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[Designer]

Hi all,

 

We all love our Minis so lets see how much.

How many of you have a name for your Pride and Joy?

 

 

Our 1988 Mini Designer Mary Quant is called    Moop.

Why? I do not know it was Christened that the second my Daughter bought her 27 years ago.

 

Hopefully there are some other weird and wonderful names out there.

 

 

Edited by Designer, 24 July 2023 - 02:12 PM.

[eric67]

Not too weird or wonderful but my Elf is named Eric after Storm Erik that hit the UK on the day l bought the car in February 2019

[Mr.greenPullover]

Mine is called Kate

 

Very simple logic:

We named our cars alphabetically. It's British and as far as I know they say: "Here she comes..." when talking about a bella macchina

 

So as it was my turn, K was in order, and therefore it should be female.

 

And as there is not to much choice of simple names of British origin starting with K, I named her after a Caitlin...

 

Edit: As she is red, my mother often talk about her to me as "Your Bobby Car"   

Edited by Mr.greenPullover, 22 July 2023 - 04:35 PM.

[mrmeds]

Madge, after Maddona - both started their careers in the 80's , and may have had extensive work done to their bodies

[sonikk4]

My Clubby is Paddy and that was due to the fact the person who was originally going to buy him was coming from Ireland.

 

My sons car is called Erm, purely because he could not think of anything more suitable at the time.

[Midas Mk1]

Firecat

[Steam]

I do not have a partucular name for mine but it geta called all sorts of things when in the shed,,

[Speedymad]

Our 1990 cooper is called Hercules and previous had noddy (I’ve got big ears) and vinnie the b****** as he always broke down.  
 

[YJO]

Mr Bridger…….say no more , as he has its stature and place on the road.

[Verderad]

Lady P. Easy to pick. The reg is LDY4xxP

[Steve220]

Felix, after the child of the previous owner leaving a Felix the cat teddy in it when i picked it up!

 

Edited by Steve220, 23 July 2023 - 02:06 PM.

[MrBounce]

My Midas is called Zippy, because it's orange (and was always going to be). 

 

I have had numerous other Minis in the past which I shall list below:

 

1977 Mini 1000 - Huey. Why? My brother read the 2000Ad comic, and one of the stories in it at the time was called Full Mental Jackets after a gang in it. The gang's leader was called Dog, and his best friend was called Huey. The car, when I bought it, was a bit of a dog, but I decided that Dog was a bit harsh of a name, so Huey he became. Scrapped in 1996 after I sold it with a week's MOT left on it.

 

1979 Mini 1000. I bought this as an engine donor for Huey after an overheating and clanking A12 moment. It was rusty and Russet Brown, so it became "Ian". Why? the TV series "Not The Nine O'clock News" had a couple of books released in diary form called "NOT 1982" and "NOT 1983". There was a name in there called "Ian T*rd", so that fitted. Scrapped in 1995.

 

1970 Mini 1000. Bought for some spare bits, this was a horrid nasty thing that had obviously spent some of its life in the sea it was so rusty. Rear subframe was almost in two, nearly every panel had holes in it, there was next to no floor, and EVERYTHING was worn out. I called it Basket Case. I sent it to the scrapyard, towed behind my mate's Granada on just the handbrake. No electrics (no battery), no brakes (no fluid) and barely any steering. Be worth 4 figures in that state now!

 

1979 1275 GT with 1330 engine: Bruce. This was because the previous owner called it Doris, and because it was what I would describe as a "bad-tempered" car, I decided it had to be male. I'd seen something on the tv with a henchman called Bruce, and decided that this would be perfect. Sold in 1998, and remains the only vehicle I wish I had never sold.

 

1984 Mini 25. She was called Carrie, because I couldn't think of anything at the time, other than "She carries things". Should have been Milo after the "MLO" suffix on the number plate. She ended up doing Ministox long after I sold her.

 

1985 Mini Mayfair. "Melanie C". Nothing actually to do with the Spice Girls - she was just called Melanie because "M for Mayfair" and "C" because she was a C-reg.

 

1974 Mini 1275 GT bought as an engine donor for Melanie. This was named as "Henry" by my friend. No idea why! 

Edited by MrBounce, 23 July 2023 - 02:11 PM.

[stuart bowes]

 

My sons car is called Erm, purely because he could not think of anything more suitable at the time.

 

I thought that was a reference to the end of the italian job 

[stuart milliken]

My cooper s is called archie because hes got a big engine so must be a bloke !!!!

[sonikk4]

 

 

My sons car is called Erm, purely because he could not think of anything more suitable at the time.

 

I thought that was a reference to the end of the italian job 

 

 

Nope, we just sat there looking at the bag of spanners he had bought off Ebay and we both went Erm and that was it.