Filed under: Aftermarket, Time Warp, Crossovers/CUVs, Ford, Humor
Ford Flex gets the woody treatment
Well, that didn't take long. A company by the name of Auto Tech Plastics has gone and done what seemed inevitable and many a blogger feared would happen: endow the new Ford Flex's slab-sidedness with fake woodgrain. Make no mistake, we have absolutely no problem whatsoever with the classic woody wagons from a bygone era. Sure, they may take a bit more upkeep than normal, but the classic models with their real wood paneling are just fine by us. This... thing? Not so much. The last wood-applique'd machine that rolled off the assembly lines should have been in '91 when the final Grand Wagoneer met its demise.
For those of you who don't share our opinion, there are plenty of choices with which to fill your plasti-wood fix. If you must, *sigh* click here to see some of your options.
[Source: The Car Connection]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Randy 4:34PM (8/20/2008)
It's certainly going to be unique!
I can't say that I'd want it with pood (plastic wood) on it but I can see that some folks might! Classic lovers looking for Neo-Classic if you will!
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Seoultrain 4:48PM (8/20/2008)
I'd rather they pood on it.
Randy 6:05PM (8/20/2008)
The moose outside shoulda told ya! ;)
CLARK?
azzo45 6:11PM (8/20/2008)
Yes! The Truckster from the Vacation movie LIVES!!!
UGH! :( :( :(
tanooki2003 10:05AM (8/21/2008)
ROFTL @ Seoultrain
+5 points for the morning laughter I needed.
clicketyclack 4:34PM (8/20/2008)
I wouldn't even let them bury me in that horrendous looking thing.
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Grant 4:38PM (8/20/2008)
Wouldn't the last wood-paneled vehicle to roll off assembly lines be the '93 Wagoneer? (The warmed-over Grand Cherokee version) Actually, wasn't the Buick Roadmaster wagon available with wood until '96?
Agreed, that Flex is hideous.
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drock 4:43PM (8/20/2008)
Unique!? Isn't that code for U.G.L.Y!!!?
SPG 4:48PM (8/20/2008)
Grant, you beat me too it.
However, the PT Cruiser was available with a factory faux wood package for a couple of years which I believe would make it the last factory faux wood sided vehicle.
Torrent 4:41PM (8/20/2008)
No. It's absolutely destroyed.
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Kumail 4:50PM (8/20/2008)
+1, nuff said
Kbps 4:41PM (8/20/2008)
ugh, enough with the wood paneling make it stop!!!
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qwp0983 4:42PM (8/20/2008)
so the 1991-1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon doesn't count?
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Allan 4:43PM (8/20/2008)
Ya.... that helped....
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Adam 4:45PM (8/20/2008)
For the love of Christ...
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Polly Prissy Pants 4:46PM (8/20/2008)
Wow, paint that thing green and it'd look just like the neighbors Country Squire they had back in '73. One look at this monstrosity is giving me the anti-woody treatment.
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clicketyclack 5:52PM (8/20/2008)
They could paint it pea green and drive it to Walley World.
tanooki2003 10:11AM (8/21/2008)
ROFTL @ clicketyclack
You guys are slaying me hard.
HAHAHA
Peter 4:47PM (8/20/2008)
I like the Ford Flex, nice retro style of the old wagons but the woody version is awful. The woody original was great but any tacked on plastic or real wood version just wont work. The woody was made to be from wood and was a seperate design menat for it, thats the way it works.
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SPG 4:53PM (8/20/2008)
I had not thought of this.
With the brushed aluminum panel and with better faux wood panneling this could look like a pretty neat retro ride.
However I think this car should of been in a white or a cream colour (never said that before) with some retro style wheels and perhaps a retro style roof would it look good.
The crisp black with the modern alloy wheels give it a conflicted look.
P.S. my favorite woodgrain sided wagon, the very silly but cool 80's Lebaron Town and Country Turbo.
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