nick names for van
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From: brooksville, florida
my 91 4.0 ext is called the daghnam dustbin, when I was living in england ford had a plant there in daghnam and any ford that was a bit bad or prone to braking down ended up with this nick name, so I named mine daghnam dustbin, she's a good girl really just like a women though play's up from time to time.
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I did not found any original size winter-tires. So now it is running with 16" Jeep Grand Wagoneer steel rims with 235/55-16 tires. Because the rims has also original hub-caps (right word?) with Jeep logo on it, my kids started to the car to Jeestar.
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From: Central Oregon
I have a 64 Galaxie named Bertha, so much for my log-in, she was named for a song from back in the late 60's referring to Bertha, bertha Butt, one of the butt Sisters. So named because Bertha Butt was a big woman, bertha is a big car.
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From: San Antonio
Its kind of negative but we see alot of salt so we have named my dads 2 aerostars ,ruststar, ruststar2, I know he wishes there was some way to get around that but they have been very good to him hes had over 200k on first of them and working on it with the second.
P.S. all 4.0 v6s
P.S. all 4.0 v6s
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From: nortonville illinois
83 ranger- pimpride ranger or danger ranger and anger ranger
79 cougar - ougar (it was missin the c on the trunk)
89 f250 deisle- super smoker
88 f250 gas- the gasser
4x4 pinto/ranger -pinger
78 grand marquis- moonshine ride
79 lincoln- drinkin lincoln
79 cougar - ougar (it was missin the c on the trunk)
89 f250 deisle- super smoker
88 f250 gas- the gasser
4x4 pinto/ranger -pinger
78 grand marquis- moonshine ride
79 lincoln- drinkin lincoln
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From: Orland USA
Bertha66:
Trongladite (I know bad spelling)
I also remember the part "Gotta finda woman" repeated 3 or 4 times.
Jat
Trongladite (I know bad spelling)
I also remember the part "Gotta finda woman" repeated 3 or 4 times.
Jat
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From: Salt Lake City, Utah
Originally Posted by jfh9294
My wife and children do not share my same level of high esteem for my tan 97 shorty. My children refer to the van as the 'Loser Cruiser' or the 'Wieney Wagon'. My wife disparagingly calls it the 'UPS truck'. The previous 94 SHO was known as the 'Silver Bullet'.
Tell your wife, the Aerostar has the best reliability record of any minivan. The Chyslers come in second with the Grand Caravan. Still, getting a Caravan to 300,000 miles is a feat, while a properly maintained Aerostar can easily get that far. Caravan has a crappy tranny, and the engines wear out quickly too. Our 92 3.0 XLT extended has 170,000 miles and has nearly new compression ratios, whilst my Grandparents '90 Plymouth Voyager had the tranny rebuilt under warranty, and has 120,000 miles and acts like its old.
I've noticed a lot of older Aerostars on the road around here where I live, but very few older Chysler Vans. Astro's don't last very long either, but diehard Chevy fans keep fixing them, so there are a lot of them still around. The Aerostar isn't as powerful, but at least is reliable. Minivans really have terrible reliablity records. But at least the trusty old Aerostar is the best
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I have a 86 extended 150 and it has 2 names. One is the Paper Whale, cause I deliver Sunday papers out of it, (it has 1.5 ton springs on it). The other is the Birth Control Van, cause it is so rusty and ugly you would never get a date while driving it.
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From: Bergen, Norway
EROS
from covering the A...and the...TAR with tape before i put my second Aerostar in the driveway.
Reason: I had promised my girlfriend never to buy another Aero and spend time and money fixing it.
The tape-trick worked... she thaught the van looked familiar somehow, but as long as it was not an Aerostar, but an EROS she was happy.
Saved our relationship; and therefore an even more suitable name.
I told her the secret eventually.
And EROS.... is currently spending her time at the auto-tranny-shop!
from covering the A...and the...TAR with tape before i put my second Aerostar in the driveway.
Reason: I had promised my girlfriend never to buy another Aero and spend time and money fixing it.
The tape-trick worked... she thaught the van looked familiar somehow, but as long as it was not an Aerostar, but an EROS she was happy.
Saved our relationship; and therefore an even more suitable name.
I told her the secret eventually.
And EROS.... is currently spending her time at the auto-tranny-shop!