Does your Charger have a name?

bull · July 20, 2005, 06:29:58 AM

If your Classic Charger has a name what is it and how did you come up with it?

6pkrunner · July 20, 2005, 06:33:16 AM

When she's running like a top, "Old Girl". Whewn she's not...well I'm sure you can guess which collection of letters to use.

BrianShaughnessy · July 20, 2005, 06:37:33 AM

Black Betty.

Charger_Croatia · July 20, 2005, 06:40:16 AM

Well, my car is under restore but I'm thinking now about possible name. Car was purchased from Ohio but originaly was Georgia car. And I'm located in the southern part of Croatia.
So for me "Southern Comfort" sounds good (even in my local language).

bull · July 20, 2005, 06:46:02 AM

Mine has no name yet. I don't really want to think up one, I just want it to sort of happen if that makes sense. Kind of like the American Indians who basically let their children name themselves through their actions.

That sounded a little deeper than I meant it to. Let's just say I want it to come on its own when it comes.

ChargerRob · July 20, 2005, 07:19:05 AM

My kids call it "Dad's Car"

Khyron · July 20, 2005, 07:29:19 AM

Goldie ..... The hood is as flat as the actress

seriously, just because it's Y-4

Recharger · July 20, 2005, 07:50:03 AM

That's an interesting theory Bull. I like that. If I had followed that one my car woud have been named "Leaks Much Fluid." I've never been much for naming cars, but lately I seem to be calling mine "sunnuvabitch" quite a bit.

Plumcrazy · July 20, 2005, 08:28:43 AM

My wife named mine. It's Chargie

Drache · July 20, 2005, 08:33:21 AM

Mine is "Missing in Action"

gotta buy another one first!

bull · July 20, 2005, 08:35:11 AM

Quote from: Recharger on July 20, 2005, 07:50:03 AM
That's an interesting theory Bull. I like that. If I had followed that one my car woud have been named "Leaks Much Fluid." I've never been much for naming cars, but lately I seem to be calling mine "sunnuvabitch" quite a bit.

Let me clarify by saying I'll probably try sticking to the more positive aspects of the car when choosing a name.

Right now I'll probably have to call it Money Pit.

Old Moparz · July 20, 2005, 08:42:21 AM

The Junk Bin.

triple_green · July 20, 2005, 08:50:29 AM

triple green

Dodge-Charger · July 20, 2005, 09:02:28 AM

The names of my cars are as follows.
1, Goldie , its a gold car
2, Ohio Breeze , Long story but to make it short. Car came from Ohio and it was no Breeze to get it here.
3, GreyGhost , ( Banshee ) Car spent most of its days in primer it is loud as hell and I had a bad habbit of runnin up on my buds with the lights off. They named the car for me.
4, Betsie, when i brought the black one home the brakes failed so as I was turning into the drive she wouldnt stop and " Woooohhhhhhh Betsie " came out of my mouth.
5, Parts car #1
6, parts car #2
7, parts car #3
8, Loner, still a parts car but found it by its self over in the woods.
9, the 72 dont have a name yet nor does the 71.
and a few more i call by tag. Red SE, 7423, Standard gold and so on

my73charger · July 20, 2005, 09:14:58 AM

My kids call mine "The Hot Rod"

Ghoste · July 20, 2005, 09:32:56 AM

My friends call the 67, the "White Hat". I usually call it "Rusty".

PocketThunder · July 20, 2005, 09:33:24 AM

For now its The Turd Car. i brought home my '69 500 that is T7 Bronze and Rust. my spouse came out of the house, looked at it and said "it looks like a big brown turd" then went back inside. It was December and 10 º outside... but i think it'll be "the 500"

the 68 doesnt have a name yet, its PP1, white interior, gonna be my spouses car so i guess we'll give it a girls name.

I do have a white 89 Ram that we call........Whitey!

Dale The Bold · July 20, 2005, 09:57:19 AM

"General Lee." If it has to have a girl's name "General Leigh."

70charginglizard · July 20, 2005, 10:33:44 AM

The lizard king.

My tribute to Jim Morrison, since he actually use to have a 2nd gen dodge charger when they first came out.

plum500 · July 20, 2005, 10:39:21 AM

Not too original, but Plum Crazy

happy face is kindof the moniker.... plate it came with, and a happy face sticker on the distributor cap.

