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| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 74 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 204.62.111.51  Rating: N/A |
Every yacht has a name prominently displayed on its rear. what about our land yachts? did you name your bus yet? and I mean actually written on the bus, not just a nickname you gave it. Also, do you have a certain theme to your conversion? I mean, some type of unifying design scheme, that ties it all together? I have been trying to stop myself from making my bus into a Star Trek Shuttle themed bus, ever since someone mentioned that the side profile resembles something from the star trek : the next generation. | ||
| Sean Welsh (Sean)
Registered Member Username: Sean Post Number: 861 Registered: 1-2003 Posted From: 72.171.0.141  Rating: N/A |
Our bus is named "Odyssey" and that name is prominently displayed across the back in a custom-designed logotype: http://odyssey.smugmug.com/gallery/249941_CbiFS#9781504_6QBLb-L-LB That said, I think "Galileo 7" would be a fine name for a bus. -Sean http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com | ||
| Pete/RTS Daytona (Pete_rtsdaytona)
Registered Member Username: Pete_rtsdaytona Post Number: 555 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 97.104.12.183  Rating: N/A |
1989 35' RTS - Front license Plate (from Ebay) ( LESS ROOM - MORE ROAM ) Pete RTS/Daytona | ||
| Van (Van)
Registered Member Username: Van Post Number: 95 Registered: 7-2008 Posted From: 72.193.140.83  Rating: N/A |
After watching the movie "Transformers" ,thought of using Optimus Prime lol,because of the size of our eagle,adding blue flames here and there would have tyed it all together. But now I think Thunder Struck will be the name ,cause we don't really feel like we were bitten by some bug but more like thunder struck when I first layed eyes on her.Van | ||
| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 76 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 204.62.111.51 Rating: N/A |
"That said, I think "Galileo 7" would be a fine name for a bus. " Sean, according to the wikipedia, Galileo 7 burns up in orbit at the end of that episode. but the Galileo Shuttle was exactly what I had in mind, a white bus with a red stripe, and wheelwells illuminated with red LEDs, and blue LED track lighting running down the side. All the trekkies would love it  | ||
| macgyver (91flyer)
Registered Member Username: 91flyer Post Number: 426 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 12.198.81.194  Rating: N/A |
Mine will be named "Phoenix" if I move forward with saving her from the flames... The name has obvious meaning for anyone that's kept up with the threads about the house and bus burning... ;) She'll be white/red/orange/yellow... -Mac | ||
| Jack Conrad (Jackconrad)
Registered Member Username: Jackconrad Post Number: 1096 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 71.3.157.139  Rating: N/A |
We named our coach Orange Blossom Special II. Our first coach (a 4106) was Orange Blossom Special. We chose that name for several reasons, being from Florida, the state flower is the orange blossom. Our place is surrounded by orange groves (sweetest smelling place on earth when the tees are all in bloom), When we were still clogging, Orange Blossom Special was one of our favorite songs to dance to. We had the pleasure to meet and become good friends with Chubby Wise (now deceased), the writer of the Orange Blossom Special song. and last but not least, I like the old steam locomotives. The name is proudly displayed on both the front and rear of our coach (Message edited by JackConrad on May 26, 2009) | ||
| Tim Brandt (Timb)
Registered Member Username: Timb Post Number: 334 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 74.244.14.221  Rating: N/A |
Our bus was formerly owned by a pastor and came with the name Pilgrim which is still prominantly displayed in the destination sign http://members.tccoa.com/timb/trip2.jpg | ||
| John and Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 196 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 96.42.7.186  Rating: N/A |
Ours was dubbed "THUNDERDOME" in reference to the Mad Max fighting cage where "two men enter, one man leaves" (in our case its not a fight to the death, I hope) lol | ||
| Larry Baird (Airhog)
Registered Member Username: Airhog Post Number: 161 Registered: 1-2001 Posted From: 159.115.176.248  Rating: N/A |
The lic. plate on mine is "AIRHOG" and the sign says "WHEREVER" | ||
| Nick Badame Refrigeration Co. (Dnick85)
Registered Member Username: Dnick85 Post Number: 304 Registered: 2-2006 Posted From: 75.199.186.253  Rating: N/A |
Aht Hum... "Private Coach" How origional..... Nick- | ||
| Bill 340 (Bill_340)
