How did you choose the name for your car?

[Rileys68Camaro]

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Trying to find a nickname for my car, as a motovation factor...

Yes, it's Sunday night and I'm suffering the back to work tomorrow blahs...and I'm bored :)

[datsbad]

i also have a tough time with this . i think it is great to do this so your car is known what it is and not just another car .

good luck !

[Nine Ball]

hmmm, I was building a G-Machine, and wanted to go a little "extreme" on the performance side of things. It won't fully live up to it's name "Extreme-G" until I run 9s in the quarter though (in my opinion).

10s aren't that extreme nowadays, lol.

Most names are just a characteristic or attitude that describe the car. What is your vision?

[MoeBawlz]

Although my car doesnt have a "name" really. My username here will be its plates MoeBalz, got it simply from my brothers nickname and then my nickname (were building the car together)... But it does fit the car, because I much like NineBall intend to run 9s in my PT car.

[Martin71RS]

Chevrolet named mine Camaro.........

[ProdigyCustoms]

The name the car thing is something that seems to be more and more common these days. Weather it is Ole Betsy to Project This and That, names are more popular then ever before. I recently had Jessica Rabbit in our shop, OOOOOOKKKKAAAAA! Why couldn't it be Jessica Simpson? LOL! BTW, Jessica Rabbit was a all original 68 Camaro 396/375 HP car, you figure it out, I couldn't.
For years guy's have referred to their cars in female terms like saying, she is so happy when she is all clean, or I changed her oil. I always wondered if guys used the female suggestions because this meant those cars were temperamental and needy, or if the car just really got the owners rocks off?
I think one of the main reason we name our cars now is the Internet, to establish a name others can remember like Project Prodigy, instead of the black 67 Camaro with the red stinger. PHR had Project X for many years, I always remember that.
As far as how we personally came up with our cars name? Project Prodigy is my son Michael's car. Michael has been in the shop since he was literally 3 days old, almost having been bread for this, so Prodigy was only logical.
My street racer is a pretty fast street car and was built as "JustBringIt" and is pretty self explanatory.
I think the cars name is as much a statement as anything else. It can be your opinion or attitude, as much as it could be directly related to the car. I had a guy in the shop a few day's ago that thought naming your car was "gay". I suspect this means he is struggling to find a name for his car, or with his own sexuality, ROF!

[69boo307]

My chevelle is big and green, thus Big Green :)

[MrQuick]

well my first car "rollin peice of sh@*t" , it was the first words out of my mouth after sanding down the body, and my 2nd project " gall damn muther f#@%er " it was the second frase after the hood shut on my hands, well after "ahhhh ouch" that is...that name was already taken by my quad. after that i stoped naming them...*******s don't deserve em.

[Steve1968LS2]

Well, I have a 69 Camaro.. I had a vision of modernizing it be more like a newer car and having handle more than a normal 69.. much like a Z06 vette handles better than a regular vette..

Z06 + 1969 = Z069 :)

Although If was doing the project again the car would have more vette content. An LS6 (7?), vette front suspension.. maybe vette seats.

It was a nice catchy name .. My wife has really named my car though.. she calls it C-Rex (Camaro-Rex).. sorta like T-Rex because the car is monster when you get on it..

[Flynlo416]

well my first car "rollin peice of sh@*t" , it was the first words out of my mouth after sanding down the body, and my 2nd project " gall damn muther f#@%er " it was the second frase after the hood shut on my hands, well after "ahhhh ouch" that is...that name was already taken by my quad. after that i stoped naming them...*******s don't deserve em.
This statement just made me laugh my azz off! Good one MrQuick :cheers:

[TitoJones]

Easy one for me:

My car is half Camaro, and half Corvette, with a 50/50 front to rear weight distibution, hence the name:
50/50

Tyler

[Radlark]

Well my car:

1964 Buick Skylark

I actually had the "BUWIKED" one picked out, but the beautiful 62 special beat me to that one so I came up with

Radical Skylark= Radlark

Not your average Buick with all the little custom additions!
I actaually had a a plate picked out for it:
DONTEVN = Don't even think about it! (Yes I know someone will probably steal it from me) I enjoy sitting down and looking at a car and coming up with cool plates for it! Like for instance 50/50:

IWSHUWD = I wish you would! Tito think about this one! This would be the bait for the Corvette in your rear view mirror! LOL

Hey let me know I may be able to come up with something cool for your car!

