VW names

[madmike]

"Casper"

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'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works"

[Cusser]

If I name my Super "Bowl", will the NFL sue me????

Notice how TV commercials refer to SB as "The Big Game" !!!

For the record: I always find AFC and NFC championship games as better viewing, and even though I'm from Pittsburgh, I never watched the pre-game shows or half time shoes the numerous years they were involved.....
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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[Jimone]

i have 2. both inherited from my father.

my bug is named Smiley.

my pickup is named Scrappy McWorkbench.

they both need some work. check out my threads in my signature! cheer me on (or tell me how im doing it wrong) as i bumble and stumble my way through rebuilding these things!
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november 1952 ragtop
november 1954 single cab

[VeeDubn]

When we bought our 1980 Westfalia in 1998, the original baby blue had been painted over with navy blue. As the years went by, the paint faded and the rust began to accumulate. Long about 2017, my husband decided to clean up the rust "around the windows". What started out as a little project turned into a new paint job After months of looking at paint colors we saw a Chevy Spark painted Caribbean Blue. From one viewpoint it looked blue; from another viewpoint it looked green. We loved it! So we had our Westy paint Caribbean Blue from the Chevy Spark, and we named her Sparky. The Passat I refer to as "The Pass It".

[mukluk]

The one that started it all for me, my old '72 Super by the name of George.

My second VW, an '84 Vanagon known as Clyde (the camel).

Number three was Clifford, a red '68 Bug I rescued from a junkyard.

And my current VW, a '60 I call Inga.

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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"

[Chickensoup]

hmmm, well in that case my passats name is POS
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"

[Blue Baron]

A car is not really inanimate!

Sometimes our cars get names passed down from previous owners, and other times people have named our cars, but for the most part, I let names come organically. It's whatever I start calling the car, and it usually becomes clear a month or two into ownership.

For example, for my late model red Passat, I started calling it Miss Passat, and the name stuck. (My wife calls it "sassy passy," but that doesn't sound right coming from my mouth.)
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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff

[Chickensoup]

personally, i find it a little odd naming inanimate objects after people Just goes to show how attached an individual can become with what they love.
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"

[Big Bill]

This 60 bug became my wifes daily driver after my commute became to far and crazy for a VW. She used for 3 or 4 years going places with it that I wouldnt , for some reason we started calling him Herbie and it stuck. There is one VW everyone regrets selling this is that one.

[candyflame73]

Never Have been able to name my cars. The family just calls it "The Bug". Not very original or inspiraling. But, I may have come up with one that seems appropriate. Süßigkeiten Kraut is the front runner at the moment.

[Ceckert64]

Joann after the original owner, I technically bought from the original owner, long story though Just got her this December and got her running after sitting for 44 years.

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1964 sunroof Beetle Restoration "Herbie"
“Joann” 1970 Elm Green Squareback
1972 Sierra Yellow Tin Top Westfalia Camper
“Fitz” 1971 Westfalia Poptop

[bigdirt09]

My newest rescue and Resto. PORKY. Name was fitting because it was a pork delivery panel workhorse.

[HippyTom]

My 63 Pearl White sunroof bug is "Herbie", because it was a Herbie replica for 12 years. The decals have been removed a couple years now, but we still call it Herbie.

My 62 Maroon hippy painted sunroof bug is "Ruby." My daughter named her as soon as I pulled in the driveway pulling it behind my truck. It was solid maroon at the time. I got out, and her and my wife were standing there and she declared, "Her name is Ruby. She's Herbie's girlfriend." That was 10 years ago when she was 6. The name stuck. Now that I've covered it with hippy flowers, peace signs, rock group logos, slogans, etc. the name seems even more fitting (and that wasn't what I intended to do to the car. I was going to do a high end custom car and paint it orange). My inner hippy took over and that was that.

Ruby the day I brought her home and she was named.

Ruby now hippified.

[Juanito84]

Just a question. VW came up with the Bug and the Rabbit. Since I have both does that mean I have a Bugs Bunny?
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If a water cooled engine cools its water with air, isn't it just an overcomplicated air cooled engine?

[Sharp64]

I've named all three of mine. 64 Bug was the first and I dubbed it Harvey. Came to me with a Herbie kit on it, but it was a little shabby so deemed it Harvey, Herbies drunken/disheveled evil cousin. Dune buggy I call Burt or Bert. Was Berndt which is a German name and since it has flames..... 60 Rag is Barry, short for Blueberry since its blue.
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1960 Indigo Blue Ragtop (Blue Barry)
1967 Ghia
1985 Westy Money Pit
“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” - Michael Caine

[AustroBus]

The previous owner (for the last 27 years!) named our bus "Eve".
In honour to Eve Muir, the wife of famous John Muir who wrote the popular VW guide: "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot"

As the bus received many different spots of primer over the decades, kids in the neighborhood also called it the "Cloud-Bus".

Read more in this blog post
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1967 Deluxe VW Bus - Resto Thread

Barndoor Coachbuilder Topics:
"Hans Kohlruss & Co"

[Rhysos]

My '65 Beetle is affectionately known as 'Gretchen'. It was the name given to her by the original owner, but it was forgotten as she passed through many hands over the intervening decades. I bumped into the original owner by pure coincidence just after I purchased the car 17 years ago, so once again she became Gretchen after I was informed of her true identity
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[scottyrocks]

Names don't come easy to my vehicles. I don't choose them. They have to present themselves.

Shortly after I got the car, my daughter came up with 'Ginger.' She had been to Scotland a few years ago on a summer work/study group and became fascinated with the reddish-headed population there, referred to as 'gingers.' My car is red, so it seemed a natural.

[Holey42001]

I named my 73 bug Tulip

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If it’s not leaking oil, there probably isn’t any left.

1973 Standard Bug
1972 MG Midget
1973 Hilux w/flatbed & crate motor
1989 Aero & Adams FV

[jeffinohio]

Rosie
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64 Sunroof
73 Standard
70 Convertible
67 Cougar
3 Subarus