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59RAIDER Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2013 Posts: 83 Location: Alamogordo NM
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:41 am Post subject: |
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59 Rag Top Bug - Her name is Owlina |
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Juanito84 Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2012 Posts: 2436 Location: Colorado Mountains
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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We had a 1951 Plymouth that was round like a VW only much bigger. So the kids called it Grandpa Herbe. _________________ If a water cooled engine cools its water with air, isn't it just an overcomplicated air cooled engine? |
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Aradian Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2013 Posts: 12 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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I named my 69 Ghia "Kyrie" ^.^ |
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Triumphman Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2013 Posts: 60 Location: Middletown, New York
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:35 pm Post subject: My Rat Rod's Name: |
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I was pumping gas into my Rat Rod at the local fill- er- up when a young guy came over and said "that's Gnarly dude ! " So it was christened "Gnarly" ! My daughter and I were going on a fall foliage run here in the North East! Just recently after buying , fine tuning and getting the bugs out (no pun intended) !The name stuck! We both liked it! Now my wifey likes it too! Beats the he-- out of Herby (like the movie bug ) ! |
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Dampcamper Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2013 Posts: 788 Location: Rainy Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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My 82 Westy is named "Fundi". Pronounced "foon-dee", it is a Swahili word for "The Fixit Guy". But if you mispronounce it "fun-dee", well, it is fun too!
"•In the Central African lingua franca Swahili, fundi means any craftsperson or skilled technician, such as a carpenter, plumber or mechanic. "
I watched a Fundi make a double-flare fitting in a broken brake line using a file (to square the end off), a vise with wood blocks to hold the tubing, a drill bit shank to keep the hole open and a hammer and punch to very patiently form the flare. A little filing to smooth it and it held for several hundred km until we got back to "the big city". Less than 2 hours and about twelve bucks. We were so relieved to get it fixed (and have brakes!)we didn't even dicker over the price.
Anybody who owns an old VW needs to be a Fundi, right? |
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LittleRoulette Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2013 Posts: 9 Location: Nevada, USA
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 12:25 am Post subject: |
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My 1969 Autostick bug, Roulette, earned her name for sure. First time I drove her alone, I went on some of my favorite backroads to really get a feel for her. Well I decided to flip around and start heading back, and she dies. Turns out my coil decided to take a shart on me. After some friends come out and then left to bring back a new coil, a friend stayed behind to keep me company and he suggested a name for her - "Roulette"... She's like playing Russian roulette, you never know what is going to happen. And she still lives up to her name, every time I fix something, something else breaks! I am still driving with brights, no windshields wipers, no speedometer/odometer, no blinkers, and sometimes no taillights.
My husbands 1972 Standard Beetle, Buck, is a trooper. We found him on craigslist the day he was posted... Everything worked, there was just some damage from the elderly previous owner running into something a few years back. It had been parked for a couple years, but he turned over like a top. And we got him for a mere $500 bucks the day before our 3 year anniversary (how cute lol). After getting him home, cleaning, then registering/insuring him, we took him for a cruise. He ran like a top! We named him Buck because he was a little buckaroo! He was one of the smoothest cars I have ever been in. _________________ 1969 Type 1 Autostick - Roulette
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siggi31169 Samba Member
Joined: March 09, 2014 Posts: 9 Location: United States
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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My '72 Super's name is Buggle. The name came about when I was able to take it home and my son saw it. Being between 2 and 3 at the time, he was in that stage where he would always ask the same question numerous times. So he got to where every time he saw it he would ask what it was (he knew it was a car) and there would be times I would tell him that it is a Bug and other times I would tell him that it is a Beetle. One day he came up to me and said can I see your buggle, I looked at him and asked what he was talking about and he pointed out the window at my Bug. Since then it has been known as dada's Buggle, (He calls all bugs buggles but he knows there is only one "Dada's Buggle") |
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noah2burchell Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2012 Posts: 147 Location: morristown tennessee
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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I was around 10 when i got my 1972 Super Beetle and i have no idea why it made me think of a sassafras tree but its name is sassafras it is marina blue with the beige interior maybe that had something to do with it. _________________ Wanted: Anything from Risacher Motors VW dealership in Morristown, Tennessee or Westgate VW in St. Louis Missouri.