[TitoJones]

I think my plates will either be:

50 50
A T S
1968 C5R

Tyler

[Norm Peterson]

The '79 is "Cranky" whenever it isn't just "the Chevy". So named by my wife in retaliation for a mild driveability issue a couple of powertrain configurations ago.

Norm

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Well, after searching for a car for 2 years with no luck, I finally found and purchased my '68 from Tyler of ATS. Then, the DMV gave us the run around with the title, so after Tyler spent many days at the DMV, we finally got the title sorted out and got the car here, 9 months later. During those 9 months, it seemed the car would never get here, and zbugger decided to name the car "Project Fantom." Thanks for the name, bug.

[astroracer]

My BAD AST project just sorta named itself... A couple of of responses I received when talking to friends about it were "That'll be bad assed!" Bad assed + Astro = "BAD AST". I applied for the license plate last year but the DMV turned it down because "some people may concider it offensive"... :pat: Oh well, it's got a name so I'm sticking with it.

[Payton King]

The bodyshop owner is the only one besides me that knows the name of my car...and now y'all will. We call it "Rainmaker" I am in the insurance business and I send a ton of cars to this guys shop. He in turn cuts me a deal, but that is not why I send him work. He is the best bar none.

Anyway, when I have needed work done and he is slow he would tell me to bring it in. As soon as it hit the door his shop would get slammed with business and it would take forever for him to work me in. He started a new shop and my car was taken their for a complete rebuild. Again, as soon as my car hit the door he got slammed. So we call my car the Rain Maker because when it hits the door business rains in. Good for him, not so good for me. My car is almost done so he will be loosing his good luck charm.

[toofun]

Well my license plate says TOOFUN. Just the way I feel when I drive it. Goes good, looks good, handles good. When I go out for a drive it is just a blast to be in. Hence TOO FUN..... and with all the changes I keep making, it is getting better every year!!

Mark

[TwinSting]

The name for my newest project came to me after trying many others I didn't like. TwinSting seemed to describe the Twin Turbo Stingray Vette completely.

[parsonsj]

Too much time. Too much money.

jp

[BlazerSpeed]

well originally it was Monsoon, as kind of a knock off of the Syclone/Typhoon name. But then I decided to change it after I went to a mini-truckin' show and saw that a lot of guys were using that name, but their trucks were all show and not much else. so it took me a bit but as i was working on the truck, we were litening to white Zombie, and Black Sunshine came on. I've always loved that song, And there is a line in it that I've aways gotten a kick outa(in my SIG) and the opening bassline...and it fit for what I was doing to my truck (although that song is about a mustang) so it has stuck, at least so far.
Derek

[Ishmael]

There's a really great Canadian band that sings a song called "Don't Walk Away Eileen" that was on the radio everytime I was working on the car. It seems like every time I fix something on teh car, something else goes. So, yes, she's tempermental and always in need of attention. I swear she runs better when there's no girl riding with me - I don't care that she's an inanimate object I think she gets jealous (I know my wife gets jealous of the car and the time I spend with her). The song seemed to cover the idea of a girl that was tempermental and a bit jealous so it just fit.

[will69camaro]

Mine has been dubbed the "nightmaro" My girlfriend came up with that when we were thinking of paint jobs for it and an all black paint job with flat stripes was suggested...Car looks evil, like something out of a nightmare...

William

[yellowcar72]

I call my 70 Chevelle wagon the "Iron Giant". Dont think i need to explain how i came up with that..

[Tiger]

I had a 79 malibu station wagon as daily transportation, while I lived back home in Norway, I named it the rubber cow because it was all worn and rode like Sh... (very bad).

later I made a cab out of it..... NOW that was cool

[RatMalibu]

never have understood the naming of a car......guess I'm strange......if I had to choose one it would have to be "Item of Contention"

[zbugger]

well my first car "rollin peice of sh@*t" , it was the first words out of my mouth after sanding down the body, and my 2nd project " gall damn muther f#@%er " it was the second frase after the hood shut on my hands, well after "ahhhh ouch" that is...that name was already taken by my quad. after that i stoped naming them...*******s don't deserve em.
Hmmmm....... Really? I thought they were all named "Unfinished"?

