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Title: Why did you pick that name?
Post by: frotosride on November 21, 2015, 09:05:55 pm: OK so after the years of me wondering I'm finnaly going to ask. We all have our forum names and our reasons and I'm extremely curious, why?
Why or how did 6ou come to the conclusion of making that your title? Some are obvious but many leave me wondering. Please if you get the time tell us why.

Mine is a Nick name from school. Apparently before I got a real job and a required hair cut I looked like Elisha Wood and the Lord of the Rings was kinda new in my last years of highschool. And thus frotosride.
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Post by: philo_beddoe on November 21, 2015, 09:45:20 pm: Ok, when i first got my truck last march, i knew nothing about pick ups before the 90's. But i did know that clint eastwood's character in " every which way but loose" and "any which way you can" he drove an old gm truck and his character in those movies was Philo Beddoe. There you have it.

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Post by: SMURff on November 22, 2015, 02:50:55 am: They would call me Smurff in high school
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Post by: Irish_Alley on November 22, 2015, 08:54:46 am: growing up my grandfather would tell everyone that his grandfather was irish his last name is "Dare" and said his grandfather dropped the O from "O'Dare" to fit in better. so i was irish and brother went into the corps as irish and drinking became an everyday thing for him. so we all grew up partying like the irish would and had a road sing that read "irish alley". so i would put in on most of my screen names like ebay, google, and other forms. after the grandfather dies my uncle who thought we're irish also did a family tree thingy. and come to find out we're not Irish but English but it was still cool cause he was able to trace. the family back and found out who the true grandfather was and that he was a Capt on a ship. but since i used irish alley on other forms it kind of stuck. even on XBOX my name is irish alley, people ask me if im really irish and i tell them no they get very confused.

So no im not really irish. but
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Post by: frotosride on November 22, 2015, 09:01:16 am: Aaah and so we have the truth....
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Post by: VileZambonie on November 22, 2015, 01:39:36 pm: I think I've told where my nickname came from before....
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Post by: LTZ C20 on November 22, 2015, 03:34:03 pm: Ok ok, I knew this was going to come about eventually. It seems there is a trend lately of topics that are more about the members then the trucks, but it's cool.

So as we all know, the trim levels from back in the day were Custom Deluxe, Scottsdale, Cheyenne, Cheyenne Super (for a short period in the mid 70s) and then Silverado.

Well anyone who knows anything about GM trucks from the late 90's to current, the trim levels are LS, LT (in some cases LT1 or LT2) and LTZ (in some cases LTZ1 amd LTZ2).

So,
LS = Custom Deluxe
LT = Scottsdale or Cheyenne
LTZ = Cheyenne (Cheyenne Super) or Silverado

My truck originally was a Cheyenne with Camper Special option. As I have added numerous comfort and convenience upgrades, it technically is optioned now as a Silverado but I like the Cheyenne designation. Thus, the truck is an LTZ, indicating highly optioned.

As for the C20, well that's self explanatory. It's a 2 wheel drive, 3/4 ton.

So is born, LTZ C20.

Someday when I get it painted, get the full power, leather, heated and cooled seats I want, redo the interior and a few other things, I plan to use the HIGH COUNTRY designation. If you don't know what that is, just Google High Country Silverado. In my opinion, High Country is actually a very fitting designation for these truck, the name just fits, it makes sense.
Title: Why did you pick that name?
Post by: philo_beddoe on November 22, 2015, 03:45:58 pm: Hey, hey. . . You left out the illegitimate child Bonanza!!! C'mon man!! Lol..
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Post by: LTZ C20 on November 22, 2015, 03:53:13 pm: Quote from: philobeddoe on November 22, 2015, 03:45:58 pm
Hey, hey. . . You left out the illegitimate child Bonanza!!! C'mon man!! Lol..
Notice I didn't mention anything on the GMC side either? Haha
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Post by: philo_beddoe on November 22, 2015, 05:59:29 pm: Ok, fair enough. Someday the Bonanza's will be recognized.
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Post by: LTZ C20 on November 22, 2015, 09:56:15 pm: Quote from: philobeddoe on November 22, 2015, 05:59:29 pm
Ok, fair enough. Someday the Bonanza's will be recognized.
Sorry bub, I don't see GM bringing the Bonanza name back. There was rumors of an El Camino concept a few years ago and that never made it past concept.
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Post by: philo_beddoe on November 22, 2015, 10:37:55 pm: Yeah i know, we'll just continue to be a legend in the old chevy history books next to the cheyenne.
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Post by: LTZ C20 on November 23, 2015, 12:34:53 am: Quote from: philobeddoe on November 22, 2015, 10:37:55 pm
Yeah i know, we'll just continue to be a legend in the old chevy history books next to the cheyenne.
The Cheyenne lasted a bit longer, up into the 90s before they got rid of it.
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Post by: frotosride on November 23, 2015, 08:22:01 am: Quote from: VileZambonie on November 22, 2015, 01:39:36 pm
I think I've told where my nickname came from before....
Maybe but I hardly remember my name most days so tell it again on mystical man of amazing shops! Did you have a favorite ice rink machine that grew ill, or was just horrible at its job?
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Post by: philo_beddoe on November 23, 2015, 08:34:05 am: Quote from: frotosride on November 23, 2015, 08:22:01 am
Quote from: VileZambonie on November 22, 2015, 01:39:36 pm
I think I've told where my nickname came from before....
Maybe but I hardly remember my name most days so tell it again on mystical man of amazing shops! Did you have a favorite ice rink machine that grew ill, or was just horrible at its job?

