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PostPosted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Prickle.

It's gonna be white from the belt up yellow on the bottom. I'm gonna put a 9 ball on the shifter.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine is "Hurley" because I bought it shortly after watching the episode of LOST where Hurley gets the bus running.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:46 am    Post subject: 79 Riviera Reply with quote

This is my 79 riviera that has been named Barrie (because it's blue) as named by the family.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:18 pm    Post subject: Gertie Reply with quote

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We named her Gertie, after the dinosaur.
Also, it's a good strong German name.


You could re-do your tire cover to say, "Life Is Good In Gertie". Beauty bus! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Our bus was named "Kimberly" by the former/original owner. We decided to keep it for good luck.

-jeffrey


Really beautiful bus Jeffrey!
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Buddy. Named by the previous owner and it fits.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Her name is Hope.... as in "I HOPE she starts" Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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"Firefly" for obvious reasons
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 4:14 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

My '78 Bay Window is named the Imperial Transport. I bought my bus recently to transport my full sized R2-D2 around among other things. Also I call this temp carport "The bus barn".

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:07 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

My 7 year old named ours Firebolt after Harry Potter's broomstick.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:32 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

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My '78 Bay Window is named the Imperial Transport. I bought my bus recently to transport my full sized R2-D2 around among other things.
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Ok I really want to see R2D2 in the back of the bus. Even better if he had his claw arm in the engine hatch adjusting something to fix the hyper drive Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:01 am    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

captincanuck wrote:
spree610 wrote:
My '78 Bay Window is named the Imperial Transport. I bought my bus recently to transport my full sized R2-D2 around among other things.
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Ok I really want to see R2D2 in the back of the bus. Even better if he had his claw arm in the engine hatch adjusting something to fix the hyper drive Laughing


x2!
lol

My bus's name is Brutis Patches Izabich (Yes pronounced the way you may think.)

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:10 am    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

My 71 Tin Top Westy from the Texas Port of entry. Meet Wanda Alova.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:58 am    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

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My 77 Westy was just 'The Bus' or 'The Westy' or the 'Globespotter Bus' until I met up with Amskeptic in Florida and spent a day working on her. Colin was amazed that my Westy's tranny even worked after we drained the fluid and found lots of metal bits on the magnetic plug.

It was at that moment that her name came to me: 'Enigma' because she is.

My old 79 Westy was called Eric the Wild Car for obvious reasons:

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:18 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

Our '72 Dorper came with the name "Shamus", short for "shame on us for buying another old vehicle".


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:51 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

The Mexican '75 Single Cab I had initially named "Arándano", which is Spanish for "blueberry", since it's blue:
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But there's a problem: Its original color is light gray (L345), and it will be returned to that color. At that point, "Arándano" makes no sense. So, I'm thinking maybe "El Raton" (The Mouse)...? Still undecided.

The 1973 Wild Westerner is Jelly Bean, because it has the colors of jelly beans:
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And there is Ann the Van, a 1972 Sportsmobile named after its previous (and original) owner, Ann, and because "Van" rhymes with "Ann" (Don't judge me!):
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And finally, BlueBird, also since it is blue (Neptune Blue, to be exact):
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Other names I have given are

Cassandra, named after its previous owner

Number 9, since its VIN is 2332000009 (number 9 off the production line for the 1973 model year)

Ko'och'it Wa'sti'ch, which translates to YellowBird (story behind that is earlier in this thread somewhere)

Then there were Y2 and Y3, which followed YellowBird and were the same color Westies).

Snickers, a lovely original paint two-tone brown '79 Transporter, looked like a big candy bar.

And AZA, since I had registered it with a year-of-manufacture sample license plate, AZA 000.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:04 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

Zman86 wrote:
Our '72 Dorper came with the name "Shamus", short for "shame on us for buying another old vehicle".


lol That is great.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:27 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

A bus has no name.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:17 pm    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

Jean-Claude Van Damage.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:07 am    Post subject: Re: You gotta name for yours? Naming your Bus. Reply with quote

The Crusty Pig.
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