The Folden

[cm335]

looks like my..... and that aint pretty believe me, but alot of effort went into it 4 sure

[gtxb67]

the problem with it's overall looks are that anyone who knows which part is from where is probably so passionate about one side and not the other, they cannot really appreciate the looks, even if they can appreciate the workmanship

the detached observers may appreciate the looks, but not the workmanship, because they do not know any different



when looking at the overall car, i see a holden, because the shell is a holden. when seeing a mustang, i am only looking at the front. to me, probably because the mustang front is so distinctive and the rear is less than attractive, it looks like two different cars, even though they are joined - a bitsa

once again the workmanship is great, but it doesn't do anything for me. they would have to pay me to take it

[Sloth]

On Sunrise:

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video...89/the-folden/

[mrniceguy]

Why would you go to all that time and effort to build a "novelty" car??

[Davebro]

They were building this before I left NZ, they did a big poll to see which parts of what cars would go together well.

Looks ok, but yeah, interesting!

End of the day they are auctioning it to raise money for Men's mental Health, so a good cause.

[GrimmReaper09]

This is absolute sacrilege

[mik]

thats wrong on so many levels.

[ebxr8240]

Aha safer than a Prius.. At least it stops....

[flappist]

Originally Posted by mrniceguy

Why would you go to all that time and effort to build a "novelty" car??

To create publicity. All you need to do to set off a media frenzy is find a couple of groups of opposing zealots and push their buttons.

All of a sudden there is a huge boom the the majority of the people in the world who do not care even slightly about the subject matter take a look to see what all the fuss is about and then remember the people who created the publicity.
The rest of the media jump on the band wagon keeping the story on the front page causing the zealots to rant and rave even more.

The nett result is, in this case, the radio station who built this car got free advertising on several TV networks, in newspapers, on the internet and even on opposing radio stations that is worth $millions.

It worked on a very simple principle. To a Holden Zealot the mention of the F word sets them off like a mentos in a coke bottle and to a Ford zealot the mention of the H word causes an academy award winning frog in a sock imitation. So mixing it together gives you frogs in socks inside a coke bottles with a mentos in them. (sure to be a youtube winner)

Bloody clever marketing.....

[GT]

Only just seen this thread (thanks you Auslandau for closing the other and putting a link) and I am puzzled by the outrage displayed here. My first reaction was WOW - how clever is this and doesn't it look great!

To all those that asked "Why...." I say "Why not."

Others writing that this is "Sacrilege" - I hear the same word being used by members of the old school GT Club about any modern GT that has any modifications. So I suppose if you have done any modifications to your Ford then you may have offended plenty of Ford fans yourselves.

I have done lots to mine and I've read all the posts about how shakers rate (or don't) blah blah blah.

It is a fantastically successful publicity stunt for a very good cause and good on them for finding something that was novel and worked. It was sold for NZ$62,700 which was a great buy for some lucky person as this was beautifully done and I thought it looked great. We get used to looking at the same old thing and yes, it looks slightly foreign but hardly an abomination.

There are plenty of Fords that make me cringe and lots of them belong to AFF members. Many have Holden 'touches' but who cares? Not sitting in my garage (so has no impact on me) and if it brings pleasure to them then good on them.

See it for what it is - a successful advertising tool that raised a lot of money for a great cause, with ease.

Gaela

[russellw]

I am somewhat surprised that people who claim to be car enthusiats can make some of the statements made in this thread.

Let me quote:

Originally Posted by jpd80

Some nutter might get a plane to NZ and do terrible things to the perpetrators.

We have plenty of threads on this forum about what should be done to those who deliberately damage cars (sentiments that we can all understand) - so how come it suddenly becomes acceptable? A comment of this nature is not only illegal it is also morally reprehensible.

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

Burn these idiots alive. Then burn the "Folden".

So now we accept murder in addition to vandalism as acceptable practice? Refer comment above.

