[Clay Perrine]

We have 3 914s, a 74 corvette, an 87 Nissan, and a 95 BMW at my house. All but the BMW have names.

1974 914 1.8, My wife's car. She named it "Frodrick" After the character in Young Frankenstein. Shortened to "Frody" or the "Frodster" as in ****** roadster. She had this car when we met at an SCCA AX. She cleaned my clock then and I have been chasing her tail ever since.

1973 914 /6 2.4L MFI MY 914. Named "Igor (pronounced Eye-gore). Frodrick's sidekick from Young Frankenstein. Bought this car after driving her 914.

1974 L82 Corvette. "Miss Piggy" as in Plastic Pig.

1975 914 1.8L Named "Mangey". This is a foster child I am doing some repair work on. Got the name because it's a white car that sat under a tree for 4 years and ended up with black spots all over it that looked like mange.

1987 Nissan Pulsar (RIP) My $700 dollar car. Named "Nikkey". No logical reason for the name, that is just the feeling I got from her. She recently died at 300,000 miles. I parked her and will fix her when I get some time.

1995 BMW 540I. Bought just 2 months ago. We have not had this car long enough to discover her true name.


In the past I have had a number of cars with names. The first was my first car.

1969 Pontiac Firebird. 400 Ram Air III. 12 second quarter with street tires. Named "Fred".

1968 Pontiac Firebird parts car. Named "Shakespear" because we were always wondering if it was "to be or not to be".


1979 Porsche 924. My first Porsche. Named "Bob" after the mechanic who delivers the cobra in the Bill Cosby routine "200 MPH". Sold this after driving my wife's 914.

1980 Fiat 124 convertible Named "Tony" as in Fix It Again Tony"

1980 RX7 Powered by Chevy 383 small block. Dubbed "Oh ****" after the first time I hit the gas in it.

1977 Dodge Aspen. Always called it "the aspen".

Cars have definite personalities that are revealed after driving them for a while. I don't name a car until I have driven it for a while. Then I can find it's true name.