How did your LR get it's name?

[Disco Muppet]

As per the question, I know we've had how did you get your forum name, but for those of us who have bestowed a title upon our vehicles, how did you figure it out?
If anyone can guess how I got Phantom, I'll owe you a 6 pack of beer ;)
And no, despite what my mother says, it's not because it's the Phantom and I'm the Menace :twisted: :p

[1976_michelle]

not much thought behind mine, number plate ZGFxxx ZG.. Zee Gee, Ziggy...
and mines an acronym for someone at work (name is Xelia, Zee for short, so Zee get f.. never mind) lol I told her that when I got it

[87County]

it has a spanish gearbox you understand.......

and I already posted about it here:


http://www.aulro.com/afvb/1735365-post37.html


like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and sometimes engaged in tasks beyond his capacities

[carlschmid2002]

BERT Bloody Excellent Rover Truck

[Newy]

Mud ...... My Ugly Duckling
Just came to me at work one day when slhowing off a couple of pics :)

[carlschmid2002]

As per the question, I know we've had how did you get your forum name, but for those of us who have bestowed a title upon our vehicles, how did you figure it out?
If anyone can guess how I got Phantom, I'll owe you a 6 pack of beer ;)
And no, despite what my mother says, it's not because it's the Phantom and I'm the Menace :twisted: :p

I would have a guess that it might have something to do with "Man who cannot die". Boags premium will do.

[Disco Muppet]

I would have a guess that it might have something to do with "Man who cannot die". Boags premium will do.

Close, but no cigar ;)
I'll offer a hint, it has numbers after it...

[digger]

Mine are:-
'63 S2a 88" Vet = its a vietnam army vet

'63 S2a 88" Horrie= cause my wife thought it looked horrible (also ex army)
'
'56 S1 109" Juan = because its a series juan ( :) )
'
'52 S1 80" not yet named...looking for suggestions.. Bought from MALLYONS station in a clearing sale... getting slowly closer and closer to the road!!
'
'49 S1 80" (horribly rusty) Hoist= as I bought it with money I was starting to set aside to buy a hoist

'12 Def. 110" Bear= because its big and white and came from Bundaberg,something else big and white from bundaberg is the distillery bear!

others are unnamed (but not unloved...completely!)


As for the Phantom, I know its not because it was a KIT car..
(those who read the Phantom Chronicles (they are not comics!) as a kid
will know what my reference is.)

was your number plate FTM-***? or is it a case of "name bestowed in jungle stays in jungle" (old jungle saying)

[Redback]

Mine came with it's name, I just shortened it.

The Disco, our Disco, boring I know but not really into naming cars, unless I'm angry;)

Baz.

[Avion8]

Phantom after the F4K, because it goes like a supersonic jet. Our test pilot at Hawker Siddeley back in the early 70's who used to do Post Major Service Test Flights on the RR Powered F4K & J reckoned the F4 proved that if you provided enough thrust to a brick you could make it go through the sound barrier. May apply to TD5 powered square vehicles, although not mine.

My 80" is Lionel - he just looked like one.
The 107" is Thomas after the compressor installed on the floor.
The Defender 110 is Sir Raz - his first owner was a vineyard in Margaret River, and he is red.

[Disco Muppet]

'52 S1 80" not yet named...looking for suggestions.. Bought from MALLYONS station in a clearing sale... getting slowly closer and closer to the road!!

How about just Mal?




was your number plate FTM-***? or is it a case of "name bestowed in jungle stays in jungle" (old jungle saying)

Nope on either count, my plates are AKM33G, dad wanted to call it Achmeg, as in it was Achmeds girlfriend. I should never have showed him Achmed the Dead Terrorist :p


Phantom after the F4K, because it goes like a supersonic jet. Our test pilot at Hawker Siddeley back in the early 70's who used to do Post Major Service Test Flights on the RR Powered F4K & J reckoned the F4 proved that if you provided enough thrust to a brick you could make it go through the sound barrier. May apply to TD5 powered square vehicles, although not mine.


Hmm, hadn't thought of that so nope.
My Td5 isn't chipped, but it does push along nicely. :p

Lots of people want beer it seems

[Rok_Dr]

Charlie.... the letters on the number plate are CSK and being an old range rover owner the initials CSK have special meaning, So Charlie it was.

Cheers

Steve

[banjo]

Our everyday driver series 3 LWB. Is called Cristine cause its bloody possesed . When we was building it everytime i fixed something , Something off the other end fell off Or it just broke after fixing it ..:(

[Modelsp]

Muppet
is it the Phantom 109
I think it's in a song somewhere
Jonny Cash????
cheers
Paul:D;)

[Disco Muppet]

Muppet
is it the Phantom 109
I think it's in a song somewhere
Jonny Cash????
cheers
Paul:D;)

Hmmm close. Veeeery close ;)

[Mike_S]

^^^^^

Tango. Pretty obvious why :D

Or maybe not over here !!