Ghoste · July 20, 2005, 10:40:49 AM

Quote from: 70charginglizard on July 20, 2005, 10:33:44 AM
The lizard king.

My tribute to Jim Morrison, since he actually use to have a 2nd gen dodge charger when they first came out.

Are you just making that up?

4402tuff4u · July 20, 2005, 11:18:33 AM

My wife calls it the "other" woman. I'm with Bull. I'll wait until something comes up in mind. Hopefully something positive. Once in a while I find myself calling it the "R/T". If I named it and start using the name around the house, I think my wife will probably flip. She's commented in the past to her friends that the Charger is like another woman. One of her hot girl friends said "at least he's not cheating on you, the Charger will keep him home". I could'nt believe her friend said that. I made believe I did'nt hear it. My car is going through full restoration and the money is pouring out, she's not to happy about that even though I'm working a second job to pay for this. At Carlisle she started coming around after seeing what these cars looked like after being restored.

tomonty · July 20, 2005, 11:46:34 AM

When it cooperates, I have no name for it. When it doesn't cooperate, it is called G*&$DAMN MOTHERF#$%%!!!

Johnny SixPack · July 20, 2005, 12:27:29 PM

My "70 is Gina.

She got that name in honor of Gina Gershon:

Just something about that mouth.

The "69 is named Jessica.

She ended up with that name because I used to know a total b*tc# named Jessica in high school.

Since the "69 quite often has the same attitude, it was only natural.

Johnny

JimShine · July 20, 2005, 01:18:16 PM

On a good day the '69 is called "The Charger", or the "'69 Charger". Bad day it is called "The money pit".

The '68 on a good day is called "The other Charger", or "68 Charger". Bad day it is called "Parson's special", or "Bodywork by Pineland" after a local mental institution called Pineland.

RD · July 20, 2005, 02:08:25 PM

da bitch, and well a couple other choice words when I am working on her. other than those times, she is just da bitch.

kab69440 · July 20, 2005, 06:45:31 PM

My first car is named Janine, after my first girl. She moved to the Cincy area years ago. Breaking up is tough after you have been together for the whole Kindergarten season. Wonder what ever happened to her???

8WHEELER · July 20, 2005, 07:00:08 PM

My Red car is ''Daisy'' yes because of the DOH and those famous shorts , I had the car before the series started so in 79 just after the show started my friends thought it would be cool to call it Daisy, I also met my wife to be that year and she never liked the name because I spent more time with the car at the time

Dan

Blusmbl · July 20, 2005, 07:29:30 PM

Quote from: Ghoste on July 20, 2005, 10:40:49 AM
Are you just making that up?

Naw, Jim had a '68. I've got a couple pictures of it floating around someplace.

My Charger's name is Janis, as in Joplin fame. Long story, but the cliff's notes version it, she kept taking another little piece of my heart.

A383Wing · July 20, 2005, 07:45:12 PM

The names for our Chargers can't be said here.......

Bryan

Brock Samson · July 20, 2005, 07:56:40 PM

"Skunkenstein"
or the "Skunk" for short,
A buddy of mine named it that back in the mid-eighties when i first got her on the road,..
because of the temporay brain transplant (318 drivetrain) and the black and white butt stripe paint job, it looked like skunk, smoked from the tires and small block headers, smeled like rubber and oil, roared just like the original Frankenstien's monster..etc.. the name jsut seemed so right so it stuck..
though sometimes i call her the "Parade-Float" cause so many folks wave...

xs29j8Bullitt · July 20, 2005, 10:01:03 PM

I call my triple black '68 "BULLITT" of course...

My other Chargers don't have permanent names yet, but a few other cars do. I call my FY1 (Lemon Twist) '70 'Cuda 440-6 "Ole Yeller" and my A4 Platinum Silver/Pewter Interior '69 Road Runner "2 of 1" because of an article several years ago in Mopar Collectors Guide about a 1 of 1 A4/Pewter Hemi RR.

XS

KMPX2 · July 21, 2005, 12:05:59 AM

Nope no name

Chargerguy74 · July 21, 2005, 12:17:21 AM

My 73 that I'm building is Lorraine. The rest have yet to be named.

