Help me name a project car.

[ModSocks]

We're excited about this one. Most of the time our customers want us to make their classic car drive like their new Lambo....that's a pain in the ass to do.

THIS customer, however, wants a MUSCLE car, not an exotic car in a Muscle car's skin. He also wants one of those clever car nicknames.

Here's the details:

The car: '66 Mustang Coupe. It's getting a Normally Aspirated 351W bored out to a 438. It's all muscle car, no fancy electronics and luxury bullshit. No forced induction. All Motor. The color scheme will likely be a Candy Apple Green with black accents. Black Leather interior with Green stitching. Here's the important part: Skulls and Bones. The customer wants ghost skulls and subtle skull/bone accents.

The Customer: Lives out in the middle of nowhere. Has a vast array of guns and ammunition. He drives a race truck and owns a Motocross race team....his children are the riders. The kind of guy with dead animals hanging on his walls and a room dedicated to thousands and thousands of dollars worth of guns. Fancies himself a "man's man" and wants an extreme, in your face Muscle car. All brawn.

This is still a high dollar car that will have some real unique, fancy stuff in it. It's just nto going to be designed to suit our typical, old rich guy that wants a Classic Mustang to drive like his new Exotic.

So knowing what you know, help me come up with a good name for it that goes with the theme of the car and what the customer is into.

Try to keep with the Skull and Crossbones kinda theme.

[ptlyon]

Death Trap

[eDave]

Is he in California? Which part?

[Munson]

http://download.gamezone.com/uploads/image/data/1115063/article_post_width_super_trooper_car_ramrod.jpg

[LoneWolf]

The Highway Hunter

Gang Green

America Fuck Yeah

[alpha_omega]

America Fuck Yeah

Since its a '66, how about a slight modification to that....

First Generation Fuck Yeah!

[TribalElder]

Archimedes

[LoneWolf]

Rotten Apple

Ted Nugent is a pussy

[ModSocks]

Is he in California? Which part?

No. New Mexico.

[ModSocks]

Rotten Apple



I like that one.

[Rain Man]

Hmm, skull and crossbones theme? Mustang?

Lee Ia-croak-a.

[BigChiefFan]

Pony Boy

[Bob Dole]

Flirting with Disaster

[KCUnited]

Death Toll 66

[Rain Man]

Horse Power.

[OmahaChief]

The Hulk!

[OmahaChief]

Green Goblin

[ModSocks]

The Hulk!

Heh.

[KCUnited]

Elway

[ModSocks]

We've been bouncing around "bone stock".

Idk....needs a good name.

[KCUnited]

Amenaza

[OmahaChief]

Savage.....hunters could be considered Savages ... Savage is a maker of guns ... Hard to be more manly than a Savage. Savages also leave bones and skulls laying around

I guess Head Hunter would work too since he likes to hunt and they are also really mean.

[KC native]

Green Goblin

This.

[listopencil]

Road Kill

[KC native]

Chile Verde

[stonedstooge]

My project car (77 Trans Am) is nicknamed Fucking Bitch. I scream her name, especially when I rake a knuckle or two taking parts off her

[lewdog]

Chili Pepper

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Heisenberg

[Pasta Little Brioni]

The One Who Knocks

[lewdog]

Tin shell

[JakeLV]

The Jolly Roger

The Jolly Rancher

[jerryforeverrice80]

just call it Route 66.

[Bearcat]

Toxic Stallion

[Marcellus]

Trigger

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Stone Cold

[SAUTO]

Just call it like it is.

Horrible driver

[Marcellus]

Just call it like it is.

Horrible driver

LMAO

I was going to say just another Stang but thought I woudl be nice.

[ModSocks]

Just call it like it is.

Horrible driver

Nah, it won't be. It's getting $20K worth of suspension and brakes.

[ModSocks]

LMAO

I was going to say just another Stang but thought I woudl be nice.

The build budget for this exceeds $150K. It'll be far from another 'Stang.

[Dragonocho]

Trophy Wife Substitute

[Marcellus]

The build budget for this exceeds $150K. It'll be far from another 'Stang.

I figured if you guys were working on it then it will be nice. Though there are probably a shit ton of 150K Stangs out there just like Camaros.

Went to my interior guy yesterday and he has a dude from Houston bringing him a 69' Camaro with an LS7 to do a fiberglass custom dash set up. Sounds just like the Ring Brothers car.

[ModSocks]

My engine builder (builds race engines for Trophy trucks and more) just dropped off the invoice for the Engine build.

$17,945.37 in parts....My cost, not retail. Just for the parts. That doesn't include assembly.

Customer didn't even bat an eye. Must be nice to roll in that kinda $$$.

[Marcellus]

My engine builder (builds race engines for Trophy trucks and more) just dropped off the invoice for the Engine build.

