What is the name of your Landrover?

[solmanic]

I have realised that I have neglected to name my Defender. Some of my friends have been casually referring to it as "Truckasaurus II" after the Simpsons episode and it being my second. Consequently I am thinking that since this name has arisen more-or-less by accident and has acceptance, then maybe I should formalise it (eg. decal, number plate, broken champagne bottle on the bullbar etc).

So what do others here call their mechanical children?

[DirtyDawg]

"The Pig"

[Omaroo]

We have a number of cars - so any time we ask each other what we're taking that day, we go by their names:

"The Land Rover"

"The Jeep"

"The Blue Patrol"

"The White Patrol"

"The Silver Saab"

"The Green Saab"

Romantic, no?

[incisor]

The 59 shorty is called "Daddy" cause the kids reckon it took over my life :P

the maroon 95 disco is called "Gilly" after Trevor Gillmiester aka "the Axe" cause he would tackle anything..

:spudnikbeanie:

[Yabbie]

First It has been kidnapped by the Mrs's.

So I have called it:

"The ********"

1. I can never find it when I want it.
2. Every ****s got one

[Reads90]

[quote=Omaroo]We have a number of cars - so any time we ask each other what we're taking that day, we go by their names:



"The Jeep"


[quote]

whooo thats fighting talk that is :o :o

was asked may times around aus if the 90 was a jeep. The above ans was usually given

[Omaroo]

[quote=Omaroo]
"The Jeep"


quote]

whooo thats fighting talk that is :o :o

was asked may times around aus if the 90 was a jeep. The above ans was usually given

We love Landy's and Jeeps - they are both classic, iconic brands unlike all this Toymotabishissan stuff invading our shores these days....

[xrover]

Breta

- Irish for a gal from Britain.

[Reads90]

[quote=Reads90]

We love Landy's and Jeeps - they are both classic, iconic brands unlike all this Toymotabishissan stuff invading our shores these days....

its a pom thing . major insult in the uk for your landy to be called a jeep. Used to have sticker on my landy that said " No its not a Bloody Jeep"

[Reads90]

Don't really have a name for the 90. have called it a few words that can't be repeated on here before.
But after doing 36,000k's around with no problems it is my little angel at the moment. The wife calls it her toy boy
You see when i was in the uk i had the winch challenge 90 and the blue 90 we have here was her daly car. So hers was call the toy boy and mine was called the mistress.
used to cause fun when she went to work and her colleges used to ask what she got up to at the weekend and she would say that Ali went out playing with the mitress all weekend, so she was on her own. She called it the mitress as she thought i spent more time , money and f***ed it more often than her.

[Omaroo]

[quote=Omaroo]

its a pom thing . major insult in the uk for your landy to be called a jeep. Used to have sticker on my landy that said " No its not a Bloody Jeep"

I'm just wondering if you thought that those were all names for the one vehicle... our Defender? They are the names we call each of our cars.....:confused: We call the Land rover the "Land Rover". The Jeep is called "The Jeep". We don't often confuse the two...

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Ours is Wofie the White Wand Wover :eek: :D :D

[Captain_Rightfoot]

The 59 shorty is called "Daddy" cause the kids reckon it took over my life :P

the maroon 95 disco is called "Gilly" after Trevor Gillmiester aka "the Axe" cause he would tackle anything..

:spudnikbeanie:
Our golden retriever was named Gilly after the football player too... :eek: :eek:

[Reads90]

[quote=Reads90]

I'm just wondering if you thought that those were all names for the one vehicle... our Defender? They are the names we call each of our cars.....:confused: We call the Land rover the "Land Rover". The Jeep is called "The Jeep". We don't often confuse the two...

ahh ok , yeah i did think that was what you called the defender

[rangieman]

all my mates and wife and kids call mine ugles cause they all reckon its ugly


yep no taste and yes some of these so called friends drive rovers let it be discos and rangies so thats why they are a boring tasteless bunch that dont appreciate good engineering

not me i luv my truck and i dont call it any thing unless it stops or gets
bogged then there is a few names that i call it :angel:

[tombraider]

My Defenders called "Lara"...

Why? Well it is a Tombraider, and the wife says she's 'pretty'...

