Plasmajab
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"Shiro" Japanese for white, because allthough she is a ford, it has a Mazda L5-VE, and thus a heart from Japan. Well. Mexico. Probably.
Bah! It's name is Shiro because I thought it was neat.
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Extra points for having a super cool rig to start with!I've had a build thread going here for a bit, but this is Betsy, The Jeep FC-170. The first picture is her on her new wheels, the second is nearly 5 years ago when I picked her up and drove her 12 hours home.
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Great find!Extra points for having a super cool rig to start with!
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Mom mobile View attachment 82971You always see the Jeep folks with their vehicles named on their hoods...names like "Dominator" or "Slayer"....and it got me wondering if other people, jeep or otherwise, have named their rigs. So....
...Whats your rig's name and why did you name it that?
Mine is Caird, named after the small boat James Caird. The James Caird was a 22.5ft life boat that arguably saved the lives of Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance in 1916. The Endurance was trapped in the ice in the Weddell Sea of Antarctica and eventually sank. While the overall story of the Endurance is quite a good one, the Caird is known for the open ocean journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia, 800 miles in rough seas (at times 100ft swells) and no navigation except stars and luck. When you consider the size of the ocean, the size of South Georgia, and the fact that past that is just the open Atlantic, it was a miracle they landed on South Georgia.
In the spirit of overlanding, and the fact that my rig is my life boat, I named my 4Runner Caird.
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