[460cixy]

My defender is called mal and the series one is called mike after the leylands

[digger]

Hmmm close. Veeeery close ;)

if this is right the beers are Pauls!!

The way he stuck out a big hand and
Said with a grin "Big Joe's the name
And this here rig's called Phantom 309"
Well I asked him why he called his
Rig such a name, but he just turned to me
And said "Why son don't you know this here
Rig'll be puttin' 'em all to shame, why
There ain't a driver on this
Or any other line for that matter
That's seen nothin' but the taillights of Big Joe
And Phantom 309"

heres a version I bet many of you didnt know existed :)

John Laws - Phantom 309. - YouTube

[DiscoMick]

I wanted to call one of our boys George, but was overruled, so I applied the name to the Disco, and refused to be overruled!:cool:;)

[UncleHo]

Well, all of mine have names, the the 2a is "Aggie" a-la-snail,the 85 Rangie is "Linus" from the letters on the rego,the D1 is "RUU" from the rego, and the recently acquired Lightweight is "Brunei" after where it was stationed.

cheers.

[disco2_dan]

As per the question, I know we've had how did you get your forum name, but for those of us who have bestowed a title upon our vehicles, how did you figure it out?
If anyone can guess how I got Phantom, I'll owe you a 6 pack of beer ;)
And no, despite what my mother says, it's not because it's the Phantom and I'm the Menace :twisted: :p

Didn't u name it after a fighter jet?

[digger]

Well, all of mine have names, the the 2a is "Aggie" a-la-snail,the 85 Rangie is "Linus" from the letters on the rego,the D1 is "RUU" from the rego, and the recently acquired Lightweight is "Brunei" after where it was stationed.

cheers.

someone needs to update their siggy block Uncle!!!

[Disco Muppet]

The way he stuck out a big hand and
Said with a grin "Big Joe's the name
And this here rig's called Phantom 309"
Well I asked him why he called his
Rig such a name, but he just turned to me
And said "Why son don't you know this here
Rig'll be puttin' 'em all to shame, why
There ain't a driver on this
Or any other line for that matter
That's seen nothin' but the taillights of Big Joe
And Phantom 309"


Well done :D
However, this is the version I prefer
Tom Waits - Big Joe and Phantom 309 (Live) - YouTube

So yes, Phantom 309.
The dash is lit like the old Madam Larue pinball machine, and every time I climb up into the cab I know it will be warm.
:cool:

[mattadelaide1975]

my TD5 is called Bessy.... hmm infact all my cars have been called Bessy. As a Doctor Who fan, I "stole" the name from the third Doctor.

Unfortunately bessy is currently at the Crash repairers getting her rear remoulded, after some Rav4 driver decided to use Bessy to stop quickly.

Cheers

Matt

[The ho har's]

RED 130, obvious why:)

series IIa, bessie - after a friends mother, she is old and tough

series III, zara - she came from a property called "Zara"

series 1, connie-sue - after Len Beadell's daughter

101 FC, Hercules - because he is a big brut of a thing, like a V8 tonka truck on steriods:cool:

the others are names that just came to me:D

And my theory is, all SWB are female and LWB are male names;)

Mrs hh:angel:

[Kevin B]

Well done :D
However, this is the version I prefer
Tom Waits - Big Joe and Phantom 309 (Live) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drSMRqINdaA)

So yes, Phantom 309.
The dash is lit like the old Madam Larue pinball machine, and every time I climb up into the cab I know it will be warm.
:cool:



i seem to remember that off the Album "24 Great truck Driving songs"...

[Disco Muppet]

i seem to remember that off the Album "24 Great truck Driving songs"...

I found dad's copy of Nighthawks at the Diner, and it's really the only track I remember :D

[ramblingboy42]

because it growls when I'm uppit and rumbles on the muddies under brakes

[HangOver]

If i put here the names I call mine I'd get the post removed ;)

[VladTepes]

My 'new' 130 doesn't have a name yet.
I'm sure that in due course just the right name will reveal itself....

[newhue]

The Camel, born out of reading Crossing The Dead Heart by Cecil Madigan. Then following in his parties journey across the desert. He could not have done it with Camels, I could not have done it without the 130.

[sheerluck]

You know how mine got it's name, Muppet. You won the naming competition as I remember, your entry was the winning one from thousands.....

[goanna_shire]

Shed by name Shed by nature :D.

[Disco Muppet]

You know how mine got it's name, Muppet. You won the naming competition as I remember, your entry was the winning one from thousands.....

