Our twin girls were about a year and a half when they named my '65 Ford pickup, they started calling the truck "SPOT". We had driven to Brenda's parents house and the girls wanted to get out off the truck and play in the bed so I let them and as they stood up against the cab and pointed forward and saying spot and I said yes, spot. at this point I climbed up in the bed myself to get their overnight bag out as they were spending the night with their grandparents and about this time it occurred to me the reason behind the name spot, several years before I got the truck a Motorola radio had been installed and a small hole had been drilled in the roof, the truck was black and the hole had been filled and red primer had been used to touch it up, hence the name "SPOT" . HRP
My wife calls my Merc old rust,. We were at the 2009 Sacramento Autorama Merc Gathering and parked on the other side of the display my merc was in was another Merc called Gold Rush. So she said here's Old Rust and here's Gold Rust. Originally my Merc was called Old Shasta by the original owner back in the 50s.Here's an article on how Phil came up with name Shasta.
Hello, As a teenager we saw plenty of custom cars in the local shows. My 58 Impala was as close to a show prep car as could be and it took a lot of time keeping it pristine. But, it was always a funny point when some of my friends knew the Impala was fast, yet they had things to say about the car. They gave those teenage comments so prevalent in the gatherings on Friday/Saturday nights at the local drive-in restaurant parking lot. But, they whizzed over my head, with no backlash to them other than a nice smile as in “you a$$....” It was labeled by some teens as “The Imp.” No, not short for Impala, but “the impossible” races against those newish 335 to 350 hp motors with 4 speeds in the new 59 impalas. Prior to the 409’s showing up in 60-61. There were some higher horsepower impalas at the drags and were Los Angeles based. But, we never raced them in any cl***es since they were S/S and we were in A/Stock. On the street, there were no insignias on the windows and but we all knew who had what. Giving up 35-50 hp was not going to be fun so it was never a contest for any races. But, those idiots with nothing else going for them continued to use the term until they eventually left the area. The young teenager who bought my Impala in 1965 was a great kid. He did not care who said what and was a cool kid but if pushed too far, it would not be nice to the others. Luckily, the term “imp” fell by the wayside and all was good. Jnaki When my wife and I got the urge to buy and modify an old hot rod for our coastal adventures and business, it took a while. Eventually, we got the 327 powered 40 Ford Sedan Delivery modified and safe for driving daily, as well as on longer road trips. The handling, safety items and feel of the 327 sedan delivery was so nice that my wife always had first choice to drive it anywhere, anytime. So, the term “The 40” was nick-named by her as she picked up the keys and walked out of the door to get in the sedan delivery for whatever she had planned for that day. What was heard mostly: “I’m taking, [The 40] for the day." There were some days I had to take the old Corvair on a photo shoot, because the sedan delivery was gone. The only car we owned that had A/C was the 327 powered sedan delivery, so that may have been one reason for her to drive it everywhere. YRMV The 40
This past weekend one of mine got his name lettered on the trunk lid! "Stubby" for obvious reasons. God Bless Bill https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/
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