Hey Guys,
What would be good names for a speedster? My '14 Runabout is named "Evangeline" after Henry Ford's girl friend, but T am looking for a cool name for a speedster that is under construction.
So send me suggestions. The car came from Louisiana, so I though of "Jambalya", but that is sort of a mouthful. Maybe "Gumbo"?
Anyway, anything is fair game.
Any suggestions appreciated.
Regards,
Jon
Zydeco
I don't think you can just give it a name, it just has to sorta happen. Out of the blue one day you will be driving along in it and poof there it is.
Molotov Molly
Sort of fits the "poof there it is" philosophy.
I thought his girlfriend was Martha Berry I guess she was just one of many....
Names: Duke, Splinter, Hardwood, Fast-Fliver, Steamer, T-Pot, Fast-Brass,
For our Model T, my daughter picked "Penelope" out of a field of Brass-Era names like Adeline, Genevieve, Henrietta, Betsy, Agatha, Muriel, Alexandra, Ophelia, Priscilla, Gwendolyn, Felicity, Anabel, Gertrude, Wilhelmina, Harriet, Hazel, Esmeralda, Daisy, Constance, Agnes, Winnifred, Amelia, Mabel, Shirley, Scheherazade and Anastasia.
Add an alliterating adjective ("Ophelia Octane," "Gear-Grinding Gertrude," "Horseless Harriet," etc.) and you're set.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
I named my 15 Runabout "Mrs. Beauford" (beautiful Ford) due to the "M B" body makers markings on the kick panel - then later found out Beauford was the name for some kit-car in the UK which would convert mid-sized Ford cars to into Duesenberg styled "classic cars"
I agree - the name just has to come along "poof-like" and fit the car's personality...
Nearly 50 years ago, my first Model A (30 Briggs body Town Sedan) became "Wilbur". How/Why? I have no idea where the name came from. The car was on the trailer and I looked in the rear view mirror (just checking) and said, "hey look, Wilbur is following us." So, you are correct Mark. Poof!
Ah no, Peter, too easy to mispronounce, especially when you're mad at it. I always like to name pets and vehicles words of only one or two syllables and begin with a consonant. Jon, will you be using a Scat crankshaft? "Scat" comes to mind, or maybe "Scoot". At any rate, have fun with it, the speedster and the name.
Scat could mean animal droppings (poop) on the ground. I wouldn't use that unless it fits.
Name it "Barney" Barney Oldfield was a race car driver in the day.
Norm
Pick a number you like and put "Old" in front of it. Old 77, Old 86, etc.
"Muddy Waters" or any other blues musician you like ... "Dixie" also comes to mind ...
I named my pickup Sara Jane she likes it!
How about "Gentleman Jon "? or Elvira
John
I named my T racer "Buck T Special" for the person who taught me the pleasures of model T's, my dad.
Dwight "Buck" Thomas. It both supprised him and made him proud.
Back when wifey had a Jaguar, and asked which car we would be going in, I'd say, "Let's take the Good Car (the T)." It earned the name, the Good Car.
If the car came from Louisiana, how about "Mud Bug"?
"_______ Special" was common in the T-era.
If I ever build the 2 speedsters I want to build with my sons, they will be Kiefer Special and Kiefer Special II.
Derek,....you just gave me an idea! How about,.... SPECIAL "T"....?
With all of our cars having lady's names, and because all the hoons around here who instantly call a hot Ford, a "Henry", my wife and I named our speedster (still a project) Clara, after the great mans great lady.
- The Rage'n Cajun
(That's "Rage'n" as in "raging")
- The Bayou Buggy
- Gator
- Big Mamou
(as in the song: http://www.cajunlyrics.com/?lyrics=155)
- Katrina
- The Delta Devil
- Delta Special
- Jole Blon
(as in the song: http://www.metrolyrics.com/jole-blon-lyrics-roy-acuff.html)
There have been lots of "T's nicknamed "Henry" for Henry Ford, and lots of "Edsels" for Edsel Ford, but how about "HENSEL" to indirectly honor Edsel Ford equally with his father, in a way that Henry Ford would never have treated his son with "equality"!
"J.J."
as in
Jon's Joy
I think it was one of the guys on here that named his car "Flattery", -because it got him nowhere...