Registered Member Username: Bill_340 Post Number: 81 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.201.44.225 Rating: |
Beats Private Parts.......... | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 761 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.209.59.134 Rating: N/A |
Our coach...(1964 vintage) originally owned by Northern Arizona University, was named, by that crowd "Shake Rattle and Roll"... I hesitate to put that on the skin.... ...thence..no name...yet! RCB | ||
| Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
Registered Member Username: Kristinsgrandpa Post Number: 382 Registered: 2-2003 Posted From: 4.225.91.112 Rating: N/A |
Displayed prominently across the front of mine in 4 inch high letters is "Lost in Space". Some one asked me why? and I replied because there is a lot of space between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and that is where I'll be (lost). Ed | ||
| Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
Registered Member Username: Kristinsgrandpa Post Number: 383 Registered: 2-2003 Posted From: 4.225.91.112 Rating: N/A |
I think this pic will work now. I tried it on the previous post and it needed resized.  | ||
| Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
Registered Member Username: Kristinsgrandpa Post Number: 384 Registered: 2-2003 Posted From: 4.225.91.112 Rating: N/A |
I think this pic will work now. I tried it on the previous post and it needed resized.  | ||
| Jim Gibson (River_rat)
Registered Member Username: River_rat Post Number: 50 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 75.95.96.192 Rating: N/A |
"Jungle Bus" is her name. I'm doing the inside, and maybe some of the paint, in an african - safari theme. My boat is "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd came on the radio when I was thinking of names. What can I say, I was a hippy in my younger years! | ||
| Clint Hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 197 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.235.190  Rating: N/A |
I Just put the dogs name on the bus as the operator, as it is his bus, I just get to fix it , pay for it and operate it for the dog. I can see why I am keep around ! Life as a dog servant ... | ||
| Craig Campbell (Craig_4104012)
Registered Member Username: Craig_4104012 Post Number: 49 Registered: 2-2009 Posted From: 24.125.64.214 Rating: N/A |
we are calling ours Grandma we are hoping she will take care of us like a grandma would | ||
| Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
Registered Member Username: Kristinsgrandpa Post Number: 385 Registered: 2-2003 Posted From: 4.224.189.199 Rating: N/A |
Rear View  | ||
| Roger Baughman (Roger)
Registered Member Username: Roger Post Number: 106 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 71.136.13.235  Rating: N/A |
My wife named our bus Dreamer because that is what we are dreamers, Roger | ||
| Cable (Fe2_o3)
Registered Member Username: Fe2_o3 Post Number: 28 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 71.112.211.206  Rating: N/A |
Ours is named "Sofar-Sogood", and it has been. | ||
| GlennVin (Glennvin)
Registered Member Username: Glennvin Post Number: 44 Registered: 10-2002 Posted From: 75.89.38.90  Rating: N/A |
"Money Pit" comes to mind first off. But actually our ride is named "Peaches". Glenn Tallulah Falls, GA www.tlmmusic.com | ||
| David Lower (Dave_l)
Registered Member Username: Dave_l Post Number: 152 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 67.58.201.132  Rating: N/A |
Mine is "The Iron Beast" Dave L Larry thats a nice lookin bus you got. do you find you need all those ac units on the roof? (Message edited by Dave_L on May 27, 2009) | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 502 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.215.214  Rating: N/A |
Our Eagle is named "Dreamscape"! It was always my dream to own a bus conversion, and escape to anywhere! ~Paul~ | ||
| Jim Wallin (Powderseeker01)
Registered Member Username: Powderseeker01 Post Number: 19 Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 208.68.48.77  Rating: N/A |
Our girl is called Freebird | ||
| Wayne Ellenburg (Wlnburg)
Registered Member Username: Wlnburg Post Number: 53 Registered: 6-2008 Posted From: 128.158.1.163  Rating: N/A |
The one that is already converted is called the Ellenburg Express. My daughter gave it that name. The other one that is just stripped out my grand daughter named it the stinky bus. | ||
| Bruce Henderson (Oonrahnjay)
Registered Member Username: Oonrahnjay Post Number: 418 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 70.60.107.113  Rating: N/A |
I don't have a name but she's become known as "the big tin tent" and if I were going to paint anything on it, I guess it would be "Senior Moments"! | ||
| gary throneberry (Garhawk)
