Folden

[Leigh]

Now this thread will be interesting to sit back and watch...

In the 70's and 80's, car crafting and street machining had just started to emerge from hotrodding, where anything goes...many street machiners were mix and matching bits from different cars/makes to build what the owner thought was a better car...things like commodore fronts on Hq-HZ panos, HQ wagon taillights on EH's, pointy nosed panels on XB Coupes, the list goes on...

At the F1 GP there was a Corvette, with 57 Chevy nose and Impala tail...from most angles it "worked"

But never before have I seen a car so daring as this one, crossing the boundaries of what many would call sacrilege...but there is something that just sems to work with this car (although I think it would look better with a chop top)...if not anything else, it will be a talking point!

http://images.theage.com.au/2010/05/05/1410779/01_ folden-600x400.jpg

More pictures here (http://theage.drive.com.au/photogallery/the-folden/20100505-u8ku.html?selectedImage=0)

I open the debate...

[El Cheapo]

Already been discussed Leigh ;) Post 364 onwards

http://forums.biante.com.au/showthread.php?t=9980&highlight=Folden&page=37

[Leigh]

LOL, I don't think it fits in the "Classic Car" thread...

Cheers for the link!

[El Cheapo]

Neither do I :confused: :laugh4:

I don't like it lookswise. The Mustang nose doesn't gell too well with the Monaro bits of the car.

[Maq]

Not a monaro rear :p

[wazza002]

This car needs to be called Manford not folden LoL :p:D

[Maq]

or Stangswood

[FastRedCars]

Not a monaro rear :p

I was thinking a similar thought.....when I first saw this monstrosity on the original thread, I thought the rear 3/4's was a Belmont !

[NO.5HDT]

Not my cup of tea, but the coin will be for a good cause. It is being auctioned.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Other/auction-285860934.htm

[Holdennumber1]

This HQ Ford thingo looks ugly. Where the front end meets the gaurds just doesn't look right IMO.
Plus it probably cost him more money to make it than buying the 2 cars seperately.
Ah well, each to their own I guess.....

[rayman]

The front looks OK, the rest is crap. :laugh4:

[Kashmir]

Just doesn't look right..........I thought doing something like that would destroy the universe:eek::laugh4:

[fatty]

They have a picture of that under the word ugly in the dictionary.

[Damage]

Nice doorhandles.

[moxo]

I rather like it. Nice job. It was their time and money, good luck to them.

Not like it was the last HQ on the planet, right?



Moxo

[TAG05]

[/quote] Not like it was the last HQ on the planet, right?

Moxo[/quote]


Could well be, given the amount of Q's that have found their way onto racetracks across Australia over the last 20 odd years. :D

[TAG05]

An interesting combination of 'donor' vehicles!. Great effort by the design and fabrication teams on that project!

[Designer]

Classic case of 2 rights making a wrong.

[grease]

And not a lot of them are all that safe imo, should be scrapped.

[Jace]

I would love to own it, just need to take it to a good body shop who could remove that $h!t on the front & fit a HQ clip to it.

[<Jonboy>]

i think the word you used Leigh in the OP "Sacrilege" is quite appropriate, my Mustang fetish is turning my stomach

[Fat Mal]

It is an insult to 2 classics really

[spiderken17]

As a car builder, i like the idea of doing something different (one of the local mechanics has a XY GT replica with a gen III in it).
If it makes you happy then go for it. Don't build things to impress others, doing things out of the ordinary is what hot rodding is all about. Taste is a personal thing and i wonder if people would be so critical if it was a Nissan front on an old Toyota.
I dont mind it and even if i hated it i appreciate the workmanship that has gone into it.

[sleepy]

I like it the hq is a classic shape especially when lowered with a wide set of wheels and tyres. The mustang front looks good on it but they also looked allright with a chromed one tonner grill a mod which would of cost much less and taken less time lol.

[infinity]

Well its different ill give it that.Amazing workmanship and at least they put the right engine in it.

[Hey Charger]

Having used a what appears to be the front from a 67/69 Mustang..is this car the same width or smaller than the Monaro?

[kat]

dont really like it but others may differ

[infinity]

Im not too crazy about it.I think the HQ was about the most ordinary looking car ever made and i used to own one but im probably in the minority.

[commanderwhite]

Absolutely a piece of rubbish & an insult to both great models.

BTW I'm a Holden supporter.

[infinity]

Well they did make it to stir things up a bit.

[Mixalis]

Great idea and good effort to put it together!!, but i personally dont like it at all:p

[fatty]

I suppose if you win it you can just put on a HQ front end and you have a ready restored cruiser.

[FastRedCars]

I suppose if you win it you can just put on a HQ front end and you have a ready restored cruiser.

Best comment so far !

[El Cheapo]

I suppose if you win it you can just put on a HQ front end and you have a ready restored cruiser.

And keep the Ford engine in it? :p

[FastRedCars]

And keep the Ford engine in it? :p

No one, but you and your mechanic, needs to know !

[Mixalis]

I suppose if you win it you can just put on a HQ front end and you have a ready restored cruiser.

HAHAHAHA great idea!:p

[Maq]

You don't win it you get to pay a stupid price to own it

[group C]

Well:eek: wash my first reaction but looking at it a bit closer can see how much work has gone into it.
They have even used buy the looks of it mustang front suspension?? not 100% sure but you can see mustang inner gaurds/with out the famous HQ control arms poking through.
Would look a lot better in a different colour IMHO.
Congratulations on daring to be different,not my cup of tea but done for a good cause.
OH and its not a folden its a HOLTANG!!:D

[rayman]

Well:eek: wash my first reaction but looking at it a bit closer can see how much work has gone into it.
They have even used buy the looks of it mustang front suspension?? not 100% sure but you can see mustang inner gaurds/with out the famous HQ control arms poking through.
Would look a lot better in a different colour IMHO.
Congratulations on daring to be different,not my cup of tea but done for a good cause.
OH and its not a folden its a HOLTANG!!:D
No, still has the Holden suspension.

[FastRedCars]

Would look a lot better in a different colour IMHO.
OH and its not a folden its a HOLTANG!!:D

A good colour would be black.....very, very dark black...on a dark night!
And it could also be a MUSDEN.......Hey, that even sounds Kiwiese. Nuck, nuck,nuck !!

[malscar]

Musq ?

[VZSS]

Scrap the front end,add 454 HQ STATESMAN FRONT END,Mini tubb's. :D