My 74 highboy was owned by two different friends before I got it. The first friend named it UGLY (when he bought it it was all red primer). the second body was a cream colored 79 body.It is now going on it's third body(a lovely lime green 74 crew cab) and we still call it UGLY

 

Well, I can't blame you for that. Lime green has GOT to be THE worst color EVER put on a vehicle. It's so bad that my wife refers to it as "slime green". I'd be calling that ugly too... after it was sold, that is.

 

Sally ll Sally the first is my GPS and they both faithfully take me every where I want to go, with the exception of Sally 1st get's a little excited every once in a while when I turn the wrong way. The truck never complains, just keeps going like the eveready energizer bunny.

 

Ya'll can come up with some names! lol

 

Yet the '70 Cuda can pull it off and still look good! Weird! (and I'm not even a Mopar guy)

 

My 3 and 5 year olds have picked the new colors purple and black!

 

Yeah, they had some wild colors back then. I remember thinking that the local car dealers products looked like a bunch of Easter eggs, all in a row.

The 1970s Dodges and Plymouths were some HOT cars. If you had a 440 6-pack or a Hemi under the hood, you got respect... even if your car was a weird color!

 

That a 2-tone paint scheme? Hmmm... not bad. In fact, with a black or gray interior, that might look pretty cool. Good job, kids.

 

Speaking of colors... one of THE most awesome paint jobs I ever saw on a truck was on a 1974 F250 4x4. The guy had done a frame off resto, set up the interior in black cloth with chrome accents, and a dark walnut steering wheel. He then had it painted a cranberry and metallic silver in the usual Ford 2-tone pattern. That was a spendy paint job but damn... it was SWEET! The whole truck was lifted 4" and perched on a set of shiny alloy wheels and 35" mudders. I just looked at it and drooled.

 

Lol i once wired the horn of a friends car to the right turn signal, he couldn't figure out why people honked at him when he turned right...

ok, my dad named my 73 highboy the blue mule, or the mule for short, after the ford truck in white line fever, I wan't a similar sticker for my back window too... in fantasy world he would be my bumblebee.

when i combine the blue mule with my dads 76 250 that is just simply "blue" (which is what i drove when i got my license, 460 DOVE power for the 16 year old!) the combo will remain the blue mule.

My dad also named my 84 bronco Trigger, which is also how i got my cb handle mr rogers.

and since she gets mad when i leave her out, my 84 capri is named victoria in honor of the car that was sacrificed so she could live. i usually call her vicky though. strangely enough it fit better than i thought because it turns out she can be one prissy little w****. but oh man can that cutie take you for a ride!

also, my grandpa's 58 one ton that my dad and grandpa started building at the time i was born is called wilber, via my grandpa. who passed away 11 years ago, me and my dad are working towards starting back into it, more or less as a tribute, it will get a 6v53t detroit, 5speed+ 2 speed brownie and a 36" sleeper(modified to work like a popup camper so it looks proportional), along with a short flatbed.

I could go on and on!

 

lol... after looking at all these pics and all of the multiple vehicles listed under the messages, they should probably change the name of this forum from Ford Truck Enthusiasts to Ford Truck Collectors.

 

lol. one in the same.

 

Mine has gone through a couple of names.

Back in High School in 90 everyone called it the "Green Demon"
Then after it rusted and the motor blew up it became the "P O S"
Now it's just the "Ford"

 

I can relate to that. I had a '47 Chevvy 4-door with the 6-cyl. engine and the vacuum assisted 3 on the tree. Every time I shifted gears, it would stop the wipers for a second. I painted it a bright green color... with a brush. All of the kids called it "The Green Weenie" because it looked like a big green hot dog. Hey... don't laugh... I paid $60 for that car!

 

my f100 is barney cuz its purple