Lowprofile · July 21, 2005, 12:34:08 AM

Ah, where do I begin.......
I found the car about 10 years ago in Omaha,NE. It was sitting behind a body shop, 4 flat tires [4 different rims] no eng/trans, with a bunch of old crunched body parts from different cars piled on top of it. Two hours later, I had it unburied, and loaded into my trailer heading for Vegas. My ex wife took one look at it and called me an Idiot. [gotta love the support] There it sat in Vegas untouched for about 6 years, till the divorce papers showed up! She tried to take it from me in court. Anyway, I'm rambling.....
Long story shortened up. New wife loves me, loves the car ...wants me to finish it. Mother in law laughs at it every time she See's it behind the barn. The Name......Soul Survivor
Why? Because thru all the s$%@ of the past 10 years, the thought of driving that baby to nats or on the power tour has given my soul the uplift it has needed from time to time.

Sorry for the rant.

Chargerguy74 · July 21, 2005, 12:38:10 AM

Quote from: Lowprofile on July 21, 2005, 12:34:08 AM
Ah, where do I begin.......
I found the car about 10 years ago in Omaha,NE. It was sitting behind a body shop, 4 flat tires [4 different rims] no eng/trans, with a bunch of old crunched body parts from different cars piled on top of it. Two hours later, I had it unburied, and loaded into my trailer heading for Vegas. My ex wife took one look at it and called me an Idiot. [gotta love the support] There it sat in Vegas untouched for about 6 years, till the divorce papers showed up! She tried to take it from me in court. Anyway, I'm rambling.....
Long story shortened up. New wife love me, loves the car ...wants me to finish it. Mother in law laughs at it every time she See's it behind the barn. The Name......Soul Survivor
Why? Because thru all the s$%@ of the past 10 years, the thought of driving that baby to nats or on the power tour has given my soul the uplift it has neednd from time to time.

Sorry for the rant.

Cool story. BTW, your profile pic freaks me out.

4402tuff4u · July 21, 2005, 11:09:56 AM

Is that the clown from one of Steven King's book/movie?

tomonty · July 21, 2005, 12:02:56 PM

Pennywise the Clown from IT. Great book.

Vainglory, Esq. · July 21, 2005, 02:32:33 PM

I call mine Scarlet.

Charger_Fan · July 21, 2005, 02:42:49 PM

No name for mine yet.

I may have one when I'm done with my resto, though.

XS29J8 · July 21, 2005, 05:17:25 PM

Quote from: xs29j8Bullitt on July 20, 2005, 10:01:03 PM
I call my triple black '68 "BULLITT" of course...

My other Chargers don't have permanent names yet, but a few other cars do. I call my FY1 (Lemon Twist) '70 'Cuda 440-6 "Ole Yeller" and my A4 Platinum Silver/Pewter Interior '69 Road Runner "2 of 1" because of an article several years ago in Mopar Collectors Guide about a 1 of 1 A4/Pewter Hemi RR.

XS

XS, we have a thing for names..........I often refer to our 68 Charger as 'ol Bullitt! Even tho she's Red...........

XS

ipstrategies · July 21, 2005, 05:38:21 PM

Petar
I think Southern Comfort is a great name for your Charger. I have not named the 71 just yet, I am still debating on keeping the Dark Green color which is starting to grow on me.

Bluebeast · July 21, 2005, 07:31:00 PM

Mine is Blue Beast. I really can't take the credit for the name though. A good friend of mine said it reminded him of the Beast from the Avengers. Go figure?!

miller · July 21, 2005, 08:12:05 PM

I call mine vanessa, cuz in gone in 60 seconds there was a 69 daytona named vanessa, i later learned that it was a superbird, but it was to late, my 69 will stay vanessa. I might put an american flag on the roof, with 07 on the door (my graduation year) and call it the "General Vee"

Headrope · July 22, 2005, 02:06:27 AM

Milner - as in John Milner, the character who drove the yellow hot rod in "American Grafiti." He was a bad ass with a heart.

I'm reserving Big Iron for when I hit my midlife crises in a few years, put a supercharger on my '66 and build the piss out of a 392 Hemi to stuff under it. Oh yes, it will be mine.

Lowprofile · October 27, 2006, 05:32:50 PM

Lots of new members here, so I figured it was time for a bump!

bull · October 27, 2006, 05:35:06 PM

Quote from: Lowprofile on October 27, 2006, 05:32:50 PM
Lots of new members here, so I figured it was time for a bump!

Jeez, LP, the thread's 15 months old. How deep did you have to dig?