Registered Member Username: Garhawk Post Number: 22 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 70.157.33.24 Rating: N/A |
While driving my coach home from the transit company, it occured to me what a monster with which I had paid good money to associate and commit myself for the next number of years. It was immediately named 'bub' (big ugly bus). That handle will remain until such time as it converted into something different. Heading into my fourth year, the name still applies. gary t'berry '89 rts 102 40er | ||
| Len Silva (Lsilva)
Registered Member Username: Lsilva Post Number: 243 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 24.164.20.23  Rating: N/A |
Toybox | ||
| Grant Thiessen (Busshawg)
Registered Member Username: Busshawg Post Number: 169 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 206.45.93.160  Rating: N/A |
My wife is fighting me, maybe because she wants the title, haha. I was thinking just BBB for Big Bad Bitch. I kind of have a love hate relationship with it through all this conversion/mechanical work. Plus that's what I think when I pull up to the fuel pump! | ||
| John Lacey (Junkman42)
Registered Member Username: Junkman42 Post Number: 83 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 69.19.14.18  Rating: N/A |
Mine gets renamed everytime I skin My body trying to fix something. Often every few minutes! We have been given a name that was going to be used and was not. As soon as the sign man has a free day "fuelish pleasure" will be across the back. | ||
| Mark Morgan (Stormcloud)
Registered Member Username: Stormcloud Post Number: 6 Registered: 9-2008 Posted From: 216.36.185.40 Rating: N/A |
Ours is called PapaBus..so named by the youngest grandkids when they first saw it. Although the name is not yet painted on, the license plate says 'PAPABUS'. That gets lots of grins at campgrounds,etc when they need a plate number. I'm thinking on the back cap I may write...."Are We There Yet?" Mark (Message edited by Stormcloud on May 27, 2009) (Message edited by Stormcloud on May 27, 2009) | ||
| Mike Lester (Tin_woodman)
Registered Member Username: Tin_woodman Post Number: 15 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 63.230.32.66 Rating: N/A |
Our bus was already named "Full Gallop" when I bought it, and since we've only had it a few months, re-painting and re-naming is low on the list. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1483 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.110.9  Rating: N/A |
My old Brill was called Brill-O-Pad. At times, my current ones are called #&@**#%**!!, and at other times....you dirty, lousy, no good #&@**%**!! Otherwise, Chessie on the 4905. | ||
| Jack Campbell (Blue_goose)
Registered Member Username: Blue_goose Post Number: 128 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 71.100.201.35  Rating: N/A |
It's been the Blue Goose for most of it's life. It got that name when we were converting it under a 60 ft blue tarp. It is large on the front of the bus. Jack | ||
| Bob Baldwin (Bob4106)
Registered Member Username: Bob4106 Post Number: 170 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 24.74.180.20  Rating: N/A |
After picking her up and driven fore days to get home. My wife came up with Dream Catcher  | ||
| Douglas Tappan (Dougthebonifiedbusnut)
Registered Member Username: Dougthebonifiedbusnut Post Number: 92 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 75.69.223.64  Rating: N/A |
I call my baby "The Bywaylady" cause any chance I get I take the Back Roads | ||
| Steven M. Toomey (Pabusnut)
Registered Member Username: Pabusnut Post Number: 11 Registered: 3-2005 Posted From: 71.207.107.232 Rating: N/A |
I am planning on naming mine Electric Mayhem in honor of my 2nd favorite band! I think they appeared in two movies. Steve Toomey PAbusnut | ||
| David Evans (Dmd)
Registered Member Username: Dmd Post Number: 318 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 96.232.132.170  Rating: N/A |
DINAH MOE for the old 4-71, boy was she loud! It should be NO MOE right now! And those MCI-7's are good looking rigs, i love the roof line, and Bill you still got it! That was funny! Hell or high water we are going to be at the 10th aniv. of the Bussin New year at Jacks this year. | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 485 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.55.197.237  Rating: N/A |
As you can see on the side of mine it is called JOKERS WILD. It was the wild one when I got it and my wife said I was a Joker, So there ya go on the 4104. The others I ain't named YET!! Trouble on the road, empty wallet, busted knuckles, All ring bells in my mind. LOL Gomer | ||
| Wec4104 (Wec4104)
Registered Member Username: Wec4104 Post Number: 37 Registered: 7-2008 Posted From: 68.80.242.72 Rating: N/A |