A highly coveted price, t'be sure.

[sinistr]

No name for our new D3 'yet' but even the triton didn't have a name and that was with me for 4 yrs. The Hondas we own all have a name or a plate which is special however. I'm sure a name will come soon.

[Sandgroper]

My eight year old daughter named my D90 "Mr Wonka" from Charlie and the chocolate factory and it has stuck!

[rb30gtr]

HAHA great thread and some funny names! Good stuff

I have Dorothy the Disco, or Dot for short, named by my Fiance.

My mates Jeep is Wendy
Brothers Sierra is Simon
Friends Pajero is Berty
Fiance's MX5 is Elmo
My Pulsar was Pete
My CBR1000RR was Ronda

[SuperMono]

R2D3
Our landRover no2 Discovery3
Full of electronics and makes noises nobody can understand.

AKA White Whale
Following my first day with the D3 in the mud while still on road tyres.
It was stuck and nobody could move it.

[Corgie Carrier]

Some really good incites into how you name your rovers

I have
77 Rangie (soon to be a ute) ...Blatt, Use it just to go for a blatt
89 Rangie ... Black thunder, drove past a mates place and his misses said it sounded like thunder and it's black.
93 Disco ... Ogre, cos it's green, mean, fat & ugly. GQ & 80 series diffs.
96 Disco ... Telly, cos of the rego TEL and it has almost no paint on the roof, it reminded me of Kojak's Telly Savalas.

Neale

[bob10]

Do you mean god old WTF now? [ just kidding] Bob

[Ratel10mm]

My wife hates it, so it's called Beast.

[superquag]

1995 Range Rover Classic Vogue SE, with working air suspension...

Previously referred to as The Event Horizon, the critical distance from a Black Hole that inexorably sucks it all in...especially money... But a certain softening (of the brain?) of my cynical view - the centre console wood came up nicely with fresh lacquer - encouraged a more...'personal' name...


The Lady Sarah, a quintessentially English name for an upper-class Woman.
Because she has delusions of grandeur, is high maintenance.... indulges in embarrasing and in-appropriate behaviours, causes bad financial decisions to be made. Originally seen as a a breath of fresh air, but now is perceived as past it, - resting too long on her laurels. Notwithstanding, retains a hint of her original attraction. Has glaring faults of which She appears unaware....
- Generates extremes of opinion. Difficult to live without and just as impossible to live with...

Any similarity to the Duchess of York is purely co-incidental.

[Dark61]

as per the Dog in Whacky Races etc - the noise he makes when you try starting him!

[dandlandyman]

Jess was named pretty quickly after I got her, totally out of frustration. You know the feeling...

"I jess wanna get home!!" or "I jess wanna get this fixed before I end up with hypothermia!!"

She was always female. Cliches about her making off with all my money and time spring to mind all too easily, but the most fitting thing is that she looks great with her top off!!:p:D

My Forward Control is called Dorothy cos she looks like a big grey dinosaur. And my red Series 3 ute is tentatively called Red Rover (in some ways it's fitting as, like the old game, fixing up another one is like running the gauntlet). With names like those, though, it's looking like I'm running low on imagination.:p

I only really name them so I can say which one I've stored stuff in. Still sounds silly when you consider I live alone..... :D

Dan.
69 2A 88" pet4 (still in disguise), 68 2B FC pet6 (still resting quietly), plus 14 other parts/project cars (1xS2, 6xS2As, 7xS3s).

[Homestar]

Pedro sorted out the name on my 101 - Chuck, as in Chuck Norris, coz nothing is tougher.

Recently though I seem to be calling it Chucky, as in this cute little fellow...

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/101-forward-controls-variations/66791d1381308087-gavs-101-image.jpg

Seems quite fitting at times when I'm working on it, but either way works. :)

[benji]

We have a 94 lse called Kellogs. Because it was full of golden coloured flakes.

The others don't have names, though my dad calls the p38 Hessie....:mad:

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[George130]

Well my forum name came from my rig
130's full name is George prince of darkness, We just call him George.

He got the name from a friend when the light switch failed and the lucas electrics jokes started. Same friends think the rig went to the dark side.

Fiat is a dainty girl so got the name felicity. Mother in law was a little worried when she was told I was playing under felicity's skirts :twisted:

[Cruiserlux]

My 130 is called Cletus. Youth group kids gave it the name after the hill billy on the Simpsons

[Homestar]

My 130 is called Cletus. Youth group kids gave it the name after the hill billy on the Simpsons

I once has a Boss called Cletus... I could never face him without starting to giggle a bit and thinking of the tune....

'Some folk'l never loose a toe, and then again some folk'l, like Cletus the slack jawed yokel.':D