[bnoon]

Due to the common Chevy small block valve stem oil control problem, and the fact that she's a TA (though not the "right" year for a Bandit), we call mine "Smokey".

You have to name your cars if you work on them... in order to know who you're cussing out when something doesn't go right... "Break a bolt off on me will you Smokey?!?!?! The blue flame wrench might change your attitude a bit you sombiaaaaatch!" <---- another Smokey and the Bandit reference word!

[Rileys68Camaro]

I'm thinking mine is going to be named "Never going to Be Finished" lol

[zbugger]

I'm thinking mine is going to be named "Never going to Be Finished" lol
That's better than my car. "Never going to run again"

[gen3bu]

i chose the basic engine family that i chose + the common nickname for the general car.

2000 ls1 (twin turbo) + 1979 malibu = gen 3 bu

that will also be the liscnse plate on the rear only, even if it is illegal

kevin

[John McIntire]

I named mine after the very first girl I ever had a crush on. We're talking way back in third grade. Her name was Samantha.

John

[socalfandabodys]

I just call mine the bitch. Its blunt but everything I do on it is ,well, a bitch! I refer to its name when the hedders didnt fit twice! when the new tranny was defective and I had to pull it out with less than 1 mile on it! when the dash took six times to cut out on a lazer cutter to get right! when it got stuck in body shop hell for 1 year! I could go on and on and on.....

[MrQuick]

Hmmmm....... Really? I thought they were all named "Unfinished"?
Yeah that was way before I started working on everyones elses projects...i'll get back to mine soon. :icon996:

[Roadrage David]

I named my car prodject "Full metal jacket" , because nearly every swinging D..k in the field is uesing plastic/polyester ecetera hoods ecetera and stuff to make there cars lichter to go "faster" , i just use a 462/425stroke intermidiate pontiac injun engine witchs hase big block performance with the small block chevy weight . also smokey u ones said about pontiac, dont rev it up gear it up , i gues im building a stout strong rouhf g-mashine car that can be used and abused and hase the looks to go with it without being a trailor queen(just thingking out loud)

[Raptor Pilot]

HERCULES. I just decided on it last week. I have never named any of my previously owned 8 F- Bodies or daily's that I have owned. I decided that I was going to do a theme on the '70 as I was going through my budget planning last week for the car. Not only is I going to be Pro Tour in function and style, it is also going to have a centralized theme based on the 101st Airborne Division that my father was a part of in Vietnam. He still proudly wears a baseball hat everyday with that division patch, and misc. laminate pins of badges from his uniform. he also has a small version of his "jump wings" on the hat.

The plan is to do the letters on the back where it normally has
PONTIAC, to be HERCULES, like on the HAMMER car. Oh, the most relevant part of this reply- the name comes from the C-130 Hercules transport planes that eh used to jump from in 'Nam.

[OLDFLM]

"Old Flame" My first car (1985) and it's a Firebird!
Had the OLD FLM custom plates for years...

[Steve1968LS2]

I just came up with the name for my next project...

Project HIGHWAY STAR

Any know where that came from??

Also have a name for my Mustang project but I can't say it yet :(

[MrQuick]

Golden Ear ring! that was the name of my 71 Nova back in high school. 292 L6, Clifford 4 bbl ,intake clifford headers, 700R4 trans and 2.73 gear...now you know how it got her name.


Wait, did I miss something??? Mustang??? you been holding out on us!!!!

[Norm Peterson]

I just came up with the name for my next project...

Project HIGHWAY STAR

Any know where that came from??

Also have a name for my Mustang project but I can't say it yet :(1. Yup. Even have it on vinyl somewhere.

2. Does Wilson Pickett figure into this at all?

Norm

[bnoon]

Highway Star was Golden Ear Ring song?!?!? Wow, I have an old Deep Purple EP with that song on it and never knew it was a remake... :hmm:

That was one of my favorite songs growing up in the 70's... "<guitar>diii duh dunka dunka dunka dunka, di duhhh <sing> Nobody gunna take my car, gunna keep her to the ee-eend... ohhh she's got everything... I love her, I need her..."

