How did your LR get it's name?

**Disco Muppet** · 26th May 2013, 12:47 PM

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

**1976_michelle** · 26th May 2013, 12:57 PM

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** · 26th May 2013, 01:11 PM

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** · 26th May 2013, 01:19 PM

BERT Bloody Excellent Rover Truck

**Newy** · 26th May 2013, 01:41 PM

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

**carlschmid2002** · 26th May 2013, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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

**Disco Muppet** · 26th May 2013, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

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** · 26th May 2013, 03:09 PM

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** · 26th May 2013, 03:19 PM

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** · 26th May 2013, 04:34 PM

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.

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