Guest imported_SKYSTHELIMIT Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 A continuation of what were they thinking.We have heard plenty of stupid car manufacturers names but what names do some of you call your cherrished rides. I know that some of you had to come up with some good ones. Don't forget to put the year, make and model with the name you've givin to your car.Mine are......EDD - 1970 Buick Skylark / EDD is short for enjoyable daily driver but isn't used as a dd anymore so I guess it needs a new name now. Maybe I'll go back to the original name Skysthelimit. Bumpin Burban - 1985 GMC Suburban 2500 <span style="font-weight: bold">CLASSIC</span> / Ok without getting into the classic thing the name of my truck came from my friends who called it that due to the insanely loud stereo system I have in it.Pheonix - 2003 Ford F-450 modified street sweeper / It's just simply named after the reflective flame design that starts at the front of the truck as a pheonix head and branches out into flames down the entire side of the truck.SEE ATTACHMENT for pic of reflective pheonix design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Wicked flame job Sky! The two early 1960's drag cars I have both had names. The Lyndwood rail was called "Alley Oop" after the song about the cartoon caveman comic strip. The "U.S.MULE II" won its class at the US NATIONALS in INDY in 1965, guess this name came about from its ability to kick ass where ever it ran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Ditto on the wild flame job, Sky. Had an '80 Chevy wagon with a transplanted Z28 motor. Sucker would go like stink, called her the "Grocery Getter". Present '90 Caprice "tagged" "Blue Bomber". Had a heck of a time getting DMV to give it to me, then the mad snipers got caught in a blue '90 Caprice...go figure! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Boudway Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Let me introduce you to "The Roach".It's a 1920 Packard Twin Six that will donate some parts for our long term restoration project.It was named by a collector who was familiar with it's "life" on the west coast before the previous owner decided that it was an upside down financial deal to restore it. Bill Boudway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Boy, I thought I was the only nut on this forum.. My Metropolitan is "Pee Wee"My Invicta is "Vic"and my Skylark is "Goldelark" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 The Toronado has been known by "T.Rex" as long as I've owned it. The wagon is the "Gray Ghost" and I usually refer to the Hurst/Olds as simply "the Pace Car".What I call the others depends a lot on what I am having to fix at the time! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52deluxe Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 my 1970 dodge d200 crewcab is just known as "the beast" around here. i did not name it myself, its just one of those names that it picked up at one of the shows and stuck. i also have a 1952 packard but it has not found its name yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_PackardV8 Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I never thot to nickname any of my vehicles. But i suppose if i did then the 56 Packard would be called Penellope. Christenes' meaner sister. OR, maybe Jezebelle????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordee9r (Ron Springstead) Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 My first old car was a 1949 Ford Custom 4DSD that became named "Christine" because I became obsessed with her. The current eye of my affection is our 1937 Chrysler Royal C-16 Sedan which we call "Percy". Ever wonder what the "P" stands for in Walter P. Chrysler? The names of our other vehicles are numerous and would probably be censored out here. I'll take the old iron over the new crap any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Guy Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I ran a Model T roadster pickup with a Cadillac engine back in the late fiftites. It was school bus yellow,and was called the " Hairy Canary" . My 40 Buick convert has been called" old Yeller" since the rebuild in 1988. Before that it was " Old Blue" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 To add some friends' "affectionate" names- One guy has a 64 Grand Prix he calls "The Chief" and another had a 64 Imperial named "Milburn" (as in Drysdale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6219_Rules Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Wonderful thread, guys. I have always named my cars...its a family thing I guess. My current ones are The Flying Dutchman or Dutch for the '47 Cadillac, and Tiffany for the '77 Eldo Biarritz ( as in Breakfast at Tiffany's...I think of Audery everytime I see that gold paint). And my 1981 Chevy C10 is George, as in Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men", because he is simple, tough as nails and reliable. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Ya can't go wrong with flames! My '64 Amphicar (pic below) came to be known as "The Amphicar Extraordinaire". I don't know how that came about. My 1st Amphicar was estimated to take 3 years to complete, so I named it "The Minnow". It was a play on the 3 hour tour of the Minnow on Gilligan's island. Another one still had the original advertisement painted on both sides for the restaurant it lived at in Ill. It is still known as "The Butler Car" for Butlers Supper club which is still in business in Mapleton, Il. (see attachment)I am finishing up the restoration of another Amphicar. It is the highest known SN in existince. As it was very late production, it has a lot of oddball, one of a kind factory differences. It is known as "Wierd Harold" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Hey John. Weird Harold? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I love it. Hey what's that shiny spot over your head in the photo? Oh, never mind, my wife says I have one of them too. I call it my love spot! