig on the cover of Revs a few years back?
it was
many years later it was on the front of kevin Mc Scrapums fork lift truck
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Originally Posted by Mitsy FQ
there were more than that
ok I'm talking shite!! come on then tony spill the beans.. I only remember them 3, although didn't 1 of the touring cars you did have stripes, the white one??
the one that you have loads of pics of in the reception?

also tony somethings wide arch blue one (that was nicked)??

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Originally Posted by Mitsy FQ
Originally Posted by CoupeUK
Mitsy FQ

Was the Saff in your sig on the cover of Revs a few years back?
it was
many years later it was on the front of kevin Mc Scrapums fork lift truck
Oh, sorry to hear that!

What was the reason for scrapping? I remember having a poster of it on my wall for ages, loved the arches! Bout 500 horses werent it?
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sold to mr mc sharp he wanted all the trick bits that were on it for his mint 3 door so there wasn't much left of the car by the time he had finshed robbing the bits off it ,he sold the shell on
it now lives as a 3 door
Old 18-12-2007 | 09:28 AM
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More Pictures to follow later- I've got to scan them in as they're 15 years old so before the digital age!!
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More info please guys, specs and also what year where they made? were they owned from new by turbosystems?


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Old 18-12-2007 | 05:38 PM
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As promised, a few from the archives! Sorry if they're on the large side- can't re-size them for some reason...

Front cover of Top Car magazine-March 1991. Feature on Jason Taylor's 4x4 with 320BHP (which I think was the first Turbo Systems Sapphire to have the stripes) and F210 KEV with 440BHP.
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F210 KEV and Snowstorm together at Donnington. You can just see a model replica sitting on the dash I made when I was 15!
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F210 KEV side view
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F210 KEV with new wheels and white/blue leather retrim
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I've got more pictures somewhere. Also got a few of the other striped Turbosystems cars- the Escos, Series 2 Escort Turbo and Fiesta Turbo but they're probably better on another thread- keep this one for the Sapphires!

I've recently found these pics during a house move and now really want to get a Sapphire- with the idea to maybe build a replica of one of these. I know Desert Storm is now dead- are the others still around?

Tony...correct me if any of the info is wrong, it was 15 years ago!
Old 18-12-2007 | 05:42 PM
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So the kev plated one was owned by turbosystems? and was 2wd?
Old 18-12-2007 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by xr2i-carl
So the kev plated one was owned by turbosystems? and was 2wd?
If I remember correctly it was 2wd and owned and run by Kevin Gribble at "Turbo Systems London"

Desert Storm was Tony's and Snow Storm was a customer's and the 4wd with blue wheels (which didn't have a name!!) was also a customer's- Jason Taylor.

I think.....
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Snow Storm still lives I believe... only saff I would ever want to own that is
Old 18-12-2007 | 07:07 PM
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Who done the graphics on these?
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oh now those pics take me back! the bollocks!
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Stradale also posted these pics in the crystal blue thread....
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I never knew this car ended up with the wide arches etc as in Tony's (MITSY FQ) sig.


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turbosystems london ???

was that part of tonys business ???
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Moonstone Mart: Thanks for posting those over here! Here's Desert Storm with the TNY plate on..
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Turbocabbie: Agreed, Snow Storm was a great car then, but I do remember someone getting a bit carried away with the graphics...would like to see it now..

CoupeUK: Most of the cars had "Graphics by Baynton" on them, not sure where or who these are- Tony @ Turbo Systems can probably answer.

Cosmo V6: There's your Bartsport sticker!!!

Glad the pics have brought back some memories..they certainly have for me- so much so I'm thinking of getting a Sapphire next year! I'll see what else I can find as I keep unpacking the house boxes
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is that white escy behind desert storm the turbo systems one as well?i recognise the plate from somewhere.
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Yep that's their Escos, K400 COS Tony had it from new. I think there's a turbosystems thread somewhere- I'll dig out the pictures and scan them in soon...
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sorry for bringthing this back to the top

But if F515XKF became A5 TNY which was desert stom (i think, why is the corgi vangard modle white, with tiger stripes and the A5TNY plate
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Originally Posted by Stradale Corsa
As promised, a few from the archives! Sorry if they're on the large side- can't re-size them for some reason...

Front cover of Top Car magazine-March 1991. Feature on Jason Taylor's 4x4 with 320BHP (which I think was the first Turbo Systems Sapphire to have the stripes) and F210 KEV with 440BHP.
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F210 KEV and Snowstorm together at Donnington. You can just see a model replica sitting on the dash I made when I was 15!
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F210 KEV side view
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F210 KEV with new wheels and white/blue leather retrim
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I've got more pictures somewhere. Also got a few of the other striped Turbosystems cars- the Escos, Series 2 Escort Turbo and Fiesta Turbo but they're probably better on another thread- keep this one for the Sapphires!

I've recently found these pics during a house move and now really want to get a Sapphire- with the idea to maybe build a replica of one of these. I know Desert Storm is now dead- are the others still around?

Tony...correct me if any of the info is wrong, it was 15 years ago!
F210KEV
She's sitting in my garage, ever since I bought her off Kevin Gribble.



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great to see this car around .one of the poster cars of the 90.s


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