My Vintage Car Aquisition Odyssey

[Mr. 'H']

Humphrey? Oh no!!! Don't call it that! Guys for as long as cars have been around have named cars with more feminine names... name her something simple and sweet, she's a sweet car, a rare gem, you have to name it something that reflects what she is! How about Pearl? Pearl is a nice name and it's also a '41... Remember Pearl Harbor? Yeah, kind of works out nice that way.... toss it around, you'll come up something sweet.

Make sense?

=WR=

I'm with ya bro'.

Gal's name, not a bloke's....

'41....

Mmmm....

Pearl....

Too sedate....?

Jenny's way cool...

 

[Wild Root]

How about... Margaret... or Helen? Nice old fashioned names! That's the way to go... Yeah, Jenny's a good one but, we only need one Jenny here! Hahahaha.

I'm kind of soft on Pearl though... kind of like that name... well, I'll name my '41 Plymouth that when I get one.

=WR=

 

[Mr. 'H']

Ya know what, wudn't ya say she's a pearl in a way...?

Look at the grey, how it reflects in the light.

Mmmmm... Pearl.... Keep talking, Root....

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

It's been my experience that if a car is to have a name, it has to "name itself," so to speak. You can't force it.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Ohhh... the anticipation Tony!!!

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Well, you never know. A good friend of mine had a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T named "Clyde."

 

[Wild Root]

You're right about that... but, when I looked at that car, I thought it was a "Pearl of Great Price" sort of speak. When I named my car, it took me a wile... I looked at it, and looked at it... I tried a few names like Betty, Ginger or Sally, no, Jenny stuck! My car is a Jenny but, Brian's is well, we'll have to see but, I like Pearl, it's easy to say, easy to remember and well, and that car is priceless when you think of it... Maybe try on for size... Gene or Ester... you'll figure it out. But, it has to be an old fashioned name and one that just suits the car... it will be easier after you get it and drive it around a few times. You kind of have to get to know the car before you name it.

=WR=

 

[Mr. 'H']

"H",
Well done!

I looked up Lewis Jenkins and found the following, which may be of interest -


LEWIS JENKINS
—THE MAN AND HIS CARS

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Story,

You're a genius,

I can't locate any info on Google or Ask.

Anyho....

Top research mate!

Cool thing just happened, I contacted the President of the Cadillac La Salle Club as per yer first article.

He came back to me reallly quickly and said DVD on Jenkins interview out September. I am so getting that copy. Story: THANK YOU!

:eusa_clap

 

[Mr. 'H']

You're right about that... but, when I looked at that car, I thought it was a "Pearl of Great Price" sort of speak. When I named my car, it took me a wile... I looked at it, and looked at it... I tried a few names like Betty, Ginger or Sally, no, Jenny stuck! My car is a Jenny but, Brian's is well, we'll have to see but, I like Pearl, it's easy to say, easy to remember and well, and that car is priceless when you think of it... Maybe try on for size... Gene or Ester... you'll figure it out. But, it has to be an old fashioned name and one that just suits the car... it will be easier after you get it and drive it around a few times. You kind of have to get to know the car before you name it.

=WR=

Ahh, Rob, I swear, you're making me positively DROOL!

Stop!

 

[Mr. 'H']

Remember yo left the flashlamp in the back seaat of your car in Pasedena?

I so hope I can do that in Dublin....

 

[Wild Root]

Remember yo left the flashlamp in the back seaat of your car in Pasedena?

I so hope I can do that in Dublin....

Why not? Is there an anti flash light in the back seat law there?

=WR=

 

[Mr. 'H']

Why not? Is there an anti flash light in the back seat law there?

=WR=

I'd say we're actually OK wih this.

Realistically,

Root I'll be checking it's OK but it's really up to me!

I'll be fine!

 

[Story]

Story,

You're a genius,

I can't locate any info on Google or Ask.

Story: THANK YOU!

:eusa_clap

You're more than welcome, but I'll let you in on the secret - you have to dance naked and counter-clockwise while doing the Google search, else they won't return interesting results.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Why not? Is there an anti flash light in the back seat law there?

=WR=

I think that if I left something in the back seat here with the window open that it might be nicked (stolen).

 

[Wild Root]

You mean some one would steal an old flashlight? People around here don't care for old stuff, and the ones that do wouldn't steal. Maybe I'm just lucky[huh]

=WR=

 

[Matt Deckard]

It hink it's time Root and I took a trip Ireland to ride in your car

 

[Mr. 'H']

:eusa_clap

You could keep the reciepts and claim it against FL expenses.... a business trip researching for the new Magazine or something....

 

[Story]

Tangential to this thread

Check out the Bombas -

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/retro/abombas-por-vida-182521.php

 

[Twitch]

Mr. H I named my Packard after a beloved cat who was named for Jimi Hendrix. The cat had slick black hair. I call the car Hendrix or Drix for short.
The Packard had broadcloth upholstery and except for the driver's seating area it is all original from 1950.

At shows and cruise ins people love to stick their heads in the window and inhale that nostalgic "old car" aroma. It triggers memories from their childhood of long gone cars that their parents and relative had in which they rode.

 

[Wild Root]

Mr.H, why don't you name it Laura? I'm sure your wife would like that!

=WR=