Having been around the HAMB for awhile now I've noticed some very cool and unique names you guys call yer cars. I've had mine for several years now and have always referred to it as "The Hotrod" but I think it's time for a real name. Some inspiration please? Let's hear what you call yers and why.. .....any suggestions? sorry if this is a repeat...I did a search and didn't find anything. If so, could you gimme the link?
My truck is "newer" in the sense that it is an '89, and I call him "Fred." The nickname Fred comes from the affectionate term we referred to the C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft when I was in the USAF. My truck is an extended cab longbed, and is big, long, and lumbering - very similar to the C-5. They also say that the C-5 is the perfect aircraft as well - it can bend, kneel, and take it from both ends - at the same time! My '29 Model A Roadster pickup has always been referred to as "The A", "The baby," or just straight up "The Model A." The other's haven't developed enough of a personality yet to be named.
I call my Blue '40 GMC "Blue Truck." I only name my sculptures for cataloging purposes, but think "Carved Stone #57" just sounds lazy. If my Elky ends up a '60's style custom I'll probably name it just because it was part of the 60' custom style to do so.
I call my '51 "Molly" or the "evil one" depending on the mood. The name Molly came about last year while camping at Santa Margarita Lake for the Paso Robles car show. There were these girls camping next to us looking for there lost friend "Molly" late at night. One of the girls says that the last time she saw Molly before she went missing was next to the "evil one"....
There's nothing better than a car or truck that is "named by committee". Someone call Kirk & Tingler. JH
"Sweet Thang" after a little known tune from the 60's of the same name by Nat Stuckey that my dad liked. "Well has anybody here seen my Sweet Thang?...." is part of the bridge. You can see her in 1969 form on the avatar. She will resume displaying the name when I complete the rebuild & paint. Chad
I had a yellow vega wagon when I was about 17, my friends called it (Herbert the lemon) sort of making fun of it, but they didnt mind me hauling there *** around in it.
My only car with a name is Lulubelle, a '54 Dodge pickup. By the way... did the '***dumpster name ever stick? -bill
well, mine is far from done but, ive named mine "the green *******" for a few reasons, one it will be green, and i used to have a **** box that i called that but i put it into a guard rail one night when i "took a nap" behind the wheel, so i thought i would carry on the name. The name comes from a canadian tv character and i always liked the sound of it.
I think sometimes it's "The Money Pit".. really tho'....just "the sedan" versus the wife's "the roadster"
My 83 Dodge drag car is "The Dirty Sanchez" and my pickup is "The F-Bomb" (named well before the Hot Rod camaro by the same name) due to all the times that piece of **** makes me drop the f-bomb.
My ex wife had a Nissan named Amanda. Had it on the lic plate, said if she heard someone calling her Amanda, she knew they were a stranger and she'd ignore em. I still call the 74 Nova "Stinky", even tho last year my wife rebuilt the 350 V8 after the first one got us 305,000 miles. (burned oil). The '86 Burb I call "Big Whitey" The '50 Burb we call "The 50" Who knows if I'll ever name the '29 Sedan.... I don't think you can name them until they're almost done.
Chuck Berry did time for tax evasion in Lompoc. After he was released, he had to do some community service gigs. His first was at the Hollywood Palladium. We rolled to the show in my black 60 Caddie...bad mufflers, no hubcaps, in need of bodywork and marginal brakes that night. It was me, my brother Patrick and friend Joseph and my date, a loose blond (who was also my boss)...and a bottle of Bushmills. I don't know how we got home that night, my brother had to step over me and my boss in the hallway, where we p***ed out after ******* wildly...Patrick was just waking up after sleeping at the curb in the car. I had a bar tab in my sock for a bar somewhere in Hollywood...we think Joseph drove...but we're not sure to this day. Memories of that night came back dimly later. I guess we got chased out of the Hollywood bar, the waitress, (my date's sister), told us we better run...take the tab...just go! That was the night that my Caddie became Maybelline. We figured she drove us home. It was in the late 70's or early 80's and I still have her...the car that is...I can't remember my dates name to save my life, but I've still got Maybelline...if she could talk, I'd tell her to shut up! I built a bike in her trunk and named her Nadine. Moral of the story? Chuck Berry songs make great vehicle names. Oh yeah! Don't drink and drive! You could get your boss pregnant!
My '34 didn't have a name until I read last months Hot Rod Mag. There was a comment in one of the stories of how Grey Baskerville was turned away from the GNRS because he had driven his roadsetr there in the rain and when he cleaned it up "they " noticed the primer spot on the fender and turned him away. He started refering to unfinished cars as "Prime Evils" So that's it my coupe is now going to be lettered with "Prime Evil".
My 55 Cadillac Series 62 was "Trixie Lee" Our 53 Plymouth Belvedere is "Belle" and I have to name the 46 Ford coupe....
This post makes me grin...........makes me remember old beaters I drove that always had a name. 63 fairlane....was feefee. I even painted a yellow bulb on each door. Not sure why I did. Remember fords ads with the light bulb? I still do stupid sh**t but when I look back I see how stupid I really was. 64 chrysler.......was called Clyde. 413 big old boat. Brakes went out on my wife and she poled it in a gas station. This was back in the mid 70,s. Now days I have the Lo1 and the rest are just what they are. Steve
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