yeah I thought maybe vile was a hockey star gone bad and became the zambonie operator with a real nasty attitude? lol..
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Post by: VileZambonie on November 23, 2015, 10:28:57 am: haha, I was going to look to see if I had posted the story and got side tracked but I can see why people may wonder what it means. Some of you know I am a bass player, basically the guy on the Zamboni got the middle finger one day and while I was working on an Instrumental song I was writing, the name Vile Zamboni came to mind. So added the e so I could own the name for the song and VileZambonie was created.
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Post by: zieg85 on November 23, 2015, 11:50:11 am: Quote from: VileZambonie on November 23, 2015, 10:28:57 am
haha, I was going to look to see if I had posted the story and got side tracked but I can see why people may wonder what it means. Some of you know I am a bass player, basically the guy on the Zamboni got the middle finger one day and while I was working on an Instrumental song I was writing, the name Vile Zamboni came to mind. So added the e so I could own the name for the song and VileZambonie was created.

We had a thread on this a while ago but I could not find it due to this stellar search function here on this forum.
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Post by: zieg85 on November 23, 2015, 11:54:08 am: My original name was zieg72 but when the site was changed early on it was lost and I had to sign up again. I re-joined it under zieg85. Zieg, short for my last name 85, my favorite forever truck...
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Post by: AZ87V10 on November 23, 2015, 12:59:27 pm: Well, mine's pretty boring and self explanatory. Lol! I live in Arizona and my truck is an 87 V10 that's described in my signature. But it's pretty neat to see how some of you got creative with your names and knowing the meaning behind them. In a way, we all know each other on this forum even if we don't actually know anyone considering we're spread out all over the country! But the wealth of knowledge on here from everyone is priceless and I wouldn't have it any other way!
Title: Re: Why did you pick that name?
Post by: 1967KaiserM715 on November 23, 2015, 06:58:05 pm: Quote from: AZ87V10 on November 23, 2015, 12:59:27 pm
Well, mine's pretty boring and self explanatory. Lol! I live in Arizona and my truck is an 87 V10 that's described in my signature.

You're not alone, mine is for my 1967 Kaiser M715 military truck, the one truck I always really wanted(and found!!). Well right next to a 1948 Willys Pick-up, and a 1966 Chevy truck

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Post by: philo_beddoe on November 23, 2015, 09:07:10 pm: The 66 is one of my favorites! Anyway this post is starting to reflect my"todays thought" post about if we all lived in the same neighborhood. The family that has never met. Maybe have a big convention somewhere in the middle of the country, like Denver. The Capt could host! Hey wait, how did the Capt get HIS name??
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Post by: FlatBlack77 on November 23, 2015, 10:20:31 pm: well... my 77 was flat black at the time i registered. boring i know.

i go by TrailerTrash just about everywhere else but i started here before i started using that. i live in a trailer... that is connected to another trailer. redneck double wide. and ive been called trailer trash many times

any way i can change it?
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Post by: Blazin on November 26, 2015, 11:35:07 am: My name came from my love of K5s.
My buddies would kid me about blazing a new trail in the woods when we were wheelin. Been known to mow over a tree or three in my Blazer. They would say, " There goes Harold, blazin a new trail ".
Hence the name Blazin.
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Post by: harcorshe on November 26, 2015, 03:43:16 pm: First three letters from each of my three daughters' first names.
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Post by: 780K20 on December 02, 2015, 10:54:17 am: My area code and I bought my first K20 this fall :)
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Post by: Captkaos on December 10, 2015, 02:22:24 am: Captkaos ultimately came from a friend joking around saying CREE OS for my name. This was sometime in 1981, shortly after he watch CannonBall Run and started saying Chaos, so it just took it and abbreviated it.
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Post by: philo_beddoe on December 10, 2015, 07:38:16 am: Wow, i saw cannonball run at the cinemas when it first came out, as well as jaws, smokey and the bandit..etc, etc. i must be over 40.
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Post by: Irish_Alley on December 10, 2015, 03:13:51 pm: before my time ;)
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Post by: 78BIG-TEN on December 12, 2015, 09:45:53 am: Mine came from what I built,A 78 Silverado Big Ten version.
Real original right
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Post by: frotosride on December 14, 2015, 09:35:18 pm: Quote from: philobeddoe on December 10, 2015, 07:38:16 am
Wow, i saw cannonball run at the cinemas when it first came out, as well as jaws, smokey and the bandit..etc, etc. i must be over 40.
I'm not quite over the hill (40+) but I watched all of those movies at the drive in in Memphis, Tn... what ever happened to those things
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Post by: philo_beddoe on December 15, 2015, 09:28:51 pm: Been to plenty of drive-in's in my time. And, before you could use the car radio for the movie sound. We had to use the external speaker you hung on your window. Good ole days...
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Post by: LTZ C20 on December 15, 2015, 10:10:20 pm: Sonic Drive-In still uses the window hanging food trays.
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Post by: Irish_Alley on December 18, 2015, 07:11:25 am: there was one drive in here in delaware that just shut down a few years ago. the problem was here and all other drive ins is all movies now are digital and in order to upgrade their projectors it would cost tons of money (forget the amount think it was about 40-50k). but they would never been able to pay it off
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Post by: philo_beddoe on December 18, 2015, 06:42:45 pm: I remember when they used a giant reel to reel, you could look back up and see a guy operating a big projector. Like when i saw the original star wars, jaws, smokey, rocky, jerimiah johnson, josey wales, etc.... All 70's. The 70's were awesome! Great trucks!

And the movies were $2.50

And the drive-in was $5 a car load.