Then she drives a Vitara called "Ookie" the Suzuki :cool:

Tombraider

[crump]

My Fenders called Henry, after Greylandy, never had a name for it til I bought a roof rack off him, and the name just stuck, hope thats ok Greylandy??:eek:

[timberwolf_302]

I just call the Rangie "Rangie"

I once called her a f***ing useless c**t of a thing ...that was when I was pleading for her to start after several attempts when I went through a creek too quickly and drowned the distributer.

[George130]

Mine is called George
or when it realy annoys me and deserves its full name
George, Prince of Darkness.
Thats where my forum name comes from.
The link came from the lights failing and a frind cursing Lucus electrics and then the sticker on the back for star wars
brought about George Lucus
so George stuck.
Friends call it the Beast or monster

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I just called both of mine after the missus,,
BUB91
BUB002


yea I know,,
but she loves me--:angel:

[Michael2]

After a put a 3 litre Nissan Diesel in the SIII I named it Snotty, because it was green with a lot of boogie. But like all things Japanese, the Nissan gearbox (actually the Marks 4WD adaptor) broke, and after three ressurections, I went back to a 2.25 Landy petrol & four speed box.

I haven't named the Defender yet, it's still too new, it must earn a name.

[JDNSW]

Well, the 110 is usually called "The County" and the 2a is usually called "The Landrover" or "The Old Landrover". Not very inventive I'm afraid.
John

[LandyAndy]

BlackBetty
It was the most unracial name I came up with at the time.She is Java Black.
Andrew

[101RRS]

What do I call me landy

well after I have been working on it "F&**g bitch" :o - surprising this name applied to all my landys - the series cars, the discos and particularly the hippo.

Gazzz

[stevo68]

Well for the D3, it is the Black Beasty and for our XR6 it is sexy Xeee. Other originals have been a white ford so whitey, a blue commodore, yep for those playing Bluey, and when I had a Merc one time, the Mercstar. The Black Beasty is my favourite and am yet to abuse it :cool:

Regards

Stevo

[Andrewpv01]

The Disco is called Karen - don't know why just like that name:)

Andrew

[discowhite]

Darth as in DarthRover!

its small and dark and weezzzes.

Luke i am your father! Iwill destroy you:firedevil:

phil

[dullbird]

called my'm wiesel,,,,,,,


just because i can

[Omaroo]

called my'm wiesel,,,,,,,


just because i can
You mean "weasel"..... ??

but - which one?

One of these:

http://www.bsn.net/mountain/wildlife/images/weasel.jpg

OR

one of these? (M29 Weasel) My brother actually has one of these :eek:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Weasel_BW.jpg

:D:D:D

[DiscoDave]

called my'm wiesel,,,,,,,


just because i can

As in Wiesel the Diesel?:D

[DEFENDERZOOK]

well.....you all know lurch.....

but at work.....the delivery vans had names too.....

an econovan called barney......
a mitsubishi called regina.....
another mitsubishi called yas......
and a holden combo called dorey.....

and i used to drive a mazdabator and a crapella.....

[Paulie]

Wild Rover or Queenie.

Wild Rover: coz I'm a sailing type person on classic ships, comes from a sea shanty:
"I've been a wild rover for many a year,
and I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer..."

Queenie:
Coz being a v8 with a 2.5inch exhaust, dad thinks it sounds like the Queen Mary when i start it in the morning to go to work.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

probably drinks like the queen mary too......

[Paulie]

yep. :(





But you can't beat the rumble :)

[dungarover]

Okay, I have a name for all my Rangies/Disco that I have owned. Usually by incident or mechanicla fault, etc..

Rangie 76 2 door- 'Money pit'. I was a apprentice Baker at the time and I was always broke from fixing it, this is how I honed my mecanical prowess, leant how to build a CIG locker also for the back and getting plennty of know-how through the RRC before it went 'chardonay' :twisted: :twisted:

Rangie 84 4 door auto- 'Exxon' It had a nasty rear main seal leak and was almost as bad as the Exxon Valdeiz diaster with pool of oil adfter parking it for a few hours

Disco 93 V8i auto- 'green ****box' I bought it and hated it til I traded up. This had LPG fitted, nothing but a constant headache and it was poorly set-up for any off-roading anyway.

