I know lot's of people give their cars names. I have never named my cars, but then again, they aren't show quality. I think if you have some show level custom or rod, then naming you car helps market it. But what about the everyday greasers like me that name their cars? I get asked all the time, "what's your cars name?" I usually reply with, "huh?" or "green car" or "red car," etc. But I do find it intriguing. I probably won't name my car, but that's just me, I try not to get that attached to them. I have nothing against it, in fact, some are really funny or cool. But what about you? Does your car have a name? If so, what type of car is it and how did you arrive at the name?
My wife...Happy MY dog... Baxter The cat... Dip**** My Johnson....well...it's like the car WTF? Never saw the point....Unless it's broke down...THEN its just a POS that doesn't run!!!! BUT, for the record....my computer is known as Precious...ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!
My wife named all of my cars. Piece of **** Pile of **** Old turd ****ty thing Money pit Ugly old thing Smells so bad The leaky one And then (after hearing one of my wifes comments) my 8 year old named one. ****ty ****ty bang bang
Two of my cars have names. But I didn't name them, a close friend did and it just caught on. My '64 Ford is named Ellwood because he's the sort of barebones, no options ride a bible thumpin' Baptist preacher named Ellwood, Elmer, Horace or somesuch would've bought new back then. My mildly rodded '79 T-Bird...not traditional, but a car I've owned and loved for 10 years is named ***** Blue because she's powder blue and I'm a..... Jan
I don't trust anyone who don't have a nickname for their car. If they don't they aren't that attached and just see it as a pile of parts or perhaps something they can sell for cash later. It's just a damn car to them. It's hard to explain and hard to argue, they just don't get it. Slick got his name cause the first thing my pop said was "Hey thats pretty Slick". It just stuck. Now everybody ask is Slick done? Are we taking Slick or mine? He's part of the family and with miles and years of memiories ahead I couldn't see him not having a name...... Ten years from now....Remember when we drove that ole truck to Mexico? Or remember when we all piled into Slick and went to Mexico? To me the later seems better.
I've named just about every car I've owned, well the ones with character (i.e., every one). The '72 Skylark was the Kramer Car, it looked like something Kramer would drive, with golf pants and smokin' stogies. The '56 Olds was Maybelline, for the Chuck Berry tune in my head when I first limped 'er home on 7 cylinders. The Stanza was the Daytripper, after having to hitchhike from inland from Garberville (South Humboldt) to get to it. My '57 F-100 is Champ, for when it runs like a champ. The Volvo is the Swede (obviously).
i used to have a '54 chevy... it looked really pretty, had a great body... but was an unreliable bucket of bolts that would give up at any old time, cost me tons of money, never worked right, and i was sure it would run off with anyone (igntion lock was busted). named it "Erika"... after my ex... other than that, have never named a car. as much as i care for my cars and bikes... in the end, they're just material objects.
My 1980 thunderbird is the t-***** 'cause shes a f'n cun.... yeah but I love her The Zephyr is called 'the zephyr bwahahaa' by my friends.. I call her Maria after the 70-80 year old lady I bought it off of who was smiling from ear to ear when I said I was going to fix up her old car and drive it again, and i'll never forget that. None of the other cars i've ever owned have stuck around more than a few months so no names for them.
My daily driver was named by some friends that got a taste of how much power it has...Name: " Blue Bayou"... cause it's a blue '92 Dodge Ram 250 with a hopped up ***mins Turbo Diesel, and it's sorta "redneck" lookin. I guess it fits. My '54 Ford's name is: "my car" or "****box" or "the chato cruiser". I dunno if thats a name, but I thought I'd contribute.
All my stuff seems to end up with a name. Generally not made by me. The wife has named all our cars exept the current daily driver (it's too new, unmoderfied and has no soul) and we both hate it. Gracie for my 59 ford sedan Lucy for her Chrysler Royal Elroy for her 68 vesper the 28 is yet to get a name as it's still in bits Our last daily ( 92 SS Commadore with cam and other mods that where not at all practicle on a everyday street driven car) she called Bruce cause she thought it had balls and was a bit of a bruiser.
