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Naming your Minor

Post by kingzdjc »

Wondering if any of you guys have named your Minor(s), and what brought you to calling it that name :D

My 55 splitscreen I named Audrey, purely because it was a name that came to mind as soon as I saw her. Its also a name that fits in with the era of the car, unlike say Chelsea or Summer lily! lol
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I don't really ever name cars as they are pieces of machinery which occasionally get called 'bag of crap', 'piece of junk', other obscenities but sometimes 'you beauty'. Anyway you do get attached to your car as you go through many experiences with it and regard them with affection (or hatred).

I have only ever had one nickname for any of my cars: the Panzerwagen, a 1996 Nissan Micra and a very good one at that.
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My Traveller is "Molly", because she looks kind of like a cat my wife had once......black with some white. (And she purrs)
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Our minor has the name wilma she is is called wilma as in ' wil ma ' car start ? :). The name also came to mind as wilma is in the flinstones as the rust holes in the bottom of her made us think of wilma and Fred using their feet to start the car . Wilma suits her really well :).
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Mine's called 'Misty'
the name came about before i picked her up, i was stood in a big band rehearsal, and thinking about what to call her
the conductor wanted us to play 'Stormy weather', but couldn't remember the name of it, and refered to it as 'oh, you know, misty....'
It just seemed to fit - she is smoke grey, after all :-)[frame]Image[/frame]


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Well we call ours henrietta. She's a 57 so i thought of Heinz as in the beans and the 57 varieties. But the wife said you can't call it that as its to shapely to be a boy and its an English car so Heinz is German for Henry and the female equivalent is henrietta so that's what we ended up with.
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My father and i share a 54 split screen from northern ireland, it was bought in 1991 and when the rest of the family saw the number plate NIA .... being a welsh family and Nia being a Welsh girls name, Nia it was to be.

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can't seem to think of an appropriate name for my car, anyone else got any ideas its bight yellow
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hughes wrote:can't seem to think of an appropriate name for my car, anyone else got any ideas its bight yellow
Its looks like a Marmaduke to me!
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Custard? Although it has been done before :wink:
Mine were simple - SFO=Sophie and YAS=Yasmin :D
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Post by LouiseM »

How about Buzby, after the talking yellow bird in the 70's BT ads? Your car looks a similar colour to the BT yellow vans :D


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How about "Tweety Pie" after Sylvester the cat's little feathered friend or

"Woodstock" (Snoopy's yellow bird)

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:D My Moggy is Annie (Named after an old cat of ours)it's a 1959 4 door saloon currently in intensive care
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LouiseM wrote:How about Buzby, after the talking yellow bird in the 70's BT ads? Your car looks a similar colour to the BT yellow vans :D
We called one of my father's cars this as kids, it was a Vauxhall Viva I think. He needed it resprayed and yellow happened to be the cheapest colour at the time, a typical Dad thing to do :lol:
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Mine is Daisy May. Daisy Because she is white- May because we bought her in May! The Kids chose the name

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Hi yes my is Jenny after my daughters pony that had to be put to sleep
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Mine's called Lucy after the old lady who owned her before me!
Lucy :)
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Mines Nuffield-Ox-Minor.
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Mine's name is Trudy as that was the noise she makes when you try to start her with the handle.
Trudy, my '56 Series II

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one i saw (a rag top) recently was named mavis after its original owner...


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