Brutus, Magnus, and Cletus.

So the first of our trucks to be named was "Brutus" (78 F-150 4X4 SC LB):


Next up was "Magnus" (79 F-150 Ranger):

The name Magnus came up when someone I work with suggested going with a "Celtic" name. My wife has an ancestor from the Orkney Islands (North of Scotland) whose name was Magnus Firth. Thought it was perfect.

And finally, I guess that would make the 75/78/86 F-100 frankentruck "Cletus" (the bucktoothed, idiot brother):



What names do you guys have for your trucks, and how did you come up with them?

 

Pigpen, because it was ugly and smelly when I bought it, and it is now uglier, but smells better. It will look better soon, but the name will stick.

 

Mine is called the "Pumpkin" for obvious reasons. It's been called that ever since I bought it in 1985. When the resto is finished it will be blue and white but it will always be called the Pumpkin.

 

Old Blue... for obvious reasons. Also referred to as Bob in memory of the previous owner, a neighbor and friend of ours...

 

My camo'ed 73 4x4 is "The War Machine" - self explanatory.

The 2WD '70 is the Low Buck Bumpside... I have a build thread over in the Bump forum with over 220,000 views.

My 2WD '71 F-250 is named "BRD"... or Big Red Dick. It's Calypso Coral and the previous (and original) owner is named Dick. He had to sell it because it's manual trans and he couldn't drive it anymore due to a bad knee.

The 2001 4WD SuperCrew is "Great White"... it's just big and white.

 

My Dad has been calling it Henry since I cant remember. (He bought it new in 76) It just stuck i guess. The 79 I had for 27 years we called Ol Faithful. Simply because it never let me down and was VERY reliable.

 

The color is the name, ol red, ol silver, ol blue...and the red Bronc. I do not have any cool stories to associate the trucks with a certain conjured up name, maybe someday?

Now as far as ol #88 I bought it like that and sold it like that. The name came with it and I sold it with it.

Some one said that sure is a Hillbilly buggie you got there, and it just stuck.

 

Had a 74 F100 4x4. It was always referred to as "The 74" and sometimes as Big Red.



My new 77 F350 is an old welding rig. I call it the White Monster, but if past trends are any indicator it will just be called "The 77." We're pretty creative with our names lol.




I also had a 66 F250 that in addition to "The 66" was referred to as "Turtle." It was old, green, and didn't go very fast.

 

Mine is called Enkidu For obvious reasons, also :P

 

My 75 F250's name is "MyBoy Blue", front plate is a NH 1975 Year of Manufacture plate.
The official NH Antique plate reads "MyBoy"

 

So the wife calls the green 73' the Green Goblin... The orange and white 77' has no name yet. My black 78' is Mildred!

 

I call mine Sid since it was owned by a company called Sid Kamp. You can still make it out on the doors.

 

I call my 76 "the turd" because it's kind of a turd. At least more of a turd than I bargained for.

 

Mine's drove me to drinking so many times I gotta call her Betty Ford.