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I was thinking about doing this thread anyways , but then i saw techs post in the 57 thread, and he had stated that people named their cars back then, so my ? is do you guys name your cars? my wife always names her cars, is this common? Ihave named the merc beatrice, i thought it was fitting, how about you guys, have any names?
My 390 powered 61 Falcon with a tube front axle, etc, etc, etc, was named "Grandpa's Toy".
Oh sure, my Ex named all of my cars. They were all called "THAT D*** CAR." :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: She had other names too, but I don't have enough asterisks to post some of those. :eek: :eek:
Don
Good one, Don.:LOL: :HMMM: :LOL:
You mean, "That piece of junk", and P.O.S. doesn't fit? Name it, it's been used before.
I named my '68 Suburban "Louie" in honor of Louis Chevrolet. It's kind of funny now, that almost 30 years later, they still call it "Louie". :-)
BTW, It's 4 sale. (sigh)
Naming cars was a big thing when I was in high school. The two that I remember most was a '51/'52 Chevy named the "Grey Ghost" and a '54 Chevy with the character leaning on the lamppost twirling a watch chain from Mad magazine painted in the lower right hand corner of the trunk lid. The guy named it T#*t Twiddler. :3dSMILE:
Ken, do you remember the "Golden Fang" Chevy?
We had a '55 Pontiac 2-door post running around......no front bumper (as was the style).....flat black..... and on the trunk was "Beaver Patrol #1". LOL!
It rings a bell, but I can't place the car or the owner.Quote:
Originally Posted by techinspector1
I know you remember "The Grey Ghost". It's the car you beat out on the one finished sectioned of I-70 in the Lark before you missed 2nd gear racing the '57 Chevy. :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:
I was thinking about naming the Merc I'm working on now----anybody have any good ideas?
:LOL: I don't know about the Merc, Dave, but I think I'm going to paint "Money Pit" on the tailgate of the F-100. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
Back in the 50's and 60's, a lot of guys named their everyday drivers. Copying the racers, I guess.
My '52 Chevy with a Corvette 6 cyl was "Poison Ivy" until I got rid of the ugly green and painted it blue. Yeah, corny, I know . . . but I was sixteen. When it went blue, it went nameless.
"God of Speed"? (It is a Mercury) :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Do you have a picture, or can you describe it? If it's the '49 you have, it might be fun to use a '50s or '60s song title that fit's the cars personality. Lead sled?....performance car?.....contemporary style build?.....what color and wheels?
Dave (conswaylow) rings a bell but you can spell it how you like cause i can't spell it LOL.
constucted way low
the nova's name is "freddy" as in fred flintstone, one of the many novas dad used to own had a rotted floorboard <nova issue!> and a friend noted that hey its like fred flintstones car!
All our cars are named, the Cobra's "Redneck", 'cos that's what I am, that's what you get when you drive it, and it's painted red!
The Morris Minor is called "Rikki Tikki Tavi", from Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Books", Rikki Tikki Tavi was the mongoose that killed the cobra,and;
"Sweet Gypsy Rose" is what we call the '47, named from a song that was popular years ago. It's our cruiser, and has been the length and breadth of New Zealand, (hence "Gypsy") and we built it for She Who Must Be Obeyed, whose parents always called her "Rose". (Perhaps they called her that 'cos that's what they named her!)
Consuelo......
I owned a '62 Dodge panel for a few years and sold it to an old friend who also kept it for a few years. It was then acquired by the guy who signs "Aster" on this forum. Its paint was a sort of sea-sick green.
Owing to to that woeful color, this treasure has proudly carried the name "The Green Latrine" for almost forty years.
By the way, Rick (Aster), where you been lately? Check in and give us a report on the "A" coupe and the truck.
Jim
My uncle had a 64 galaxie with the 427 that was black on black, they called it the black rocket. I have been mulling over names for the 51 effie. Part of it I guess will depend on the color scheme we go with. I suggest orange and purple and calling it purple haze. that went over like a lead balloon.
after spending time over in the Philippines my uncle might go for Sweet Bibingka (a sweet cake but slang for.....) or something else along those lines.
We'll see, he's getting back sooner than I thought so I'll be talking to him about it soon.
Red
After spending all the money on my two, my wife suggest that I should give them kids names so I could claim a deduction on my tax return for them. But unfortunately, SSA wouldn't issue a SSN for them. :( :(
My wife always refers to the 34 as "your baby", but I don't call it that. The only name I ever liked was already in use by a fellow rodder and that was "Uncomfortably Numb".:LOL: :LOL:
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" Rat Killer "
It's a an Elephant (Hemi) stepping on a Rat (Chevy). (Ignore my reflection)
Jack
Name her Stephanie, then you could paint "Steffie Effie" on her.....:LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dago Red
I wrote down some song names, just in case you are doing a nostalgic build.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
"Blue Moon"
"Peggy Sue"
"Suzie Q"
"LaBamba"
"Rebel Rouser"
"Chantilly Lace"
"Maybelline"
"Earth Angel"
"Shake Rattle & Roll"
MERC 101Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
Jack
38 Chevy Street Rod --named by my wife "Roxie" after the saucy blond lead in Chicago--Roxie Hart. The car is a 4 dr humpback and looks Chicago era.
57 Chevy Bel Air hardtop. I named her "Peggy Sue" after one of the top 10 in 57.
1938 Mercedes 170V Cab A named "Liebchen" for "little sweetheart" in German.
I once had a 1966 Comet known as "Rusty",.... I also had a 1968 Cougar when I worked at Gratiot Auto Supply in the 70's, there was something wrong with the charging system, after a new battery, alternator, voltage regulator,... Etc., I still needed a boost most of the time to get it started, so the car was affectionately known as "TRAMP",.... because it had been "jumped" by almost every car in town. Than there was the "Poison Dart" and my buddy's 51 Buick full custom project dubbed "Large Marge" ,......... The list is long and very unbecoming.
Well My Harley Ive owned for 23+ years is Ernestine, named after my buddie's 600lb Porker.
grand daughter bought me personalized tag for the 66 it says"Papa's Hotrod", But I call it many things....mainly@#*^&*@#!!!!!!! Heeehehehehe
wife has a few choice names too..... death trap! is just one of many Nicer ones....:D
I have been told by some of my wifes friends that when they ask her where I am she says, He's with "the other woman".
After having cancer surgery last year, my buddy called me and said...you always wanted a Cobra, it's time to buy one. I bought a Superformance and love it. We call her Lili. If you've ever seen Blazing Saddles, you may recall Hedley Lamar's obsessive fantasizing about the dancer "Lili Von Sthupp". That's the way I've been with Cobras ever since I saw my first Shelby in the mid sixties. "Lili, lili, Lili". BTW, the cancer is gone and Lili is getting a garage built just for her.
Back in high school there was a black nova named black magic, another car was a 64 nova named mule team had a picture of a team of mules towing a wagon, met the guy that built it years later he ran it at the drags then it was sold and retired to pasture were another guy I met years later bought it and made it into a oval track race car beleive it or not still racing on a dirt track now still looks good named my 65 frod truck tony,My 34 ford is called vodoo bitch because it is such a bitch to build.
Guess I better learn how to spell voodoo