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Old 02-09-2020, 06:01 PM   #181
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Sweet Pee. The previous owner 's wife named the car Betty as in (Betty Ford).
Me being a rebel without a cause said I would have none of that and named her Sweet Pee. All my friends, neighbors and people about town ask me how sweet Pee is doing. What can i say.
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Old 02-09-2020, 10:12 PM   #182
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I bought "Vermin" from my pal down in Fresno. Didn't notice the name somehow until the seller, actually we traded, delivered it. The we both had a good laugh and I called to tell the owner Vermin had a good home. Now he lives in Australia in another good home. Many a good laugh for all of us from our pal Bill Williamson down there in Fresno. Need to get by and see the boy in person. I just don't travel there anymore and he doesn't get out much either, so we have never met. Vermin had a plate on the opposite side from the license with his name, "VERMIN' just like a license plate. That stayed with the car.
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Old 02-10-2020, 07:05 AM   #183
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I found ELMER scratched into one of the spokes of the steering wheel on my AA; so I’ve been referring to it as Elmer ever since.
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Old 02-10-2020, 07:26 AM   #184
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My Truck is know as Vinney, After the infamous company Vintique and the nightmare and memories they gave me.
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Old 02-10-2020, 10:13 AM   #185
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The 1930 ford I got in high school had "Hector" painted on the dash.
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Old 02-10-2020, 11:21 AM   #186
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I call my 31 pickup (veggie) because that is what she is.
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Old 02-10-2020, 02:50 PM   #187
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Old 02-15-2020, 07:22 AM   #188
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My Model AA here in Fairbanks is named Clyde!
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Old 02-16-2020, 06:40 AM   #189
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Never did give my A a name, just called it the "A". But from this day forward she will be named after Henry's Wife."Clara" After all she was Henry's Lady.
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Old 02-16-2020, 01:12 PM   #190
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My Dad use to call his Model A..... "Teddy Roose
velt" (you rough riding son of a bitch)
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Old 02-17-2020, 02:28 AM   #191
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Old 03-03-2020, 10:42 PM   #192
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"Olive" is a fitting nostalgic name for our Kewanee Green Cabriolet
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Old 03-03-2020, 10:54 PM   #193
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My Dad and I used our licence plates. His starts with KTY so he calls her Katie. Mine was IK so I call him Ike.
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Gee, I thought that all cars were born Female but I guess in todays mixed up world you never know.
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Old 03-04-2020, 07:52 AM   #195
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Old Blue for obvious reasons!
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Old 03-04-2020, 02:06 PM   #196
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My dear old 1930 Model A Tudor came to me "Miss Molly Mai" so I kept her.
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Old 03-04-2020, 04:19 PM   #197
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Naming Vehicles.

I had 5 trucks to load my cropduster aeroplanes, they all had a number. No one could remember which was which including myself. So I gave them all names. There was Chick e Babe, Spuds, Wharfie, Freddy and Scrooge. That stopped all confusion.
My roadster ute I named “Woofa.Express” after a dog I had with 100% character and personality. He was not permitted in house or car with the exception of the ute and Woofa concidered this his birth right. Woofa was skittled chasing another dog and I’m still grieving 3 year later. So in his honour I named this vehicle Woofa.Express. My tourer is “Desert Sands light” and resembles what we all would call “Olive” thus the name Olive. My dog “Fugs” is to have the Roadster Coupe named after him “Fugs Limo”. My FX Holden is to go to my daughter Sarah. (each of my kids has been promised a vintage). Sarah was born in ’74, (the year cattle prices collapsed). Because neither my wife and my self could agree on a name the two finalist names were put in a hat and Sarah’s name was drawn. But in the interim, because she was born on Bastille day she was called Fifi. Now at 46 she is still Fifi. So the FX Holden is named “Fifi’s Carriage”.

As a footnote, our kids are nick named Mushy, Moo, Fifi and Turtle. My friend Johnny tells me Turtle was an unfortunate pick because that’s what a girl is called; one who gets on her back and can’t get back on her feet so easily.
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