Rangie 93 Vogue- Aquarangie, the infamous that also gave me my internet alias. I drowned it a couple of times and it was a aqua-ish colour (agean) and the mane stuck. Still my best Rangie by far (then current rig is almost ion equal ground).

Rangie 83- 'Thomas'. Mate in the club reckoned it was blowing more smoke than thomas the tank engine (I had a valve seal issue) and it was promply maned as such. After I had it fixed it the mane remained.

Rangie 87 (current rig)- 'Ol bluey, becaus it's blue, that's it :D :D

Trav

[Iggy]

Halle cause shes Java Black (Halle Berry my dream girl)

[harry]

i dont have a name for my disco, other than 'the truck' or 'the disco' or the 'land rover'
but my wife likes to call it a '**** car'
but when she does, she repeats it several times to really test my 'road rage' control circuitry.
i have resorted to a new control system for avoidance of the above syndrome - don't take her

[bluetongue]

Officially... Bluetongue!
* I bought it from a guy who is a lizard keeper up at oz zoo in qld
* lizards crawl over anything
* fender colour is cobar-blue

Otherwise... the landy, fender, or as my 3 year old girl calls it - daddys truck!

And after I've broken down for the nth time.... WTF did I buy this big-lump of-crap for!!!!!!!... usually as I'm waiting for nrma or tow-truck I have entire conversions with myself debating and supporting the ownership of a land rover... obviously the "little" guy on my left shoulder who supports ownership wins out each and every time

... Scott

[IceFyre]

Sue ....

It's a cryptic Simpsons reference :D

[RobHay]

"Morrigan" Not on it yet, but will be once restoration is complete.

Morrigan is an ancient Celtic goddess of war.

The Morrigan is a goddess of battle and fertility. Her name translates as either "Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen," and both epithets are entirely appropriate for her. The Morrigan appears as both a single goddess and a trio of goddesses. The other deities who form the trio are Badb (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/badb.html) ("Crow"), and either Macha (also connotes "Crow") or Nemain ("Frenzy"). The Morrigan frequently appears in the ornithological guise of a hooded crow. She is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tuatha_de_danann.html) ("Tribe of the goddess Danu") and she helped defeat the Firbolg (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/firbolg.html) at the First Battle of Mag Tuireadh and the Fomorians (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/fomorians.html) at the Second Battle of Mag Tuireadh.

Origin
The origins of the Morrigan seem to reach directly back to the megalithic cult of the Mothers. ( If you have read the Da Vinci Code, you will understand about the Cult of the Mothers) The Mothers (Matrones, Idises, Disir, etc.) usually appeared as triple goddesses and their cult was expressed through both battle ecstasy and regenerative ecstasy. It's also interesting to note that later Celtic goddesses of sovereignty, such as the trio of Eriu, Banba, and Fotla, also appear as a trio of female deities who use magic in warfare. "Influence in the sphere of warfare, but by means of magic and incantation rather than through physical strength, is common to these beings." (Ross 205)
Eriu, a goddess connected to the land in a fashion reminiscent of the Mothers, could appear as a beautiful woman or as a crow, as could the Morrigan. The Disir appeared in similar guises. In addition to being battle goddesses, they are significantly associated with fate as well as birth in many cases, along with appearing before a death or to escort the deceased.
There is certainly evidence that the concept of a raven goddess of battle was not limited to the Irish Celts. An inscription found in France which reads Cathubodva, 'Battle Raven', shows that a similar concept was at work among the Gaulish Celts.
Valkyries (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/valkyries.html) in Norse cosmology. Both use magic to cast fetters on warriors and choose who will die.
During the Second Battle, the Morrigan "said she would go and destroy Indech son of De Domnann and 'deprive him of the blood of his heart and the kidneys of his valor', and she gave two handfuls of that blood to the hosts. When Indech later appeared in the battle, he was already doomed." (Rees 36)
Compare this to the Washer at the Ford, another guise of the Morrigan. The Washer is usually to be found washing the clothes of men about to die in battle. In effect, she is choosing who will die.
An early German spell found in Merseburg mentions the Indisi, who decided the fortunes of war and the fates of warriors. The Scandinavian "Song of the Spear", quoted in "Njals Saga", gives a detailed description of Valkyries as women weaving on a grisly loom, with severed heads for weights, arrows for shuttles, and entrails for the warp. As they worked, they exulted at the loss of life that would take place. "All is sinister now to see, a cloud of blood moves over the sky, the air is red with the blood of men, and the battle women chant their song." (Davidson 94)
An Old English poem, "Exodus", refers to ravens as choosers of the slain. In all these sources, ravens, choosing of the slain, casting fetters, and female beings are linked.
"As the Norse and English sources show them to us, the walkurjas are figures of awe an even terror, who delight in the deaths of men. As battlefield scavengers, they are very close to the ravens, who are described as waelceasega, "picking over the dead"..." (Our Troth)
"The function of the goddess [the Morrigan] here, it may be noted, is not to attack the hero [Cu Chulainn] with weapons but to render him helpless at a crucial point in the battle, like the valkyries who cast 'fetters' upon warriors ... thus both in Irish and Scandinavian literature we have a conception of female beings associated with battle, both fierce and erotic." (Davidson 97, 100)
The Morrigan and Cu Chulainn
She appeared to the hero Cu Chulainn (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/cuchulainn.html) (son of the god Lugh) and offered her love to him. When he failed to recognize her and rejected her, she told him that she would hinder him when he was in battle. When Cu Chulainn was eventually killed, she settled on his shoulder in the form of a crow. Cu's misfortune was that he never recognized the feminine power of sovereignty that she offered to him.
She appeared to him on at least four occasions and each time he failed to recognize her.

