We're always amazed to see just how far around the world Ford enthusiasts exist. We've received subscriptions from all over Europe, South America, and from US military stationed in the Middle East. However the most notable subscription came in last month from Jerusalem, Israel.
Here, in the West, where the news regarding places like Israel is focussed almost entirely on the the politics of the region, it is hard to believe that a hobby so "American" could be a point of commonality. Therefore we felt it a duty to share Roy Maimaran's 1968 Mustang.
Roy has lived in Jerusalem all his life, and gained a passion for the American Mustang at an early age. In 2004 he found a 1968 Mustang in Israel from a previous owner who had imported it from the US. It was in rough shape, with no drivetrain or interior and desert-weathered paint. Most enthusiasts in the lower-48 would turn their backs on such a find, but Roy knew there weren't going to be many chances to find an otherwise straight pony-car near the Mediterranean. He picked it up and rest is history.
If it weren't for Roy's accent you wouldn't be able to distinguish Roy from an American FordMuscle-er. When I first spoke with him my interests were of his pursuit of the hobby in the birth place of western religion. However he determined the priorities to be his anticipated 5.0L head swap and roller cam conversion! Without a doubt the universal language of Ford horsepower prevailed.
Roy, who calls his Mustang "Alice in Wonderland", and goes by "MusclePoney" on the forums, has managed to locate and install all the typical hardware that we'd bolt-on to a 68 Mustang here in the states. He has a 5.0L carbed motor, a new TCI AOD transmission, headers and x-pipe.
Roy was kind enough to snap some pics of his Mustang near the Old City. The pictures are truly remarkable, considering that the backdrops are structures like the famed Citadel built by Herod in the 16th Century.
Roy has even prepared a nice "Americanized" video clip showing his 'stang doing things I suspect the typical Israeli youth doesn't see too often! Check it out, welcome Roy to the FM community, and we look forward to more updated on Alice.
Thanks to all for the compliments, it is nice to get "WOW" every day just driving to work but it is realy mean somthing coming from you guys, so thank you for your interest and support!
I'm so glad I found the FM Magazin, because no one here in Israel have a good experience with ford cars, all I can get here is a basic mechanics and usualy it is just not enough to get the job done properly, for instance if I wouldn't do the "home work" befor getting the AOD, it is 99% it would have been dead by now because my mechanic though I can run it without the T.V cable like I can do with the c4... dont get me rong here, he is a very good and honest man but there are things you just need to know... good thing I knew how to adjustment it.
So you guys need to understand, it is not only I have to pay twice for every thing because of the shipping and taxes, I have to get a real good knowledge about how to get things work properly and do alot of home work. That is why the FM Magazin is very importent for me, with its excellent "Tech department" and great forum members I can choose the right parts the first time and do thing the right way without ruining new expensive parts, the only thing I feel sory about is not knowing about this website earlier...
I am Proud to be a member in this great FM community!
I will definitely update my progress, and as some of you already know, I'm getting next week the Eaton Detroit Truetrac differentials with 3.80 Ring and Pinion, I alredy memorized the article from the Tech dept. with the "how to"... and me and Alice just waiting for it to land in the holy land... :-) pictures surely will be posted...
I hope I will be able to share my personal experience and help some of the members.
(Please excuse me for bad spelling/grammar, english is my second language...)
Thank you all for having us in this great FM community!
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