$17,945.37 in parts....My cost, not retail. Just for the parts. That doesn't include assembly.

Customer didn't even bat an eye. Must be nice to roll in that kinda $$$.

I got a 12K quote for my interior and tried not to bat an eye. Yes it must be nice. I wouldn't know.

[ModSocks]

I figured if you guys were working on it then it will be nice. Though there are probably a shit ton of 150K Stangs out there just like Camaros.

Went to my interior guy yesterday and he has a dude from Houston bringing him a 69' Camaro with an LS7 to do a fiberglass custom dash set up. Sounds just like the Ring Brothers car.

Oh man.....

I felt bad for the guy. He had it in a shop that had it for 7 years. 7 Freaking years. We rolled it off the trailer two weeks ago.....man....what a freaking mess. Just awful.

The delivery driver was telling me all about this awesome paint job blah blah blah....we rolled it off the trailer....what a fucking train wreck.

Countless runs in the paint....fish eyes.....the end caps for the decklid were missing....the Air brush artwork was hokie as all hell. It was just awful...and to make matters worse....the previous shop let the car sit out in the rain....so the car was covered in dirt and crap.

I genuinely felt bad for the guy...the fact that someone had the nerve to look him in the eye and take his money for such awful, awful work.

I had to tell him that he spent $30K in paint and body....and we're going to have to strip the car down to metal again because the paint wasn't salvageable...it was laid on way too thick..so thick that it almost filled some of the natural body lines behind the rear windshield....the paint had far too many runs in it to save, and the Bondo was cracking on the quarter panel.

[ModSocks]

Man, we opened the up the trunk, and there was bondo seeping through the holes on the quarter panel and into the trunk area.....

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Flugenschlagen.

[Marcellus]

Oh man.....

I felt bad for the guy. He had it in a shop that had it for 7 years. 7 Freaking years. We rolled it off the trailer two weeks ago.....man....what a freaking mess. Just awful.

The delivery driver was telling me all about this awesome paint job blah blah blah....we rolled it off the trailer....what a ****ing train wreck.

Countless runs in the paint....fish eyes.....the end caps for the decklid were missing....the Air brush artwork was hokie as all hell. It was just awful...and to make matters worse....the previous shop let the car sit out in the rain....so the car was covered in dirt and crap.

I genuinely felt bad for the guy...the fact that someone had the nerve to look him in the eye and take his money for such awful, awful work.

I had to tell him that he spent $30K in paint and body....and we're going to have to strip the car down to metal again because the paint wasn't salvageable...it was laid on way too thick..so thick that it almost filled some of the natural body lines behind the rear windshield....the paint had far too many runs in it to save, and the Bondo was cracking on the quarter panel.

I spent a shit ton of $ on body and paint. My car is black, jet ****ing tuxedo black, and it looks great. Its actually better than great IMO its awesome.

I did a ton of research before picking my painter because I wanted it right even if it cost more. I found work he did and picked him off those cars.

You can waste a ton of money so easy by not doing your homework.

Its like the old saying -

A good tattoo is not cheap and cheap tattoo is not good.


Same goes for paint, body, interior and engine work.

[ModSocks]

I spent a shit ton of $ on body and paint. My car is black, jet ****ing tuxedo black, and it looks great. Its actually better than great IMO its awesome.

I did a ton of research before picking my painter because I wanted it right even if it cost more. I found work he did and picked him off those cars.

You can waste a ton of money so easy by not doing your homework.

Its like the old saying -

A good tattoo is not cheap and cheap tattoo is not good.


Same goes for paint, body, interior and engine work.

Good, yeah that's awesome. Camaro, you said? It's good that you did your homework....a lot of people don't and they end up throwing their money away.

It's also very hard to find good, reliable fabricators and painters. We out source our cars for paint and body these days, since we've downsized over the last few years we no longer have the space for a paint booth or a body shop. It was hard to find a guy we could trust and were lucky to find the guy we found.

You mentioned the Ring Brothers...man the work they do is out of this world....i had the privilege of meeting those guys a few times at SEMA. Jim and Mike....two of the nicest guys you'll ever meet in the industry. I met Chip Foose once too....he stopped by with his T.V crew while strolling through SEMA to check out one of our builds....really cool guy as well. He had nothing but flattering things to say.

[loochy]

Caitlyn

[TimeForWasp]

Crab apple

green sardine

[Abba-Dabba]

Death rides a Horse

Revelation 6

Revelation 66

[Hydrae]

Skullduggery

[redfan]

Rut '66

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Money Pissed Away

[Rain Man]

Pony Car of the Apocalypse.

Ford Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

[ModSocks]

Ford Horsemen

heh, that's pretty cool.