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> No! No! John. I mean I'd "love" to have more hair! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_SKYSTHELIMIT Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I love the snow tires on that Amphicar. However it looks like it would be a little chilly to go dashing through the snow even with the top up. My original idea for the truck was to have a tornado drawn cartoonish like with eyes and arms picking up paper, cups, cars, and hot chicks up off a parking lot but we came up with the Phoenix design instead. The Phoenix was also suspose to have green in the flames with it which realy looked great but it got down sized to just two colors. Looking now at the three color scheme I realy wish we would have gone with that now instead of getting cheap on the design.For all the rest of you keep these car names coming. This thread is getting very interesting with all these cool car names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanK Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 When we first started dating my husband was driving a beat up old station wagon he had picked up cheap post-divorce. He called it the Leopard because it had so many spots. Our '37 Buick was dubbed the Big Buick years ago by our youngest son and the name has stuck. (Not terribly creative, I know, but the car does look huge to a small child.) No name for the '64 Rambler yet. I'll have to give it some thought.Jan K.Wis Region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_56BuickSuper Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Well, when we first got the 56' Bucik Super we named her BOB, Big Old Buick. After completing all the work the name stayed the same, but with a new meaning. Beautyful Old Buick.The 71' Charger is named DOC, Dan's Old Charger, seemed fitting. The 92' GMC was named at the fatory, Jimmy!Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 I haven't named every car I've ever owned, but some of them have nick-names...1941 De Soto De Luxe: "Ol' 41", "Blackie"(yes, it's black (and rust )).1948 Chrysler NYer: "The Flying Dutchman" (Ghost ship, also Wagner opera)1948 International KB-2: "The Cornbinder" (agrarian humor)1950 Chevrolet Fleetline: "The Turtle" ( my buddy named it...)1954 Chevrolet 3/4 ton PU: "Old Grandad" (my grandfather's truck)1961 Willys Pickup: "Little Willy", "Eugene" (after Popeye)1962 Ford Falcon: "the Thunder-sparrow"; the "Millenium Falcon" (high-school wheels, high-school wit.)1963 M-B 220 Sb: "Fafnir" (Giant-turned dragon in Wagner's Ring das Nibelungen)1964 Valiant Convertible: "Prince Valiant" (comic strip)1993 Ford Escort GT: "Excort" (urban malapropism)These are the ones that got nicknames of any permanance...I have more than a few names for my wife's 2000 VW Beetle (especially after recently replacing the battery - oh what a joy!), but we won't go there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Oh, and from Dad's family (growing up in Elkridge, MD in the 1930's):1930 Chevrolet standard coupe: "The Bug" (before any KDF wagens even hit the clay-mock-up stage...) - this was the family work-horse that most of the 16 McMullen kids learned to drive in... Dad had it from 1947-49 while in high school, and its last know location was in Florida with an aunt in the early 1960s, still going.1929 Packard eight-passenger sedan: "The Bus" (I guess it reminded my Grandmother of the 1920's "Parlor Coaches"...they day it came home with two of my uncles, her remark to my Grandfather was: "The boys bought a bus today..." the name stuck...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Green Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Not all have been named but the ones that are:55 Pontiac (green & yellow) is called the "squash".67 Amphicar is called "Regan" after the girl on the exorcise however a friend walked by it the other day and called it "the turd" so it might have 2 names.97 Chevy Centurion truck is called "the black truck". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48LCCOUPE Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 No matter what car I have had, I end up calling them basically by the same names especially when working on them, for example"You dirty son of a _________.You piece of _____.You rotten _________.I hope the guy that designed you has all his children born naked!!You No Good dirty rotten piece of ________________(used on special occassions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_SKYSTHELIMIT Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 LOL ! I'm sure that everyone here has called their cars those names at one time or another. I'm also sure I'll bet that some peoples cars were called all those names at once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 You mean like Ralphie's dad in "A Christmas Story"...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceW Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 1931 Ford Deluxe Tudor - "Dock" Because that is the first name of our dear elderly friend and fellow club member that owned the car for 40 years (second owner) and made it possible for us to buy it.1957 Chevrolet Pickup - "Pesky Little Pickup" Name was given by members of our region because on our first ever club tour it gave us so much trouble that the trip turned into a nightmare for me. Luckily I changed my mind and stayed in the club The 1935 Ford pickup isn't far enough along in its restoration to be given a name.. however when the time comes, I may call it "Edgar", the name of my grandfather that drove the truck since it was new and, by giving it to me..started me in a great hobby and eventually lead to membership in the AACA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Apparently, I have a really weird name for the '41 Century...I call it "The Buick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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