Van names...

I'm not one to name vehicles and such. There are some really cool boat names, but some of them are can be duds.

Does your van(s) have a name? How did you come upon naming it?

When i am working on the van i usually call it &%$#@#$*()%$#@ .otherwise it is just the van

Mine's called the DAMNVAN per my four year old. I guess my wife named it that because he heard it somewhere!!

My better half calls it: "The other woman"

WHEN I BOUGHT MINE IT WAS PAINTED YELLOW SO MY WIFE CALLS IT THE BUMBLE BEE NOW THAT IT'S WHITE SHE STILL CALLS IT THE BUMBLE BEE I TOLD HER IF SHE DOESN'T QUITE CALLING THE VAN THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE AIRBRUSHED ON IT (THE HAG HAULER) WELL IT WORKED. !!!

dix wrote: WHEN I BOUGHT MINE IT WAS PAINTED YELLOW SO MY WIFE CALLS IT THE BUMBLE BEE NOW THAT IT'S WHITE SHE STILL CALLS IT THE BUMBLE BEE I TOLD HER IF SHE DOESN'T QUITE CALLING THE VAN THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE AIRBRUSHED ON IT (THE HAG HAULER) WELL IT WORKED. !!!

thats !@#$% funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine is called Mr Bump. We reckon they look quite similar....

I knickname almost everything..you might have guessed mine is the Magic Bus

I paired it with the song from the who..

I don't care how much I pay (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus
Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus
Give me a hundred (Magic Bus)
I won't take under (Magic Bus)
Goes like thunder (Magic Bus)
It's a four-stage wonder (Magic Bus)
Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus
I want it, I want it, I want it...(You can't have it!)
Think how much you'll save...(You can't have it!)]
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (You can't have it!)

Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
Thruppence and sixpence each day
'Cause I drive my baby every way

Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus...
I want the Magic Bus, I want the Magic Bus, I want the Magic Bus...

I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I drive my baby every way (Too much, the Magic Bus)
Each time I go a different way (Too much, the Magic Bus)
I want it, i want it, I want it, I want it ...


My car-=Silver Steak
My expedition=Big Red
My motorcycle=BlackBeauty
My econo p/u= SuperDuty

People I know...Hooty..Squidly..Little Queeny..Gammy..Jiggypa..Skippy...Twiddle Dee and Twiddly Dum
Pork Chop..RamRod..Captain Wierdo

In most cases they are terms of affection...but not always!

Now if I could just figure out what a four stage wonder is? Maybe you guys from across the pond could help?...

We are naming the 67 a100 im working on "Van on the Run" as a takeoff from the Paul McCartney album Band on the Run. One of our favorites from the 70's.

My 69 is called the Shortbus

Back when I had 3 A100 pickups and 2 vans on the road, It got kinda confusing so I named a few, Grey Ghost, 64 pickup in grey primer. Arizona, 65 Sportsman I baught and drove back home from Arizona (still have). Campwagon, 68 108 Campwagon, well thats what she was badged originaly, the name worked. Ol Red, 65 delux cab pickup that was painted maroon. Green Monster, 68 pickup painted green (still have).

I dont see any bandages on that Econo but I love the name

Sy Hollinshead wrote:Mine is called Mr Bump. We reckon they look quite similar....

I kind of like the name Willy Vango, but it is the wifes so it may end up the Road Runner. The 55 pick-up has 13000 miles in 5 years from going to shows with our car club ( The Citrus County Cruisers ).

Darn, no proof reader. Name should be ( Wile Vango ).

BADBADGER wrote:We are naming the 67 a100 im working on "Van on the Run" as a takeoff from the Paul McCartney album Band on the Run. One of our favorites from the 70's.

I had a van named that a few years ago. It is a good name

Because the family calls the 2005 Freestar "The Van" the new 65 donor pickup sitting in the driveway had to be called something different.
I got the pickup from Newton, NH so I call it "NEWTON".
When I reference THE PICKUP soon to be here...I call it Lou..for Louisiana...
Just made sense at the time.

My sister in law, who I love to death, still can't believe I bought a "hippy van". She calls it the "Spirit in the Sky" after the Norman Greenbaum song.

I've never been one to name my vehicles but this is starting to grow on me.

I dont name any of my vehicles, seems silly to me to name a hunk of metal. Just my .02...........

kgdb

My friends say my van looks like a breadbox on wheels and with all the money I got in her I think the name fits so I'm going with "The Breadbox"

Right now it's being referred to as "The Scooby", which I don't mind at all, but I'd like it to referred to as something a little cooler.
I was considering "Groovy Thing" after hearing this tune:


I've only been to a few van shows, but each time they want a van's "Name" and I'd like to write down something other than "the Good One", "T.B.D." or "Scary Van".

CAN'T A FORD IT ..................

http://public.fotki.com/Vintage-Vans/vintage-vans-es/cant-a-ford-it/?cmd=fs_slideshow

mo_1040 wrote:My friends say my van looks like a breadbox on wheels and with all the money I got in her I think the name fits so I'm going with "The Breadbox"

I think that's a great name for both reasons! I'm like a couple of the other replies; It all dpends on what theme I go with but, before that I gotta get it on the road.

mo_1040 wrote:My friends say my van looks like a breadbox on wheels and with all the money I got in her I think the name fits so I'm going with "The Breadbox"

That's what we call my stepvan

My kids started calling my Econoline Gibby now they call me the same.

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mike

my 69's called TIKI TORCHER,my 99's the VW PULLR,my 75's gonna be the ASSPEN fixed up an emblem from a 70's Dodge Aspen,and I got a liscense plate frame that says BALL ROOM and has a little van on it.

meeen greeen, its gona be in the green family, and a worked 340, the meen part is , every time i try to do something on it. it fights me.................