The Folden (holden & Ford combined!)

[Sledgehammer427]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Mind you no-one outside Australia or NZ would even know what a Holden is.

I've heard the name before but suddenly I want one.
if it's that easy to drop in a V-8 there's always room for it in my heart.

[GoldenRivet]

they should have done a bench front seat with the steering wheel in the center.

cut any of the left driver or right driver argument off at the pass

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

I've heard the name before but suddenly I want one.
if it's that easy to drop in a V-8 there's always room for it in my heart.

You guys would be familiar with the Pontiac GTO?



This is what they orginially looked like:


Holden made them for export to the US until recently.

[Sledgehammer427]

There we go. Thought I heard the name before.

[TarJak]

They called them Monaro's over here.

Well the Folden is a 1970's Monaro with a Ford 'Stang front end, engine and drive train. On auction on an NZ site which I can't be ar$ed looking for a link to at the moment.

[kiwi_2005]

It seems the Folden isn't the first this guy made one back in the 90s.



http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/s...ev-up/3912878/

This Folden is the real thing, built by a few keen mates from bits and pieces they had in their sheds, not just with a few bits of metal added to a car. With a complete new floor built on a Ford chassis, to the wooden interior with an eagle and American flag poker-burnt into it complete with a full roll cage, this Folden is "safe as".
It has had many an outing with trips from Auckland to Bluff and everywhere in between and has been drag-raced on tracks around the North Island until its motor blew up and it sat in a shed for 18 months.
Mr Baird then bought the Folden from his mates in 1995, made it street legal and started drag racing again about 10 years ago, when the Masterton Motorplex opened.

And last weekend at Masterton, the Folden raced its way into the record books.
In a blink-of-an-eye 3/100s of a second, Mr Baird raced his Folden into second place out of a field of 65 cars in the superstreet class.
He says his FB Holden, or Folden if you're not strictly a purist, has run a best time of 11.5 seconds reaching a speed around 200kph.

Mr Baird said Kerry and the crew at Central City Automotive built the Folden's engine. He waxes lyrical about it being "such a good motor".
There's also the cost to race, which has been borne by McKee Bobcat services and 5-Star Limos ,and Drew Beaumont has given plenty of time to keep the Folden in good running order.
A Folden was bound to attract attention, not least because it's been called a 'cross-dresser' of a racer.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by TarJak

They called them Monaro's over here.

On auction on an NZ site which I can't be ar$ed looking for a link to at the moment.

bidding at $62000 and climbing.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-285860934.htm

[TarJak]

Kiwi peso's or Aussie Real $?

I heard they spent about AU$85K on the customisation.

[krashkart]

What do you get when you cross a Holden with a...




A splodin' Holden.



Source website for above image (crappy jokes not included):
http://www.weirdworm.com/10-crappy-cars/

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Kiwi peso's or Aussie Real $?

I heard they spent about AU$85K on the customisation.

Yea your right. Not only that but All proceeds from the auction go to the Mental Health Foundation for Out of the Blue - an organization set up to help men who suffer from depression. So its for a good cause.

I was just pissed off cause i was hoping the car would be cheap you know like 25k

The project has reportedly cost the radio show between NZD $85,000 and $95,000 ($67,250 and $75,165). But the money was well spent, as the car is being auctioned off on NZ online auction site TradeMe with a starting price of just $1.

It’s for a good cause, too, with the program pledging to donate all proceeds from the auction to the NZ Mental Health Foundation for Out Of The Blue - an organisation set up to help men who suffer from depression.

The auction site states the project took more than 3 months with a total of more than 800 man hours to build the vehicle. More than two dozen businesses and 70 tradespeople were involved in the build.

It may look simply like an HQ with a Mustang front end, but that’s not the only Ford touch - the car is powered by a 302ci (that’s 5.0-litre in the new-speak) Ford Motor Co V8 engine. There’s even a Folden badge which blends the body of a Mustang with the Holden lion’s head.

The Folden rolls on Chip Foose 20-inch wheels and has had a full gunmetal grey respray with orange stripes to help it stand out even more. It’s also been fitted with central locking and an alarm system, as well as a huge Sony stereo system.

The Folden auction ends this Thursday.

http://www.v8.co.nz/tag/folden