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Name my campervan

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GibberingGinger · 09/03/2011 12:56

I'll probably jinx it, but we are hopefully buying a traditional vw campervan this afternoon. I feel it's a he. He is blue, a sort of lovely sky blue that you get on a summer day. A bit like the blue banner at the top of here. He was made in 1974.
So, any suggestions for names? As it's a van the more quirky/humourous the better

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littlemissw · 12/03/2011 22:03

I've always loved what these guys have called their campers. Enjoy him! :)

weegiemum · 11/03/2011 09:10

We had a yellow one called Dougal

RIP Dougal :(

BlueChampagne · 11/03/2011 09:08

Got it! If its letters are NHS, surely it has to be...

Aneurin Be-Van

wideratthehips · 10/03/2011 22:59

aaah nostalga!

we had a yellow one and it was called the yellow peril as he was a bugger!

enjoy, ours was a money pit though and we had to get rid of it as i was sick of having to wrap a duvet round myself every time i got in it. would love one now though as we have three kids and they would LOVE it too

make sure you do the vdub sign to all fellow campers on the road

Meglet · 10/03/2011 22:54

Horace.

Misfitless · 10/03/2011 22:53

Colin or Eric

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GibberingGinger · 10/03/2011 22:36

He's lovely. Still not completely sure of this name. DH spends all his time singing Mr Blue Sky at it. Looking forward to lots of days out/picnics and weekends away .

Oh and I got the reg the wrong way round, it's NHS xxxL

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sponkle · 10/03/2011 21:32

Monty. nuff said.

Underachieving · 10/03/2011 21:29

You need a naming ceremony now. It's got to include a bottle of plonk of course, like her maj' when she names a warship... Only perhaps you want to just tip a little bit on the bonnet rather than smash the whole bottle and get glass on the floor? Wouldn't want to use too much of course, wine is a mild acid y'know. Think of the paintwork. Can't imagine what to do with all th leftover wine you'll have? Perhaps you can?

Trinaluce · 10/03/2011 21:05

As long as it's not Ken - our Kenneth was always the full Kenneth

purplepidjin · 10/03/2011 07:13

twirlymum so did we, well the volkszone website anyway!

See you at Volksworld

piratecat · 09/03/2011 22:44

oh !! hope you do.

love vw's, i have an old Golf.

bless Kenneth x

cece · 09/03/2011 22:09

Ours was called Cyril.

Mainly so we could sing ' Nice one Cyril....' whenever we got to the top of a partiularly steep hill.

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GibberingGinger · 09/03/2011 22:06

Loving Kenneth. I think our campervan may be named! . I'm sooo excited, this might be even more fun than having kids! Though I suspect it might end up being as expensive

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twirlymum · 09/03/2011 21:32

Out? our

twirlymum · 09/03/2011 21:32

I miss out splitty
Our bug is languishing in the garage, and needs a LOT of welding
purple DH and I met through veedubs and I arrived at our wedding in a cream split bus
DH and some friends are holding a show this year for the first time at Exted. It's called Grill-n-Chill, they have a website.

Underachieving · 09/03/2011 21:27

Oooh yes, Kenneth will do nicely.

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 09/03/2011 21:26

Loving the oooh matron!

piratecat · 09/03/2011 21:24

oh bless him.NHS !!!

You must call him Kenneth, as in Williams and 'ooh matron' and carry on Camping.

it all fits.

meditrina · 09/03/2011 21:23

Lancelot Spratt?

jack the Tripper?

meditrina · 09/03/2011 21:22

Or Linus?

Underachieving · 09/03/2011 21:17

You SURE it's male?

Coz that is begging to be called Nursey.

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GibberingGinger · 09/03/2011 20:30

It's reg is Lxxx NHS. So now we need something blue and medical related!

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Trinaluce · 09/03/2011 19:17

What are the three letters in the registration? Whenever my family have named a vehicle we've used those letters. We've had Kenneth (KNH), Henry (HRY) and Reykjavik (RKV!)

Underachieving · 09/03/2011 16:57

Clive! Oh it's got to be Clive, a 1970's name if ever I heard one.

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