When we got our 4104, I wanted a name that reflected her late '50s timeframe and our desire to explore new places. I lobbied hard to name her "Sputnik". But alas, my kids and wife dubbed her "Lucy" and that has sorta stuck. It's just a family name for her, with no external lettering on the bus. | ||
| Jim and Myrna Lawrence (Daffycanuck)
Registered Member Username: Daffycanuck Post Number: 45 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.19.14.16 Rating: |
Our bus is a european tour bus....DAF. so we named it DAFfyC..... stands for daffy canucks !! http://daffycanuck.hopto.org/ http://lawrj.sasktelwebsite.net/ (Message edited by daffycanuck on May 28, 2009) | ||
| RJ Long (Rjlong)
Registered Member Username: Rjlong Post Number: 1560 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 98.192.173.82  Rating: N/A |
Peter - Besides being a busnut, I'm also a long-time Corvair nut. Thus, my GMC 4106 is affectionately known as "The Giant Greenbrier" as both were in production during 1964. Since I'm keeping the destination sign & roll, I'll eventually have that silk-screened onto the mylar so it can be displayed when parked. FWIW & HTH. . . | ||
| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 82 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 204.62.111.51 Rating: N/A |
holy cow, daffycanuck. I saw your website. wine making? your name is well deserved how long did it take you? btw, love all the names and pictures. | ||
| Nellie Wilson (Vivianellie)
Registered Member Username: Vivianellie Post Number: 233 Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 4.249.210.162  Rating: N/A |
Okay, I'll bite. My bus is named #504. That's what the last owner called her, I guess... pretty cold and impersonal to my mind. I was going to call her 'Nomads Land' in keeping with my ridiculous lifestyle. But NOW I'm thinking 'Christine'... you know, after that Stephen King book about this weird and scary '57 Plymouth. Anyway, I realized tonight that I have a Stephen King bus. It has a mind of its own, does what it wants - usually bad, sometimes good. Like right now, she's sitting perfectly level on a rather steep sideways slope. I haven't started her since yesterday afternoon and she's leveled herself like a new coach. I was changlng shoes, wondering why I wasn't doing my normal sideways lurch and it hit me: 'My God, the floor isn't tilting...' And I went out and looked and couldn't believe my eyes. Front and back bumpers up and perfectly level - curb side tires tucked well under the wheel skirts (high side of the slope) and driver's side tires showing all the sidewall (and then some) on the low side of the slope. Of course, the parking brake (AND service brakes) are fairly pissing air... from no apparent cause, either. Just happened on its own... bus stopped, already shut down and brake engaged. Then PSSSSHT! Okay, Christine, I give up trying to figure you out! Why dontcha be true? (oopps... mixing analogies here). Nellie Wilson | ||
| Dallas (Dal300)
Registered Member Username: Dal300 Post Number: 208 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 75.88.241.188 Rating: N/A |
Nellie said, "Okay, Christine, I give up trying to figure you out! Why dontcha be true? (oopps... mixing analogies here)." Maybe it's Maybelline? | ||
| Kat Battersby (Ramblinruby)
Registered Member Username: Ramblinruby Post Number: 13 Registered: 5-2009 Posted From: 205.208.227.55 Rating: N/A |
My beautiful rig is named Ruby Rambler because she's mostly a beautiful ruby color and we ramble around from place to place, taking the byways whenever possible. The color scheme is all burgundy, ruby reds, dove grey and white. Very nice. I give so much credit to the previous owners who did a marvelous job on her conversion. I love my Ruby! | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 803 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 76.216.69.160 Rating: |
By time the engine transplant is over on the '56 VL 100, BANKRUPT$Y is looking better. FF | ||
| Tim Brandt (Timb)
Registered Member Username: Timb Post Number: 342 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 74.244.14.221 Rating: N/A |
you are gonna love the ride in that old flx fred...I predict you will even be more fond of it than your sportscar. | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 118 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 70.192.156.27 Rating: N/A |
PO had Footloose and Fancyfree on the front and back. Has kind of grown on us and we just decided to leave it that way. | ||
| Don Evans (Doninwa)
Registered Member Username: Doninwa Post Number: 208 Registered: 1-2007 Posted From: 208.81.157.90  Rating: N/A |
Boat is 'Recovery Room', maybe RR II? | ||
| AL (Proudeagle10)
Registered Member Username: Proudeagle10 Post Number: 68 Registered: 4-2005 Posted From: 75.104.192.36 Rating: N/A |