I named my '49 Ford Aunt Bee. When I picked it up it was old, faded and, well the body style can be described as "plump". Just kind of fit. The '50 truck I just sold was named Lamont. If you'd have seen it you'd understand. "You make me wish birth control was retroactive!" : Fred Sanford to Aunt Ester
My car is from Virginia originally...still has her 1975 Virginia front license plate, and a couple of faded old travel stickers on one quarter window from various Eastern Seabord states, including Virginia. DirtyT declared that the car's name should be "Virginia", and thus she was christened!
I got a black 65 ford truck that my kids named SPOT about 25 years ago when they were in the bed of the truck and noticed a filled in 2-way radio hole in the roof with a red primer,,,,the name stuck,,,,,,, Even a few of my friends ask from time to time have I still got Spot?is Spot running again?,,,do I wanna sell Spot? Allways the same answer,,,Spot is a member of the family After I get the Rach Wagon finished,,,Spots next! HRP
I named my two project cars, My 4 door 51 chevy is Lobuck, because everytime I need to do something it has to be on the cheap (got a wife and kid!!) My 51 parts hauler is doghouse, two reasons, one when I bought lobuck and doghouse that is where I was for a week or so and second because that is about all it is good to use for!
'Jeepers Creepers'-because it's a big white ghostly lookin' 1962 Impala with coffin tuck interior. I always wanted a monster mobile, so JC will have to do for now...
When I bought my yellow '47 coupe, the po told me it was the top banana. I thought it was kind of funny so it stuck. I was even thinking of pinstriping it on the decklid real small in the corner. My old girlfriend used to call my (gasp!) '67 mustang the nickmobile. (I'm Nick) It kinda stuck even if she didn't. She also called my pickup the nickmotruck or some ****, but I thought that was gay, I just call it the old stepside. My dad's A coupe used to be the chicken coope (with the e backwards and a crazy chicken on the truck corner) in the '60s. But now everyone's coupe is the chicken coupe, so it's Burtha. I don't know why. His '51 victoria is the cruizemobile, after those little emblems with the slick custom car on the door panels.
Mine all get the same names..... "You worthless pile of ****- START, dammit!!!" and then 15 minutes later........ "C'mon, baby, PLEASE start- please!"
'64 Cutl*** = Dead Baby Red. A car's name isn't something you give it, it's something the car earns on it's own.
'69 Ford Econoline (ex-sears delivery van) : The Lungfish, because it was this prehistoric aberration that shouldn't have survived (lots of spraypaint and primer, guages didn't work, beat up cop magnet) '60 Opel 4 door sedan: The Glupenschlaagen because all the guages and stuff were written in german. '98 S-10 : The Squeakmobile because of a coilspring that won't stop squeaking after I cut it down. 78 Toyota celica: The Eastside Creeper because it was totally illegal and I had to drive all backroads. so many junk cars I can't remember... I think that you have to wait and see its personality before you can name it. I'm working on '50 Chebby that has yet to reveal its true nature, but the previous owner had named it Clairalexa... ???? He was one of them Lawnmower Men. .
I name all of my vehicles... My beetle is named Gidget, cause she's all sushine yellow and perky My Bajaj Scooter is named Midge (she's also yellow and perky) My Lambretta scooter is named Joe (my friend Joe died from cancer and this was his scooter) My Allstate is named Betty, but I gave her to my hubby, so she'll probably be nameless soon and My car is named Faye the Chevrolet... I thought it had a bit of a Hollywood starlet sort of ring to it. It suits her... I think you have to name a car so you can talk to it. If you don't talk to your car, there's something wrong with you. Stacey
The Plymouth is ...... Vicky The Valiant....kinda popped into our head's the day we dragged her out from her 18 year hibernation...it was a victory...so...Victory....Vicky...It kinda makes sense!! Dave
Mine have names The '46, The Chicken, The secret "project that shall not be spoken of" GF calls the 52 Ford I have "chicken". It's because a friend of ours had A.D.D. he's talking, he loses track of what he's talking about. When he realizes it, he says smiles and says "Oh look, there's a chicken", letting us know, he knows. Because I started it after the 46 and now I have 2 unfinshed cars, the '52 is my "chicken".
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