abnormal_vetter

Hey guys,

I was thinking about it today while I was work. I have named every single car I have ever owned and was wondering if you fellow forum members name yours? And if so, why? Was it looks? Character? Temperament?


Looking forward to the replies!

BarryK

my '65 Coupe is Baby.

named because it is our first Vette and my wife and I treat her like our baby. we referred to the car as "our baby" so much we decided to just name her Baby.

goofy I know, but what the h*ll............

1KULC7

I call it, "My Retirment Fund" or my "IRA". Last year it was called the "Money Pit", but since the past few Barret Jackson's it's my IRA.

66BBDriver

Go Daddy was a line in a song back in 1966 when I bought a 425HP coupe off a showroom floor in Indy. My girl friend (now wife) named the car and I had plate made for it. When we got this '66 BB Vert we had to get the old plate out Firedog

magicv8

Plain Vanilla - named after a AAFR Chevy I used to see at the digs in the 60s

JohnZ

My AA/FD in '61-'62 was named "Hell's Fire", also painted it on the nose of my Huey gunship in Vietnam in '63-'64; my '67 doesn't live up to that moniker, so it goes nameless, other than "she".....

65convt

My 65 convt., I can't really put a name on it. It's my Baby, my source of relaxation. My wife says that when we are out cruisin I just get that special grin when rowin through the gears. PINK FLOYDS Comfortably Numb comes to mind
Now, the 65 coupe is another story. My wife has named it the MONEY PIT! my 26 year old son calls it AWESOME.
The 60 is just plain SWEET.
The pleasure I get from them is PRICELESS

keithkhd1

Sweetheart. I just thought it was a sweetheart of a car. I never named or talked to any ride I had before this one. But when I hit the lights in the garage to go out I always say "Hello Sweetheart." and when I come back I always say goodbye. Simply an amazing experience to have a machine like this.

Frankenvette 63

"FrankenVette"

Paul L

Gertrude. Prim and proper 327/300/Powerglide. Full length green dress (I made some alterations) and she is mild-mannered and well-behaved. She does like fancy shoes and I can live with that. Goes to church on Sunday morning. At the dragstrip she just watches other C2s tear up their mechanical gear. On the boulevard she putts by local Police with their decibel meters with her stock exhaust. She has been known to listen to Bach at highway speeds. She shifts at 4500rpm at her excited but generally passive state; her version of something called passing gear. Doesn't work at highway speeds but she tells me GM knew best?? She's slow but dependable. Smooth at idle but very accommodating as matters speed up. She never overheats as per her personality.

I guess I could ask for more but Gertrude is mine and I love her for what she is. The base engine 1967 with Powerglide that no one wants. Except me.



She did flirt with a bigger and younger bully at one point but things didn't work out.

tdelph

My wife got so tired of me never being around and always in the garage she named it my mistress. MSTRESS is on the plates.

John 65

Had a bunch of cars through the years but never named any of them,but after never taking a trophy at the local cruise nights and seeing "junk" win, I named it Rodney cause it gets no respect.

TJefferson2020

That's what I call mine too! 3 vettes in one!

stepinwolf

Although it is not as yet completed, my next project, a SWC, will be named " Born to be Wild ".

When I finally am able to post some pictures, you will not need to be told why this name was chosen.

Stepinwolf

Milehigh66

"Stinky" Because if I close the garage too soon after driving it the kids always go... why is the garage so stinky! I however love the old car smell, exhaust, gas, you name it, I love it. But it's called stinky none the less.

aworks

I call my 55 chevy old girl. The 66 coupe has no name The GS is just GS. but my 60 's name is money pit.

1960fivette

My 1960 corvette project is named "Ashley". She got her name because back in 1973, she had a fuel injection fire and turned the front end to "Ashes". All the damage is repaired on the body now and this year I am working on all the little things. Sent the generator and voltage regulator home with Pirkle at Bloomington, top frame is next!
I sure do look forward to the day I get to drive her for the first time!

Greg
1960fivette

mdz06vetter

1963 Z06 - LADY - cuz that's what she is!

2001 Z06 - BEAUTY

2006 Z06 (on order) - THOR

BarryK

Damn Rick, so you DID end up ordering that new Z06!

3 Z06's! you won't want to go to work anymore, you will be too busy dring all the Z's.

ctjackster

not one to come up with cute names for my cars, but as another poster said, my wife began calling my 65 by name right away - calls it my "girlfriend". she's almost always topless, a dark red / brunette, and she's got the serious curves (oh and she sometimes does not want to "go") - sounds like some of my old girlfriends . . . . .