[Healeys] Naming our cars

[m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca]

Oddly, I have never named my ’59 BT7, no suitable name ever appealed to me.

 

However, my Sequoia ’48 M.G. TC immediately was named “Lollobrigida” (Lolo).  This nickname was purloined from a 1930s-something Talbot, which was the first car any of my parent’s friends owned back in England, and which sported the first steering wheel I ever held, when at the age of 1 yr, I was hoisted onto the front seat, and standing, held the wheel for a photo op.  That Lollobrigida was named after the actress (whose curves were infinitely more appealing than the Talbot’s). Both that car and Gina Lollobrigida mean something to me.

 

My ’35 M.G. PA is “Ruby”, because it is two tones of red.  It came with the name and while unimaginative, seeing Ruby and Lollobrigida beside each other conjures up pleasant thoughts

 

However, the best-ever named car was  the Series 1 Land Rover in the movie “The God’s Must Be Crazy”, whose mechanic was forever beneath it muttering an unintelligible stream of profanity.  That Land Rover was known by the mechanic as “ The Antichrist”.

 

Mirek

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