When she appeared to him and declared her love for him.
After he had wounded her, she appeared to him as an old hag and he offered his blessings to her, which caused her to be healed.
On his way to his final battle, he saw the Washer at the Ford, who declared that she was washing the clothes and arms of Cu Chulainn, who would soon be dead.
When he was forced by three hags (the Morrigan in her triple aspect) to break a taboo of eating dogflesh.

[barney]

among the guys at the lroc, it gets called "LR UTE" after it's number plate LRY00T. it's been called "LARRY-OOT" by an ex girlfriend who didn't read the number plate properly, and lately, after fitting a massive hayman-reece towbar, the towbar has been dubbed "the equaliser" for a couple of reasons. firstly, with the towbar on, it's like dragging a ripper behind me which bottoms out all the time, thus "equalising" the playing field between land rovers and the jap vehicles some of my mate's have. the second reason is that it will kneecap someone running through a carpark. it sits right at kneecap height and it sounds like a good name for something that may stop a fleeing criminal......or a completely innocent person in a hurry!:twisted:

[CraigE]

The Green Pig, because it is green and I have two pictures of boars on the wind deflector on the bonnet.
Also known as Shrek, because its big, green, offensive and ugly (in a beautiful kinda way).
And if I have been eating chillie goes of and smells like Shrek.
:o :o

[hiline]

my 130 is called The Kubota

one of my mates called it that after a 4wd weekend

"the darn thing is like a kubota tractor he said"

[RobHay]

LandyAndy
BlackBetty
It was the most unracial name I came up with at the time.She is Java Black.
Andrew

Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam)
She said, "i'm worryin' outta mind" (bam-ba-lam)
The damn thing gone blind (bam-ba-lam)
I said oh, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)

Oh, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
She really gets me high (bam-ba-lam)
You know that's no lie (bam-ba-lam)
She's so rock steady (bam-ba-lam)
And she's always ready (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)

Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
She's from birmingham (bam-ba-lam)
Way down in alabam' (bam-ba-lam)
Well, she's shakin' that thing (bam-ba-lam)
Boy, she makes me sing (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty bam-ba-lam

:angel:

[Bushie]

When the kids were young they used to call it Diesel

now its just the land rover as opposed to the POS nissan for work.



Martyn

[fernockulated]

:cool: well the old series i had was nicknamed "Moby" cos i painted it white and it must have looked like a whale,and my current Rovers full title was "Lil Thumper" shortened to just plain ole thumper ,cos when i bought it the exhaust made a nice thump,thump sound out the back,oh and it had an out of round tyre that also thumped till i changd it:( :p :D

[Lotz-A-Landies]

My Regular Rangie "Vague"
The 1951 80" LR "Bemboka" (because that's where I found her.)
The 1950 80" LR "Gunna" (because I'm gunna fix 'im up and he came from Gunning)
the 1967 110" Forward Control "Tooby" because he is going 'to be" restored.