MichaelRW · October 27, 2006, 05:59:00 PM

My first Charger (a '69) which I bought in 1970 was named Raquel after the actress Raquel Welch. My current Charger has not been named yet. Ole Blue is a possibility though.

Lowprofile · October 27, 2006, 06:22:35 PM

Quote from: bull on October 27, 2006, 05:35:06 PM
Quote from: Lowprofile on October 27, 2006, 05:32:50 PM
Lots of new members here, so I figured it was time for a bump!

Jeez, LP, the thread's 15 months old. How deep did you have to dig?

Back to page 152 [I think] I was bored.

dkn1997 · October 27, 2006, 07:10:37 PM

never thought of it. Growing up, my friends and I reserved names for shitbox cars. the good ones never got names.

the cadoo-shitty caddy someone had.
tortous-shitty taurus I had
glo-shitty mazda glc a guy had (his girl thought the "C" was an "O")
the imp-shity impala I had.
the bu-shitty chevelle malibu I had

The best one was a guy who had a putrid green 77 2 door lesabre. that one got Fenway because It was a green monster.

The guy before me names my car 'cherry charger' he never said it, but when going through a box of crap in the trunk, I found a custom license plate frame that said "cherry charger" on it.

I guess you could say my car may have a name. because I am always working on it, friends have occasionally called it 'project cherry charger'

Arigmaster · October 27, 2006, 10:40:15 PM

In my case it depends who you ask....

If you ask my Daughter It's called the "Bait Box" (because it attracts boys)
If you ask my Wife It's called the "Money Pit" (because it's always something)
If you ask little kids looking at it at the shows it's the "Bat Mobile" (li'l creeps)
I really havent given it too much thought... Was thinking about "The Pharaoh" once but sounded corny... Still thinking about it.

Mean 318 · October 27, 2006, 10:44:52 PM

I got my names from That 70s show! My coronet is "Donna" some times "Hot Donna" lol. and the truck is... "Big Rhonda" lol!

TK73 · October 27, 2006, 10:46:07 PM

uh... "The Charger"....

Lost Sheep · October 27, 2006, 11:20:52 PM

my buddies call my driver quality 68 Charger "The General" or "General Lee", and even "GodZilla"(because it's green with dual reversed cherrybombs with side pipes). They refer to it as General Lee or The General because I drive it like Bo and Luke plus it has a Dixie Horn in it too with a custom Confederate Flag license plate with my name on it.

chargerrt · October 28, 2006, 12:46:06 AM

My dad named mine the "Blue Goose" but I just call it The Charger or My Car. Blue Goose is fitting though....It's blue, it has a wing, and it flies

2Gunz · October 28, 2006, 03:42:47 AM

Im torn....

It wants to be called "The Hulk" Its big, its bad and its green.

Problem is I think cars should have girl names, and "She-hulk" just sounds dumb.

Just 6T9 CHGR · October 28, 2006, 05:47:41 AM

The Great Pumpkin.........my kids named it

Jon Smith · October 28, 2006, 06:03:41 AM

I call mine "white charger" and "red charger" even though red charger hasn't been red for about 10 years.... $:-\$

AKcharger · October 28, 2006, 08:26:38 AM

My '70 is ROJAC
Rusty
Old
Junky
Antique
Car
...and it was when I first got it!

Wife calls her '72 "sassy"

MorePwr · October 28, 2006, 10:41:43 AM

Artey.....

TK73 · October 28, 2006, 11:00:26 AM

Quote from: 2Gunz on October 28, 2006, 03:42:47 AM

Problem is I think cars should have girl names...

Friend of mine called his Nova "Bitch", does that count?

konigcharger · October 28, 2006, 01:29:06 PM

i named mine the dragon lady green on green w/white top
and she is always bitting me in the arse

dragon lady
n.
A powerful or domineering woman.
A dangerous and seductive woman; a femme fatale.

miller · October 28, 2006, 03:13:34 PM

ive called mine Vanessa because in gone in 60 seconds a daytona was named Vanessa... when i watched the movie again it turned out to be a superbird but the name stuck!

Sinister68 · October 28, 2006, 09:12:42 PM

"Sinister" - The first word that popped into mind when I first saw the black Charger in 'Bullit'.

LeesRT · October 28, 2006, 09:25:41 PM

Mine has been called two names. The Beast and The Tank.

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