When we put this together with the quotes in the other thread I simply find myself amazed that we can be so intolerant. As a car enthusiast I can appreciate the effort and workmanship that has gone into this and I am also sure that the new owner will consider it his pride and joy in much the same way as we view our own vehicles. If being passionate about our cars means that we have to be intolerant of the taste that other have then we have seriously lost the plot.

There are Holden designs I admire along with efforts from many of the motor manufacturers across the globe but I can equally admire the workmanship and care that someone has put into any car regardless of whether I find that model appealing or not. That's their passion and if we fail to acknowledge that then we have become something (as a society) that I'd rather not be.

Russ

[JimNiki]

That's their passion and if we fail to acknowledge that then we have become something (as a society) that I'd rather not be

Oh we all acknowledge that, but can't we still hate it? you know, in a Ford vs Holden kind of way...?

Why on earth are you trying to apply calm logic to a tribalistic passion!

[Falc'man]

Originally Posted by JimNiki

Oh we all acknowledge that, but can't we still hate it? you know, in a Ford vs Holden kind of way...?

Why on earth are you trying to apply calm logic to a tribalistic passion!

...........

There's nothing wrong with the friendly banter; the problem is allowing the mention of seriously worrying comments.

But the minute you (yourself) accept misconduct/crime/harm as "friendly", or unjustly wish the same on any person or their property, that's when you become a worry to society.

[Fev]

Love it. Sexy Mustang looks, practical Holden interior and the good old 302ci 5.0L

This car is a winning combination. It's unique, well presented, powerful, and most of all it grabs your attention and judging by some responses, it's grabbing it by the balls of some.

[gtxb67]

Originally Posted by Fev

practical Holden interior

you must not have sat in both an early 70's ford and holden. there is no comparison with the interior - and the hq-z does not win

[xp_ute]

www.invadenewzealand.com

[pottery beige]

I like it.....

[HSVKILLA]

Well in the end it was sold to a strip club in the south island for just over 60,000$.It was on the breakfast show over here and one of the main presenters"Paul Henry" went off on it and said it is just plain terrible,why would someone destroy one of the most beautiful looking mustangs just to attatch it to that hideous looking holden rear end,it is just sickening i mean come on the hq is just appaling in its looks he said.

[GT]

Why is everyone making the assumption that a Mustang has been ruined for this project. These parts are readily available at low cost from the USA - new and used. I have a few friends that have built completely new ones from the ground up, this way.

There is also the possibility that it was built from two wrecks and frankly I doubt that they would have used two complete good cars - just doesn't make economic sense. I would imagine that it would be easier to find the HQ rear (with it being left from a front end accident) and then buy the Ford panels/spare parts from the USA for the front end.

Can we please stop crying over this so called catastrophe.

Gaela

[BIGJB]

Originally Posted by xp_ute

www.invadenewzealand.com

Hahaha love it.

[Sloth]

Originally Posted by GT

There is also the possibility that it was built from two wrecks and frankly I doubt that they would have used two complete good cars - just doesn't make economic sense. I would imagine that it would be easier to find the HQ rear (with it being left from a front end accident) and then buy the Ford panels/spare parts from the USA for the front end.

I don't think this has been posted yet, there is a gallery of progress pictures from the build here. (Scroll down below the comments). Looks like a complete HQ and a wrecked Mustang front chop.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by flappist

To a Holden Zealot the mention of the F word sets them off like a mentos in a coke bottle and to a Ford zealot the mention of the H word causes an academy award winning frog in a sock imitation. So mixing it together gives you frogs in socks inside a coke bottles with a mentos in them.

So true

[GT]

Originally Posted by Sloth

I don't think this has been posted yet, there is a gallery of progress pictures from the build here. (Scroll down below the comments). Looks like a complete HQ and a wrecked Mustang front chop.

Thanks for that SLOTH - we can all sleep again knowing a perfectly good Mustang was not sacrificed!