My grandfather referred to our speedster as the "Leakin' Lizzy". I have always just called it "The Speedster"
I don't know if the Smith family would go for it, but "Speedy Smith" sounds appropriate. Alternative, "Snuffy Smith" might work.
Green Machine
Blue Monster
Red Rover
Orange ...
Yellow Streak
Black Bomber
Red Rocket
California Dreamin'
Or, instead of "Hensel", which I thought sort of honors father & son about equally, you could slant the "honors" a bit less toward Henry, and a bit more toward Edsel (and Lord knows he deserves it) and call it "HEDSEL"! (???) Yeah! Looks good to me! A little more Edsel and a little less Henry!
Well, it's from Louisiana - how about "Weezie"?
Hey, thanks to all of you for the great suggestions!
You might be amused by a website I found with LOTS of speedster name ideas:
http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-20793.html
They have some neat suggestions.
Thanks and Regards,
Jon
How about The Flash!
Wis-Bang Special.
My favorite, Kant-Skore Special. For Kant-Skore pistons.
I just call mine by his first name.
We call our car #22 for obvious reasons but all the neighborhood kids call it Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for obvious reasons. Fast Frank
Mayflower because Puritan women 'come across' in the front seat.
I guess if I live long enough to finish mine it will just be a number. 1057. My old id number on the state truck 2 way radio.
Mack - hmmm,....1057,....that sounds like a light bulb!
fly machine !!
you could nickname it "money pit" or snyders joy
Previous messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message By Jon Allen on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 11:18 am:
Hey Guys,
What would be good names for a speedster? My '14 Runabout is named "Evangeline" after Henry Ford's girl friend, but T am looking for a cool name for a speedster that is under construction.
So send me suggestions. The car came from Louisiana, so I though of "Jambalya", but that is sort of a mouthful. Maybe "Gumbo"?
Anyway, anything is fair game.
Any suggestions appreciated.
Regards,
Jon
John... Try Yvonne from Jambalaya...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yog-cNfqnig
Braking Wind
So, John, What have your decided?
Oops,that should be, Jon.
Sorry.
Rob and everyone,
I have narrowed it down to:
Quickie
The Streak
Gumbo
Dixie
Raju'n Cajun or just Cajun
Flash
BUT, the wife has not weighed in yet, so these are subject to change!
Thanks, & Regards,
Jon
Jon - This thread you started reminded me of something:
My grandfather had two cars,....a late model black Cadillac, and an older blue Plymouth that he bought used to drive back and forth to work,...(he was a railroad engineer).
He was a great one for "nicknames", and he called the Cadillac "the Black Mariah", and the Plymouth was the "Bluebird".
Fast Eddie, after one of our recent govenors. It may not follow a straight and narrow path but it'll get you there!!
One of my long-time best friends had a Plymouth many years ago. It was always called the "Moth". Then he got a Pontiac. It was called the "Yak". He usually has a name for most of his cars. Some of them I won't put on this family friendly site.
Like others have said, I think names just need to come on their own (like poof!). I have only really named one of my antique automobiles. That was one of my speedsters. It was running great and seemed to really fly! So it became Jennifer, the formal version of a Jenny (early airplane).
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
I call my T my "fast tractor"
I like "Jolie Blon" (Pretty Blonde).
How about Quickie Dixie Gumbo ?
With a tip o' the cap to the hilarious thread on the subject,
why don't you name it "The Polecat Special" (We call skunks
'polecats' in East Texas and Louisiana).
When folks look quizzically at you because of the name, you
can tell them "it goes like stink."
Haha!
As has been repeated through the thread: you can't get the name off of the forum. A real, genuine name or nickname for the car just has to happen. There's no timeline or deadline. Just drive her a lot and it will come. =)
Mine is "Buster". As in busted knuckle. But radiator mascot fits.
I keep going back to "Jambalya" more and more...
This (posted by "extrooper") makes me a believer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yog-cNfqnig
Wow! Was he good or what?
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions!
Regards,
Jon
Being an ex resident from French settlement La. something "Parish" related would be cool too. Also lived in Tickfaw in Tangipahoa Parish; aint that a mouthful??
"Mister Jitters"