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<span>\u00b7<\/span> Gold Coast<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/header>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"wrap\">\r\n <article>\r\n <p class=\"lead\">For more than half a century, one question could start an argument in any Australian garage, pub or family kitchen: Holden or Ford? It wasn't just about cars. It was about loyalty, identity, and which badge you'd defend to the end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"specs\">\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">1960s<\/span><span class=\"l\">Battle Begins<\/span><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">Bathurst<\/span><span class=\"l\">The Battlefield<\/span><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">Lion<\/span><span class=\"l\">vs Blue Oval<\/span><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">2 Tribes<\/span><span class=\"l\">One Nation<\/span><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <p>The rivalry caught fire in the 1960s, when both manufacturers realised that winning on the racetrack meant winning in the showroom. Holden had the heartland behind it \u2014 the people's car, the Aussie battler's choice. Ford answered with raw performance and a Falcon that refused to back down. Suddenly every Australian had a side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <h2>More Than Metal<\/h2>\r\n <p>What made this rivalry so fierce is that it was inherited. You didn't choose Holden or Ford so much as you were <strong>born into it<\/strong>. Your dad's badge became your badge. Backyard arguments were passed down like family heirlooms, and the cars became symbols of something bigger than horsepower.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"pull\">\"You were born into it. Your dad's badge became your badge \u2014 and you defended it like family.\"<\/div>\r\n\r\n <h2>The Cars That Carried It<\/h2>\r\n <p>Behind every heated debate were genuine icons: Monaros and Toranas flying the Holden flag, Falcon GTs carrying the blue oval into battle. Those cars didn't just compete \u2014 they defined an entire era of Australian engineering and pride. And the best part? You can stand between both camps in a single afternoon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cta\">\r\n <h3>See Both Camps Under One Roof<\/h3>\r\n <p>Holden and Ford legends, side by side, just minutes from Surfers Paradise.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"tickets\">\r\n <div class=\"ticket\"><div class=\"t\">Adult<\/div><div class=\"p\">$20<\/div><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"ticket\"><div class=\"t\">Couple<\/div><div class=\"p\">$35<\/div><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"ticket\"><div class=\"t\">Family<\/div><div class=\"p\">$40<\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/product-category\/tickets\/\">Book Your Tickets<\/a>\r\n <div class=\"fine\">76 Bundall Road, Bundall QLD 4217 \u00b7 Open on the Gold Coast<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <footer>\r\n <div class=\"brand\">Muscle Car Museum<\/div>\r\n <div>A Tribute to Aussie Horsepower \u00b7 Gold Coast<\/div>\r\n <div style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/\">musclecarmuseum.com.au<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/footer>\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why the Holden vs Ford Rivalry Still Matters in 2026 | Muscle Car Museum Week 2 \u00b7 Holden vs Ford Why the Rivalry Still Matters in 2026 The Legend Outlived the Factories \u00b7 Gold Coast Here’s the strange thing about the greatest rivalry in Australian motoring: both sides have stopped building cars here. Ford ended …<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/the-rivalry-that-divided-a-nation\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Rivalry That Divided a Nation<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_canvas","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-2-holden-vs-ford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3273,"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions\/3273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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<span>\u00b7<\/span> Gold Coast<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/header>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"wrap\">\r\n <article>\r\n <p class=\"lead\">For more than half a century, one question could start an argument in any Australian garage, pub or family kitchen: Holden or Ford? It wasn't just about cars. It was about loyalty, identity, and which badge you'd defend to the end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"specs\">\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">1960s<\/span><span class=\"l\">Battle Begins<\/span><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">Bathurst<\/span><span class=\"l\">The Battlefield<\/span><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">Lion<\/span><span class=\"l\">vs Blue Oval<\/span><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"spec\"><span class=\"n\">2 Tribes<\/span><span class=\"l\">One Nation<\/span><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <p>The rivalry caught fire in the 1960s, when both manufacturers realised that winning on the racetrack meant winning in the showroom. Holden had the heartland behind it \u2014 the people's car, the Aussie battler's choice. Ford answered with raw performance and a Falcon that refused to back down. Suddenly every Australian had a side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <h2>More Than Metal<\/h2>\r\n <p>What made this rivalry so fierce is that it was inherited. You didn't choose Holden or Ford so much as you were <strong>born into it<\/strong>. Your dad's badge became your badge. Backyard arguments were passed down like family heirlooms, and the cars became symbols of something bigger than horsepower.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"pull\">\"You were born into it. Your dad's badge became your badge \u2014 and you defended it like family.\"<\/div>\r\n\r\n <h2>The Cars That Carried It<\/h2>\r\n <p>Behind every heated debate were genuine icons: Monaros and Toranas flying the Holden flag, Falcon GTs carrying the blue oval into battle. Those cars didn't just compete \u2014 they defined an entire era of Australian engineering and pride. And the best part? You can stand between both camps in a single afternoon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cta\">\r\n <h3>See Both Camps Under One Roof<\/h3>\r\n <p>Holden and Ford legends, side by side, just minutes from Surfers Paradise.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"tickets\">\r\n <div class=\"ticket\"><div class=\"t\">Adult<\/div><div class=\"p\">$20<\/div><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"ticket\"><div class=\"t\">Couple<\/div><div class=\"p\">$35<\/div><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"ticket\"><div class=\"t\">Family<\/div><div class=\"p\">$40<\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/index.php\/product-category\/tickets\/\">Book Your Tickets<\/a>\r\n <div class=\"fine\">76 Bundall Road, Bundall QLD 4217 \u00b7 Open on the Gold Coast<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <footer>\r\n <div class=\"brand\">Muscle Car Museum<\/div>\r\n <div>A Tribute to Aussie Horsepower \u00b7 Gold Coast<\/div>\r\n <div style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musclecarmuseum.com.au\/\">musclecarmuseum.com.au<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/footer>\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why the Holden vs Ford Rivalry Still Matters in 2026 | Muscle Car Museum Week 2 \u00b7 Holden vs Ford Why the Rivalry Still Matters in 2026 The Legend Outlived the Factories \u00b7 Gold Coast Here’s the strange thing about the greatest rivalry in Australian motoring: both sides have stopped building cars here. 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