Years ago I had 2 x 2a 109" Land Rovers - The first was a 253 CID V8 and was called "Kay" (because Kay Hertz my Budget) the other one a 202 CID was called "Avis" (because Avis was my other car)

Diana

[Grizzly_Adams]

Weelll my 1959 Series II is called Molly, because she reminded me of Molly Weasley from Harry Potter ;) She's the mother of my (much) younger Defender, and she can be firey at times :D


My 1994 Defender I just call her "The beast" or more commonly "The truck" - self explanatory really.

My Tvan I've taken to calling "The blob".

[gruntfuttock]

LandyAndy
BlackBetty
It was the most unracial name I came up with at the time.She is Java Black.
Andrew

Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam)
She said, "i'm worryin' outta mind" (bam-ba-lam)
The damn thing gone blind (bam-ba-lam)
I said oh, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)

Oh, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
She really gets me high (bam-ba-lam)
You know that's no lie (bam-ba-lam)
She's so rock steady (bam-ba-lam)
And she's always ready (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)

Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
She's from birmingham (bam-ba-lam)
Way down in alabam' (bam-ba-lam)
Well, she's shakin' that thing (bam-ba-lam)
Boy, she makes me sing (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty bam-ba-lam

:angel:

So are you Spider-bait??

[barney]

he could also be RAM JAM or if he's really old and dead, he could be LEADBELLY

[Phoenix]

Well my FFR is called Grover (even though it's green), which came from the wife saying Go Rover as we were dashing across a busy road trying to beat the traffic.

THe ambulance is Eden, because it was in a landrover garden of eden when I found it (amongst the other 30 odd land rovers). And Eden the ambulance sounds cool :cool:

[Lotz-A-Landies]

all my mates and wife and kids call mine ugles cause they all reckon its ugly


yep no taste and yes some of these so called friends drive rovers let it be discos and rangies so thats why they are a boring tasteless bunch that dont appreciate good engineering

not me i luv my truck and i dont call it any thing unless it stops or gets
bogged then there is a few names that i call it :angel:

Good engineering - is that why:
* no one wants the TD5 engines to put in other vehicles?
* people now need to fit checker plate on the plasticine defender guards to, stop them bending in a strong breeze?
* and they have gone back to Rover Diffs for the new model?
* they are over-priced against the competition?


Lotz-A

[Lotz-A-Landies]

[quote=Reads90]

We love Landy's and Jeeps - they are both classic, iconic brands unlike all this Toymotabishissan stuff invading our shores these days....

Chris

The stickers are always telling me "there's only one J#$%" and by your having it you are depriving everyone else of it!

Lotz-A

One J... Hmmm - Bantam, Willys, Ford, AMC, Chrysler - CJ 1-7, Cherokee, Wagoneer, Renegade etc. etc. Yes that's right only one!

[Ace]

Mine doesnt officially have a name, we just call it "The Disco" i did post a thread on here ages ago trying to name it but nothing stuck. I think Kermit was suggested but it doesnt sound right.

The jury is still out on an official name. Matt

[Phoenix]

Mine doesnt officially have a name, we just call it "The Disco" i did post a thread on here ages ago trying to name it but nothing stuck. I think Kermit was suggested but it doesnt sound right.

The jury is still out on an official name. Matt

maybe it should be called unmentionable then :lol2:

[JamesH]

Mine is called "The Landy". It sounds unoriginal and boring but it's the way it is said by all my friends and acquaintances that gives it a certain something. They never refer to their own cars but often refer to mine. Ok, not always in a complimentary way but they acknowledge it exists and has an identity. It is never "Your Landy" it is "The Landy".

There is a number plate in Perth "The Landy". It's on a Disco.

[Ace]

maybe it should be called unmentionable then :lol2:

It would at least have a name then i suppose

[boggo]

"Betsy"

[Redback]

"Betsy"

What does Josh call his:confused:

Baz.

[Stepho_62]

Also known as Shrek, because its big, green, offensive and ugly (in a beautiful kinda way).
Princess Fiona, :D Like Craig I've drawn the Shrek parallel. Big, Ugly, Green, Total Bitch, etc.

But man, she cruises around effortlessly on the smell of an Oily rag, she at home in the swamp, Its slow (I'm constantly saying "Are we there yet") so, Go figure! :eek:

Cheers,