Odd Car Names

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Most maufacturers give their models names. A few have become iconic, most fade into history when the car is discontinued. Some are strange or humorous. My favorites;

Toyota Starlet- produced from 1973 to 1999. Sounds like a young actress hoping for a movie part after a private audition with the film's producer.

These three portend unhappy ownership;

AMC Gremlin
Chevy Avalanche
Chevy Nova, no va=doesn't go in Spanish

Anything with 'limited' on the stern. What limits it, speed governor?

There must be dozens more.

Chevy Nova
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Passport1 said:
Most maufacturers give their models names. A few have become iconic, most fade into history when the car is discontinued. Some are strange or humorous. My favorites;

Toyota Starlet- produced from 1973 to 1999. Sounds like a young actress hoping for a movie part after a private audition with the film's producer.

These three portend unhappy ownership;

AMC Gremlin
Chevy Avalanche
Chevy Nova, no va=doesn't go in Spanish

Anything with 'limited' on the stern. What limits it, speed governor?

There must be dozens more.

Chevy Nova
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A cream colored 1975 Nova was my first car. 😍
Had the Inline 6
 
I had a 1976 in "Apricot Whip", a rugged, non metallic finish. Larger Chevys got a slightly darker version.

Friends bought their neighbor's Nova which was in storage for 6-7 years.
They replaced the front springs; giving the car a nice high stance.
Plenty of pull...sold in the mountains it was?
It had the T200, one of the switcheroo scandal cars from GM. The reverse piston cracked.
Coincidentally, my transmission friend got a promo transmission from a rebuilder. He had to dig into the mail on his desk for the offer.
He gave it to me, charging only for installation. My 6 had a T450 and a freshened driveshaft behind it.

Drove like a Rolls.

Weird bright red plastic interior -the headliner looked like pegboard- with black highlights.
Crank windows complimented the absence of AC. Big bench seat. 25 gallon tank.

STORY:
On the carburetor, was a remnant end of a broken spring.
A quick look revealed where the crumbled spring's other end connected.
The counterboy at a Chevy dealership looked at the small bit of spring I brought in and instantly produced an "assembly".
It was a "spring within a spring". In other words, two concentric extension springs held together by a parts label.

Not knowing, I said, "It's only one spring".
The bright lad said, "It's a '76. It takes both and it doesn't matter because it's one part number".
As I recall, that vulture hosed me for $2.36.
Show 'nuff, there were links for both springs. The engine's perfect operation did not change a bit.

Henry J
Starfire
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Toyota Tercel Cutie. I believe Toyota was trying to target the female market. It didn't work, they found out that women like masculine cars.
 
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