The names of cars that people have been posting got me thinking about what I've
named a
few of my cars over the years:
64 Corvair - MetsMobile - 1st car, originally owned by my grandparents who
painted it
first with Rustoleum orange primer, then Robin's egg blue (with cheap
brushes and
a roller (:-o) I lived in NY at the time, and since the car was both blue
and orange,
the Mets name stuck... One of my friends called it the Deathmobile, because
of the
exhaust fumes that would come out the defroster vent...
69 914 - Dirty Harry - Bought it in '79, it was hacked together out of two
trashed cars.
I welded some extra pipe in to cut the body flex, and dropped in a new 2.0l
high
compression motor with Webers. Looked like hell, had no heat in the winter
(and no
chokes on the carbs), but it was fast...
73 Citroen SM - Leather Goddess - This car was both a lot of fun and S&M all at
the same time... It also had a leather interior (love that smell... It's
another
reason why I need a Jaguar saloon someday.)
82 Chevy Cavalier - Piece O'Shit - I bought this 'cause I needed a car to
commute in
after I sold the SM, and my Capri RS was stolen. Biggest mistake of my life
- I
will never buy another GM car in my life. Even LBC's wouldn't blow oil
seals after
13,000 miles...
83 Renault Fuego - Reggie - This car was inexpensive, and with the turbo motor
was fairly quick, but it broke clutch cables every 6000 miles (when you
have a
cable that wraps around the engine 1.5 times you have to expect these
things).
His name came from a corruption of the company name, Regie Renault.
84 Toyota Celica - Didn't have a name until I rolled it on Rte 3 in an ice
storm, then
my old friends called it "Shiny Side Down". I have a NEW set of friends
now... :-)
86 Toyota Pickup - Old Red - Absolutely frill-less 2wd, but it was a goer. It
got its name
when my stepbrothers sent a Rebel-flag license plate up from their home in
Florida.
It wore that along with the only other thing I put on it - 100w halogen
headlamps
(well, I lived on a dark road at the time :-)
88 Toyota 4Runner - The 'fridge - Big and white and just kept running, just
like any
home appliance....
The only one of my motorcycles that had a name was:
Honda CX500 Turbo - Chariot of Fire - One of the few things that I have
ridden/driven
in on the street that could blur your side vision when you accelerated
hard...
Most of the above cars have worn the license plate that I got when I move to
New Hampshire
12 years ago, NJNEER. A lot of people know me by that plate so I have to keep
that.
And now I need to name my 80 TR7 (LBC) - I got plate number ADY-906, so I could
name
it Andy after my son, but I'll have to wait to see what the car's temperment is
like.
Only time will tell...
--pete
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