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Naming the car - Roland Alcock - 18-05-2019
Some have asked me recently, have your cars got names?
I have thought about this.
The 1931 has Herbie painted on the bonnet, but I never refer to it as that.
It’s called "The RN"
Similarly I have "The Opal"
And "The Chummy"
Maybe that’s the names I should painted on their bonnets.
My 3 year old Citroen should surely be called "Rusty" as it goes into the body shop on Monday to fix the corrosion on the bottom of the doors......
Or should I be using names like Lysimachus, Neoptolemus, Philoxenus?
Roly
RE: Naming the car - Jays - 18-05-2019
Percy ?. Don’t blame me....blame my partner. Telling her that I’m popping into the garage to fiddle with my Percy gets strange looks!
RE: Naming the car - Duncan Grimmond - 19-05-2019
I may have already mentioned this... in my youth (1963/4?) I remember seeing what I now think was a yellow Chummy with
"Harry's Tottle" painted in black on the bonnet sides. It lived outside a student-occupied house on St Mary's, York.
RE: Naming the car - Mike Costigan - 19-05-2019
Nothing new with giving cars pet names, this is a Gordon England Brooklands in 1926:
Over the years many of my cars have been given names, but strangely some of the most loved have not had names ...
RE: Naming the car - Martin Prior - 19-05-2019
When my brother and I bought our PD 45 years ago it was so full of crumbling filler that it became known as "Dandruff" and so it remains!
RE: Naming the car - Steve Jones - 19-05-2019
I've never given any of my cars names but have, at one time or another, called all of them 'Basta*d'
Steve
RE: Naming the car - David Stepney - 19-05-2019
Whilst i am not a fan of anthropomorphising cars, the kids have named my saloon 'Fug' (phonetic FG). Perhaps in homage to 'Brum'. It seems to have stuck!
RE: Naming the car - free_spirit07 - 19-05-2019
You might enjoy this old thread too - http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1307
RE: Naming the car - garryruck - 19-05-2019
I had an RK which the previous owner called Hesperus as in "the wreck of the"
RE: Naming the car - Tony Press - 19-05-2019
As I said back then -
Well- yes and no - The Chummy, The Latrobe Sports, The Saloon
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Cheers, Tony.