[Norm Peterson]

Highway Star was Golden Ear Ring song?!?!? Wow, I have an old Deep Purple EP with that song on it and never knew it was a remake... :hmm:Not a cover. It's off the 'Machine Head' album, all written by members of DP.

On edit, Golden Earring is best known for "Radar Love" and possibly for "Twilight Zone".

[Steve1968LS2]

Not a cover. It's off the 'Machine Head' album, all written by members of DP.

On edit, Golden Earring is best known for "Radar Love" and possibly for "Twilight Zone".

Yep.. my wife gave me the name since she is a big vintage rock fan.. and it sums up the goal of my next project perfectly.. :)

Come to think of it.. Radar Love isn't a half bad name either.. especially if you think of the lyrics..

[ProTouring442]

My 72 442 was named, quite by accident, by my wife. We'll start with the fact that my wife is very supportive of the project. But the car is being built in my parents garage (we don't have one big enough to work in) and they are going to move to North Carolina (we live in Maryland) next year after their new house is completed. So, we need to get it done quickly. This truncated time schedule has frustrated her a bit due to my absence every weekend, and she has taken to calling the car "the other woman." So, one day I ran across a word (I get a "word of the day" email) that seemed to fit. Inamorata. It's a big ole vocabulary word that means "mistress" or "a woman with whom one is passionate." Ok, so it's a bit strange... but you have to admit it works!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill K
72 442 "Inamorata"

[Roadrage David]

You guys aint going to belive this Golden earring is a Dutch band and my first whife,s mother, had afair with Barry the lead singer, 9 months later my X whife was born lololol they never chekt it out to date if she was his !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Norm Peterson]

Interesting, David. While I knew that Shocking Blue hailed from that part of the globe, I'd never have guessed GE did as well. Oh well, one more piece of music trivia to give the odd brain cell or two something to chew on . . . and play guess-your-age with . . .

[/hijack] ?


Norm

[Roadrage David]

Interesting, David. While I knew that Shocking Blue hailed from that part of the globe, I'd never have guessed GE did as well. Oh well, one more piece of music trivia to give the odd brain cell or two something to chew on . . . and play guess-your-age with . . .

[/hijack] ?


Norm lolol both golden earing and the female singer from shocking bleu live in the city of den haag 20 min away from where i live , the singer of shoking bleu today is a big fat moos lolol . they are the only 2 dutch bands that made it to the nr 1 in the usa chart !!! anyway back to cars again lolol

[vette rod]

Highway Star was Golden Ear Ring song?!?!? Wow, I have an old Deep Purple EP with that song on it and never knew it was a remake... :hmm:

That was one of my favorite songs growing up in the 70's... "<guitar>diii duh dunka dunka dunka dunka, di duhhh <sing> Nobody gunna take my car, gunna keep her to the ee-eend... ohhh she's got everything... I love her, I need her..."

I liked knockin at your back door:headbang:

[Norm Peterson]

I liked knockin at your back door:headbang:That's as good a reason as any to drag out my "Perfect Strangers" concert souvenir shirt and wear it tomorrow. Had that thing, ummm, is it 20 years already? Damn - you guys are starting to make me feel old.

Norm

[Q ship]

Jesus....I saw them in Phoenix on that tour. I'll never forget Blackmore standing stock still as the most incredible sounds came out of his guitar-made all the guys in other bands swinging their hair around and grimacing look like idiots.

Yeah, thanks, now I feel old too!

[MrQuick]

no comment

[Norm Peterson]

I don't guess it's coincidence that many of the names people give their cars come from the entertainment business in general and from music in particular. The first car that I ever knew had been "named" by its owner was a 1st gen Corvair with "Little Egypt" painted in script on the rear fenders.

Found the shirt, and it fits a little tighter than I recall . . .

Norm

[Steve N 69 69 69]

I used the last part of my name, Nestlerode, and the first part of the color, Hugger Orange. and came up with "Rode Hugger"
Plus, like Dr. evil said, it has a double meaning, both in that it hugs the road and that my name is rode and....its a homonym.... rrrriiiiigghtt.
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[gearjammer]

Well the Nova that I am building is an X body and it's a 1972 so I have named my project "X072"

[JoshStratton]

Mine is in pieces and needs a lot of work, so for the time-being I am calling it "Clumsy Brown Trout". Maybe when it is done I will name it something that isn't a poo reference.