Typically I only name my vehicles when I have bloody knuckles and sweat equity involved.
At age 15 I bought my first truck or car depending how you classify the El Camino.
It was a 1966 Malibu El Camino I named "Eddie" after the Iron Maiden mascot.
Like "Eddie" it started out a corpse and I breathed life back into it with new paint, tires, and engine work.
It was fast as hell and mean like Eddie with a built Chevy 327 running Fuelie Heads, build Turbo 350 trans, loud exhaust, and 1000 Watt Alpine/Infinity sound system I kept pegged.
(Regrettably Eddie burned up when the kid I sold him to parked off-road to sex up his girlfriend and the headers started the brush underneath on fire)
In college I restored a 1955 Chevy 210 (made Bel Air Clone) I named "LulaBell" after the" Lula Pace Fortune" character played by Laura Dern in David Lynche's "Wild at Heart".
This car was sweet and sexy like Lula and attracted lots of attention. I would constantly get "Thumbs up" when driving Lulabell which was nice because I mostly got the finger when driving Eddie.
Cut me some slack on the hair. By the end of the '80s I had moved on from Iron Maiden to Ministry, Germs, and Joy Division.
Parked behind LulaBell is my Brother-in-Laws Scout Terra Diesel. His father was original owner and brother-in-law still owns this truck.
Which brings me to my 1969 FJ55 Landcruiser I call "Legion".
Initially I would describe my Pig as a "FrankenCruiser" referencing how I had lost count of the number of vehicles that had contributed parts.
This became "Legion" after I stumbled onto the biblical reference from the Gospel of Mark frequently known as the "Miracle of the (Gadarene) Swine and the exorcism of Legion".
The story shows Jesus exorcising demons out of a man and into a herd of swine which then run into the ocean and die.
Jesus asks the demon for his name and is told "My name is Legion, for we are many"
The swine reference and the "for we are many" cemented the name for me.
My wife calls it "The Paperweight" which until recently was very accurate name as well.
Here is a recent pic of Legion
At age 15 I bought my first truck or car depending how you classify the El Camino.
It was a 1966 Malibu El Camino I named "Eddie" after the Iron Maiden mascot.
Like "Eddie" it started out a corpse and I breathed life back into it with new paint, tires, and engine work.
It was fast as hell and mean like Eddie with a built Chevy 327 running Fuelie Heads, build Turbo 350 trans, loud exhaust, and 1000 Watt Alpine/Infinity sound system I kept pegged.
(Regrettably Eddie burned up when the kid I sold him to parked off-road to sex up his girlfriend and the headers started the brush underneath on fire)
In college I restored a 1955 Chevy 210 (made Bel Air Clone) I named "LulaBell" after the" Lula Pace Fortune" character played by Laura Dern in David Lynche's "Wild at Heart".
This car was sweet and sexy like Lula and attracted lots of attention. I would constantly get "Thumbs up" when driving Lulabell which was nice because I mostly got the finger when driving Eddie.
Cut me some slack on the hair. By the end of the '80s I had moved on from Iron Maiden to Ministry, Germs, and Joy Division.
Parked behind LulaBell is my Brother-in-Laws Scout Terra Diesel. His father was original owner and brother-in-law still owns this truck.
Which brings me to my 1969 FJ55 Landcruiser I call "Legion".
Initially I would describe my Pig as a "FrankenCruiser" referencing how I had lost count of the number of vehicles that had contributed parts.
This became "Legion" after I stumbled onto the biblical reference from the Gospel of Mark frequently known as the "Miracle of the (Gadarene) Swine and the exorcism of Legion".
The story shows Jesus exorcising demons out of a man and into a herd of swine which then run into the ocean and die.
Jesus asks the demon for his name and is told "My name is Legion, for we are many"
The swine reference and the "for we are many" cemented the name for me.
My wife calls it "The Paperweight" which until recently was very accurate name as well.
Here is a recent pic of Legion