Gary Myers' Mustang

When i came across these shots of Gary Myers' Mustang, i just had to post them here. Firstly, thanks to aussiegreek065 for making these stunning pics available to us.

Secondly, hats off to Gary for a crazy Mustang. This by far is one of the best custom build mustangs I've ever seen. I personally haven't had the privilege of seeing it in the flesh but my mates have mentioned over the years that it is one stunning car. Not only does it have looks but man it can do burnout. I've seen some little videos of it in action and this mustang is one big burnout machine.

Half the credit goes to the mustang and the other half must go to the owner Gary Myers. He has won so many burnout comps and has been branded the Australian Burnout King.

Here's some info on the specs of this legendary mustang;

Model: 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe

Engine: 302 Windsor, Stock Block and Crank, Main Stud Girdle

Pistons: TRW Blower Pistons on Steel H-Beam Rods

Heads: World Product Heads

Camshaft: Crow flat tappet plus lifters, Crow Springs, Collets, Retainers and Push Rods

Blower: 6/71 Fisher Blower

Gearbox: Two Speed Power Glide

Converter: TCE 4000 Stall

Diff: Nine-Inch (3.5:1) 31 Spline Mini spool

Axles: Moser axles

Interior By: Claide Carafarno

Paint: Spies Hecker with Dupont Graphics

Here's some more pics of the Mustang...

2007 Ford Shelby GR1 Concept Car

This is the first and only one of this type in existence, and it was completed in early March 2005 in California. In January 2004 it was sketched out on paper. In February, a full-size mock up was molded in clay. Now, a year later, the real thing is on its way to the Detroit Auto Show, delivered by Kitty Hawk.

This car wasn't a mock up or a shell. The sculptor, designer and escort for the car is hoping it will take best of show this year. Ford spent $5 million developing this car, and another $2 million just building this particular one. If Ford decides to put it into production, potential buyers can expect to pay around $200,000 U.S. for it. The entire exterior of the car is polished aluminum, and it has liquid cooled LED headlights.

Now this is one car i would love to drive. Here's a sneak peak before it reaches the Detroit Auto Show.

My first car

Yes, the beloved 1979 Ford TE Cortina was my first car.

I was only 15 years old when i started dreaming about driving a Cortina one day. I pictured it black with chrome simmons mags with a wild v8 motor ready to launch. Low and behold it really did become my first car a few days after getting my provisional license. I have to say that it was one of the most exciting days of my life.

Back then i was still in Year 12 (my last senior year of high school), I had no job at that time which meant i had no money, so owning a Cortina was just a dream. It became reality when my old man bumped into an old friend that used to work with him at Ford once upon a time, and he noticed he had a TE Cortina. When my dad mentioned just in conversation how much i loved his model cortina, the guy said to my dad, "make me an offer". So guess what, he did, $2,500 dollars later the deal was done. One of the best presents i had ever received from the old man was my golden cortina.

Once i finished school i enrolled into TAFE but at the same time worked in a pizzeria shop part-time to finally earn some money and begin doing some work on my Cortina. One thing i never liked about it was that it was gold in colour and not to mention had a brown vinyl roof, but i didn't really care because i knew it was going to be all black one day. So the project began, one pay check at a time. Since i was only earning measly money a full respray was way out of reach. So i started with some minor upgrades and repairs because it was much easier on the wallet.

The first modification was lowering the car and getting new suspension for a better ride. So i purchased a full set of 3" lowered Jumbo coil springs custom made by All Springs in Moorebank and also a full set of Monroe shock absorbers from K-Mart. Then dad and i installed it all one weekend and took the car for a test drive and found it felt like a completely different car. It handle so much better and didn't feel like i was in a rocky boat anymore, plus its appearance was amazing, sitting so much lower towards the ground :)

Then it was time to strip the interior to pieces. I removed all the seats, center console and the door trimmings complete out. This project was to transform the interior colour to black and get rid of the ugly original cream colour it came with. I did this by, simply respraying the vinyl headlining, the center console and the door trimmings black, installing brand new black carpet throughout and a set of black seat covers to match. Looked awesome!

The next pay check went to brand new rubber door and boot seals for the whole car. After installing the new seals it felt like a new car when opening and closing the doors and not to mention the drive was much more quiet with no air blowing between the doors and frames. Oh, and installing extra insulation under the new carpet helped with noise reduction too. Then a fair few pay checks later, i got the windows tinted by Premier Tint and then went to Ryda Car Audio and bought a pair of 7"x10" Kenwood speakers and a Gelhard Amplifier (can't remember the wattage) combined with a second hand Phillips tape deck my old man had laying around, this interior now not only looked better it sounded better.

Finally it was time to start planning for some major engine work. I was tossing between keeping it a 6 cylinder or going hard and dropping a v8 inside. It came with a bigger than normal 6, it was the 4.1 litre engine, most other cortina's came out with the 3.3 small block 6 engine, my one was the same one found in the Ford Falcons, so that was a bonus. I will never forget the day when i beat my mate's stock VL commodore in a run. It was bloody amazing because his car was like 10 years younger and was EFI too. But putting an 8 in the cortina bay would mean major engine bay and firewall mods before even putting the block in. But my decision was cut short when my old man told me that there was a Ford Laser TX3 for sale at the Ford Auctions and since the Ford plant (where he worked) was closing down soon, this would be the last chance to buy a decent car with a great employee discount. So with so much persuasion but with little regret, i became the proud owner of a almost brand new Ford Laser TX3.

So the big plans i had for my beloved Cortina had ended there. I ended up selling the cortina for $3,500 which was more than dad paid for it, so i paid him back. Here are some more pics just before i sold it (you can see the new laser tx3 in the background in one of the pics as well as some of the cortina's signatures left on the bitcherman).

Welcome to The True Blue Oval

Well, here you are reading the first official post for The True Blue Oval blog. I would firstly like to say welcome and secondly i hope you are a real Ford fan because if you are, you will definitely enjoy this blog.

Here you will find anything and everything about Ford's. Whether its news, videos, pictures or just general comments and stories.

Where does the name 'The True Blue Oval' come from? For those that don't already know the Blue Oval is a common nickname for the official Ford logo that you see to the above left.

My inspiration for creating the this blog has sprouted from a life long brew of love for Fords. It all began with my dad working for Ford Australia for over 20 years. His love for Fords had rubbed off on me since i was born. All the cars that he ever owned where fords, except for the ugly EH Holden when he first arrived in the land down-under. He only had it for a few months and had so much issues that he needed to make a change and thats when he became a ford man himself with a purchase of the Ford XA Falcon. Around that same time is when i was born and as the years went on whilst my dad worked for ford, i became older and my exposer to fords was on a daily basis. I watched my dad go threw a few Fords starting from the XA Falcon, to the XC Falcon then to a XF Falcon and then an EA Falcon. By dad wearing Ford badged overalls to hats and polo-shirts all the time, you can see how i was practically brought up with the blue oval surrounding me at all times and thats where my love for Fords all began :)

When i turned 16 i got my learners drivers license and i knew my first car had to be a ford, it was in my blood. At that time i loved the Ford TE Cortina so i bought one. It was stock standard and with time i saved my money and started doing some work to it. Man that cortina had some get up and go! Two years later i purchase a Ford Laser TX3 and currently it is my personal pride and joy. Over the next few posts i will get into more detail about my fords as well as my dads and any other fantastic fords i have had the privilege of being in contact with of the years, so stay tuned...