What is your rigs name

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Vinman

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Enthusiast III

My 2005 LJ Rubicon is named Crack-Pipe
About 1-1/2 years after I bought it I was out wheeling on some local trails and at one point I hopped back in the Jeep there was a crack-pipe sitting on he drivers side floor board, I have no idea where it came from but can only speculate it was stuffed inside the drivers seat and eventually worked its way out until I finally found it.
Funny thing is as soon as I bought the jeep I completely stripped the entire interior out of it to give a thorough cleaning but didn't see it then.
I’m sure glad I found it when I did though, about a month later I was heading to Moab from Alberta and doubt I could expain it away if it was found at the border crossing.
 

Jedi

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Off-Road Ranger I

3,402
Arlington, WA, USA
First Name
Brie
Last Name
McClory
Member #

12406

Ham/GMRS Callsign
K6JDI
Most people who see the name Red Five on the side of my Jeep think it has to do with the color of it, Red Rock Crystal, and ask me what the Five means. Fortunately, there are a number of true geeks out there who immediately recognize it for the real meaning.

Red 5 is the 5th position in the Red Squadron of the Massassi Group of the Rebellion in the Star Wars universe. Most notably, Red 5 was assigned to Luke Skywalker just prior to the assault on the Death Star. He remained in that position until after the retreat from Hoth... About 5 years.

As a Star Wars fanatic... It just made sense.
 

Traveler I

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Most people who see the name Red Five on the side of my Jeep think it has to do with the color of it, Red Rock Crystal, and ask me what the Five means. Fortunately, there are a number of true geeks out there who immediately recognize it for the real meaning.

Red 5 is the 5th position in the Red Squadron of the Massassi Group of the Rebellion in the Star Wars universe. Most notably, Red 5 was assigned to Luke Skywalker just prior to the assault on the Death Star. He remained in that position until after the retreat from Hoth... About 5 years.

As a Star Wars fanatic... It just made sense.
My wife got me the sunshade of Chewy, Han, Luke, and Obi Wan frontal view in the Millennium Falcon, and I hadn't come up with a name at the time. So the Falcon stuck. My previous vehicle was the Storm Trooper.
 

Kao pii

Rank V
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Enthusiast III

2,191
Yuma, Arizona, United States
First Name
Lendwell (Lenny)
Last Name
Motta
Member #

13322

Ironhide after my favorite Transformer. The original caricature was a Toyota van and the movie version is a gmc truck. Naturally being a gmc van it made sense to me. Also the fact that it has been transformed from a stick GMC safari awd van into an overlanding rig is a factor. Hope to see all you guys on the trail in your own transformed rigs!
 

Kao pii

Rank V
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Enthusiast III

2,191
Yuma, Arizona, United States
First Name
Lendwell (Lenny)
Last Name
Motta
Member #

13322

Ironhide after my favorite Transformer. The original caricature was a Toyota van and the movie version is a gmc truck. Naturally being a gmc van it made sense to me. Also the fact that it has been transformed from a stick GMC safari awd van into an overlanding rig is a factor. Hope to see all you guys on the trail in your own transformed rigs!
Actually I ment stick GMC van.
 

Tinker

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Off-Road Ranger I

2,357
West Michigan
First Name
Mike
Last Name
Klemish
Member #

5606

"The Rot Wagon" because it's perpetually rotten with rust, mud, greasy parts, etc. Well... also because it's catchy & fits on a plate.
 
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Trbanks

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Enthusiast III

1,721
Spring Hill, FL
First Name
Tom
Last Name
Banks
Member #

12513

I have named every vehicle I have owned since I was sixteen years old. When I bought this truck I drove her a while but hadn’t come up with a name for her. After a few weeks, my wife started calling her Matilda, and it stuck.

She got the name from the Australian outback song “Waltzing Matilda”.
 
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HappyOurOverlanding

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Member III

3,402
Verdi Nevada
Member #

9206

Ham/GMRS Callsign
KI7RAM
So for 2 years I've called my Rig, a horse with no name, after going through the desert. Since it's technically my wife's, she refused to adopt the name. Finally she said the other day it shall be named, Major Tom. So now when we call our friends in their Earth Cruiser you may hear-- "this is Major Tom to Earth Control, do you hear me Earth Control.."
Oh the things we do for enjoyment while driving. LOL [emoji41]
 

cody_roberts

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1,308
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Cody
Last Name
Roberts
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19576

I've been trying to come up with a name for my rig , reading through this thread got me thinking. The name will be "Burkitt" , if it wasn't for having had Burkitt lymphoma , I'm not sure I would have gotten into traveling or overlanding as much, it was a real life changer for me . I think it will be fitting! 20180903_171223.jpeg