My conversion will be done far enough, by the end of this year. That I will be able to take her out for a ride. At that time it will be named "PROUD EAGLE 10" | ||
| David B. Sweet (Sweets4104)
Registered Member Username: Sweets4104 Post Number: 28 Registered: 2-2007 Posted From: 76.230.107.188  Rating: N/A |
We haven't settled on a name, a couple have come to mind: Sleeps Two and Olde Dawg, but the wife is having none of Olde Dawg. I think it will be Sleeps two [plus 2 wee low rider hounds]  | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 119 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 75.216.161.207 Rating: N/A |
David, How about...A Sweet Ride. | ||
| David B. Sweet (Sweets4104)
Registered Member Username: Sweets4104 Post Number: 29 Registered: 2-2007 Posted From: 76.230.107.188 Rating: N/A |
The old hound is a sweet ride, me, I'm not as sweet as I could be. Our Towed is a Chevy Cavalier and I personally think 2977 is the better ride and it is easier to drive. She is 52 years old and still going strong. BTW, the inside is worth seeing. | ||
| Patrick levenson (Zubzub)
Registered Member Username: Zubzub Post Number: 97 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 76.68.230.48  Rating: N/A |
Still too busy calling myself names for buying a bus just before all the work disappeared. Maybe Garuda once all the smoke has cleared. | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 807 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 76.216.69.160 Rating: N/A |
you are gonna love the ride in that old flx fred...I predict you will even be more fond of it than your sportscar. I sure hope so. But traveling out west with both retarder and Jakes will allow us to tow a heavy boat trailer with NO FEAR. Our biggest hassle is ANGOLA did an amateurs conversion and stuffed all the house stuff into the bays, so towing a trailer will be required just to snowbird. FF | ||
| Matt Christian (Southbound)
Registered Member Username: Southbound Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2008 Posted From: 32.176.213.20  Rating: N/A |
When I think of naming my bus, all that comes to mind is; OH MY GOD, WHAT WAS I THINKING! =) Actually, I call her "The Beast" but I'm sure the wife will veto that once she's ready to roll. | ||
| Larry & Lynne Dixon (Larry_d)
Registered Member Username: Larry_d Post Number: 213 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 69.144.146.34  Rating: N/A |
When we found our 4905 my wife instantly said she has to be Girly Girl.The name stuck and is is large letters front and rear in PINK. Am in Cheyenne, WY now with about a thousand miles and thirty hours on the genny. Alls well. 4905 Larry | ||
| Bryan Larrabee (Busasaurus)
Registered Member Username: Busasaurus Post Number: 16 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 24.84.136.155  Rating: N/A |
The folks we purched the coach from called her "Gotta Go" and it's still printed on the front until we can think of our own name for her. You can tell by my nickname I wanted to call her Busasaurus but got the veto from Rhonda. Bryan Vancouver BC | ||
| Kasse Weikel (More_s_than_as)
Registered Member Username: More_s_than_as Post Number: 37 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 24.205.97.163 Rating: N/A |
considering i only know of one other bus conversion that has TWO glass stations in it...i was thinking of calling her the "boro bus" (borosilicate is hard glass). but theres a lovely looking gillig symbol on the front so i may leave that and call her gillig pronounced jilly but with a swuave french accent. its going to be between those two when i finally address the paint and vinyl lettering for it my friend up north suggested i get lettering to go down the side that says "christian bingo assoc." or something like that so i dun get harrassed ever lmfao! but i fear if i encorporate that into the name bishop will beat me up ;-p J/K | ||
| Cullen Newsom (Cullennewsom)
Registered Member Username: Cullennewsom Post Number: 66 Registered: 2-2009 Posted From: 98.201.161.214 Rating: N/A |
Ours hasn't earned a name yet. But I like the "christian bingo assoc" idea. Keep you out of trouble in small towns. lol | ||
| David B. Sweet (Sweets4104)
Registered Member Username: Sweets4104 Post Number: 32 Registered: 2-2007 Posted From: 76.247.14.170 Rating: N/A |
AEd, I ran the name A Sweet Ride past my sweet wife, she loves it. Her first name is Alene, so thanks for the name. Of course the bus is a sweet ride, better than a big old Cadillac with the plus of eating and sleeping in my own home when we are on the road. Blessings, David and Alene PD4104-2977 AKA: A Sweet Ride | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 121 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 70.192.126.39 Rating: N/A |
Cool! Glad you like it, it just seemed a natural to me. Maybe some day we will see you going down the road somewhere. :>) |
