Date:         Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:51:43 -0700
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: NVC vehicle model names? WT_ were they thinking?
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Pinto?  You must mean the F*rd "Pimple".

My pet names:

Cadillac = Cattle Truck, Taco Barge (and so many others)
Porsche = Pushcar
Explorer = Exploder
Expedition = Expletive
Excursion = Excrement
FIAT = Found In A Trashcan
Maxima = Noxema
Celica = Sillycar
Corolla = Crayola
Accord = Accordian or Acorn
Prelude = Quallude
Spitfire = Sh**fire
Vanagon = Wanagon

Here's a real one (or more) - The Nissan/Datsun 1600/2000 Roadster and the
subsequent "Z" Cars were mostly called "Fair Lady" in Japan.  The B110/B210
were called "Honeybee" and the 510/610 series were called "Cherry".
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> There is a long history of Ford Exploders from the Pinto days?
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-TGIF
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>
> Ford "Excretion"?
>>  DHanson
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Alan Felder
>> <dieseldoofus@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> I like the Ford "Expletive".
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Stacy Schneider
>>>> <vwcrewman@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Fords SUV lineup starts with ,Escape then Explorer and then
>>>>> Expedition and then Excursion, It was suggested after that that
>>>>> Ford
>>>>> make a vehicle for border patrol called the "The Extradition"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                                                  Stacy
>>>>>
>>>>> O
>>>>>
>>>>> Or maybe make one for our "guest workers" called the "Exploitation"?
>>>> D. Hanson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alan Felder
>>> Austin TX
>>> 82 Diesel Westy
>>>
>>