[Perineum Ripper]

The Bad Apple

[Marcellus]

Good, yeah that's awesome. Camaro, you said? It's good that you did your homework....a lot of people don't and they end up throwing their money away.

It's also very hard to find good, reliable fabricators and painters. We out source our cars for paint and body these days, since we've downsized over the last few years we no longer have the space for a paint booth or a body shop. It was hard to find a guy we could trust and were lucky to find the guy we found.

You mentioned the Ring Brothers...man the work they do is out of this world....i had the privilege of meeting those guys a few times at SEMA. Jim and Mike....two of the nicest guys you'll ever meet in the industry. I met Chip Foose once too....he stopped by with his T.V crew while strolling through SEMA to check out one of our builds....really cool guy as well. He had nothing but flattering things to say.

No not a Camaro I have 65' Chevy II.

There is some crazy shit going on with shops like Ring Brothers, Ironworks, The Roadster Shop etc.....

I'm going to SEMA this year with my brother who works for a shop in Florida. I cant wait.

[ghak99]

The Foalinator

Filly Fister

Bitchin Jenny

Pegasus Maximus

[Iowanian]

Boltergeist


Carmagedon.

[TribalElder]

Wasted Green

[J Diddy]

The Skull Fucker

[TinyEvel]

Stang Green

[TLO]

Slow Pony

[CrazyPhuD]

Honestly the answer to this one is pretty simple....because it works in many ways....with the green, the skulls, and the 'man's man' the choice is obvious.....

Pale Rider

While you may think the 4th horseman of the Apocalypse's color(i.e. Death) is a pale white or no color....classically it's actually 'greenish'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse

The official color of the Pale Horse is 'khlōros' which is the green of new growth.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%87%CE%BB%CF%89%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82

With the pale rider you get a mustang tie in....a skull tie in....a match for green....and as an added bonus a fucking Clint Eastwood tie in! Plus who wouldn't want their muscle car to be known as 'Death'.

[Otter]

Snot Rocket </BR></BR> Post some pics.

[stevieray]

creeper

[Buehler445]

Mean green. If you don't post pics you aren't human.

[stevieray]

Frankenstang

[aturnis]

Holy Diver or Holy Driver

[SAUTO]

Nah, it won't be. It's getting $20K worth of suspension and brakes.

Just to be clear I wasn't knocking you guys in that post, just the car. I have never driven an early mustang that I thought drove very well.

[MahiMike]

Mystic Mustang

Mystic Metal

Tails from the Crypt

[BossChief]

Bonehead

[BossChief]

The muscle bone

[Iowanian]

Greenis Envy

[TimeForWasp]

Bruce Gender

[big nasty kcnut]

Hulkbuster!

[eDave]

Fuck you. That's what you should name this damned car.

[big nasty kcnut]

Or project skulls and mayhem!

[eDave]

Or project skulls and mayhem!

Robert Paulson

[Perineum Ripper]

Kryptonite

[drakey]

The hulk :p

[ModSocks]

Looks like we're gonna go with either "Greenis Envy" or "Cryptonite", spelled with a "c" instead of a "k" to go with the skull/death theme.

We're gonna text those names to the customer right now and see what he thinks.

[ModSocks]

And yeah, i'll post pics of the project once i have something worth posting.

[ptlyon]

Lame

[ModSocks]

Lame

Heh. I don't think Death Trap is the vibe we were looking for.

And some of these, while creative, probably wouldn't sound quite right in a magazine feature.

[ptlyon]

Heh. I don't think Death Trap is the vibe we were looking for.

And some of these, while creative, probably wouldn't sound quite right in a magazine feature.

Bet you a beer if you pitch it with the other 2 he'd pick it. :p

The skull and crossbones and the motor is why I went with that name.

[Rain Man]

Looks like we're gonna go with either "Greenis Envy" or "Cryptonite", spelled with a "c" instead of a "k" to go with the skull/death theme.

We're gonna text those names to the customer right now and see what he thinks.

No Ford Horseman of the Apocalypse? I'm disappointed.

[ptlyon]

No Ford Horseman of the Apocalypse? I'm disappointed.

Till Armageddon no shalam, no shalom

[ModSocks]

No Ford Horseman of the Apocalypse? I'm disappointed.

Ford is very lawsuit happy with their naming rights. Even though all we work on here are early model Fords, we have to be very careful with how we use the word "Ford", as they have a reputation for suing shops just like ours. Even our store signage doesn't have the word "Ford".

"Mustang" or "Fairlane" or "Falcon" is fair game, but using the name "Ford" is sketchy and we'd rather just steer clear of it altogether.

[LoneWolf]

Can't say I'm not a little hurt that Rotten Apple didn't make the final list. I'm sure I'll recover, but it's going to take some time.