Original flat window 1302 Super Beetle |
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zcruisers Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 153 Location: Long Beach, Calif
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:36 am Post subject: |
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My lowered '65 bus is called "La Caja Baja" or the low box.
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jeffavatech Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2009 Posts: 141 Location: Titusville, Florida
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:55 am Post subject: Name that bus |
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My Granddaughter named our 67 Deluxe, "Fillmore" |
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Fred_e81 Samba Member
Joined: August 31, 2008 Posts: 60 Location: El Paso, Tx
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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My 62 is named Arabella Oomblie. The previous owner named her and had a plaque with that name on the dash. I just call her Bella. |
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andk5591 Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2005 Posts: 16757 Location: State College, PA
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Just got a couple project cars - one of them had a notebook with some milage logs, etc. The notebook had "Punky's glovebox" written on it. So - I think we will keep the same name - I mean the hassle going through the courts to have the name legally changed is just too much IMHO. _________________ D-Dubya Manx clone - 63 Short pan,1914.
Rosie 65 bug - My mostly stock daily driver.
Woodie 69 VW woodie (Hot VWs 7/12).
"John's car" 64 VW woodie - The first ever
Maxine 61 Cal-look bug - Cindy's daily driver.
Max - 73 standard Beetle hearse project - For sale
66 bug project - Real patina & Suby conversion
There's more, but not keeping them... |
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schutzstaffel13 Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2012 Posts: 18 Location: Indonesia
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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i have 66 bug and still looking for the right name
maybe taylor
because my bug is beautiful like taylor (girl name) n powerful like taylor (boy name)
and the sound is noisy like taylor machine |
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SAL71 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 17 Location: Russia
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 10:13 am Post subject: |
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My Karmann`71 - Karmanchik
my Bug`72 - Rui (risen from the ruins)
bus`76 - Cheburashka (name from Russian cartoon)
the Thing`74 - Аscetic
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markj60616 Samba Member
Joined: May 23, 2013 Posts: 130 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:29 am Post subject: Baby and Nunu |
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1970 Beetle..."Baby" (as in baby blue)
2014 Beetle..."Nunu" (as in a "new new" Beetle as the 2012 models and up are often called) _________________ 1970 Type 1
original paint
original interior
original engine
1978 Type 2 Panel Bus
original engine 2.0L FI
2014 Beetle 2.5L |
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type1guy Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2012 Posts: 299 Location: Oakwood, IL
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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I recently dragged home a '72 Baja project. It is been christened "Jack the Dripper" for obvious reasons......
Mike _________________ 1972 SB Marina Blue, "Mr. Beetle" (sold)
1972 Standard Baja, "Jack the Dripper" |
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Janster Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2013 Posts: 9 Location: Nevada
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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:24 pm Post subject: My girl is named |
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Loretta! and she is 52 years old! |
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2011 Posts: 1593 Location: Louisville, ky
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:07 am Post subject: |
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My very orange 73 standard is named Tigger and is purely a marketing ploy. My wife does not like the car, complains it is too bouncy. Being as she likes Pooh I named the car Tigger and put a little stuffed Tigger in the OhShit handle. Now it's bounciness is not a problem, it's a feature. She even suggests we take Tigger instead of the soccer mom SUV. |
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toms64 Samba Member
Joined: August 26, 2014 Posts: 11 Location: central pa
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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64 beetle......Ringo......everybody gets it!! |
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wythac Samba Member
Joined: August 02, 2004 Posts: 2791
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Have had about 50 cars, names were always descriptive: The Bug, The Ragtop, The Bus, The Vanagon, The Buggy...I guess I figured they were named already!
I have a friend who names all his cars. He just got a new (to him) car. When I asked him what he was going to name it, he said the previous owner already had given it a name so he couldn't change it, yet the same guy adopted a dog from the pound and gave it a different name than the previous owner had given it..... |
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