2008 Street Names: American Cars

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:25 pm

JezebelinHell wrote:I'm not a car person, but I'm pretty sure a couple of those cars aren't even American. I'm too lazy to google it, but feel free to correct me if you know better.

I don't know what company makes the Esplanade, but it sounds like a big 'Sport Ugly Vehicle' to me.
Or maybe a french roadster?
The Allante body was designed and built by Pininfarina in Italia and mated to a special gm chassis in the usa.
Many american cars have heavy foreign content.
It used to be said that the Honda Accord was the most american car in terms of parts content and assembly.

chiefdanfox · Post by **chiefdanfox** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:33 pm

Esplanade
A St.
B St.
C St.
D St.
E St.
F St.
G St.
H St.
I St.
J St.
K St.
L St.
And at the intersection of 9th and I, there will be an arch that says, "Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health". The arch was supposed to say, "Nobody gets Larry's Goat" but that got over ruled.

SirSlackworthy · Post by **SirSlackworthy** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:38 am

From the Placement Announcement list:

Esplanade
AllantÃ©
Bonneville
Corvair
Dart
Edsel
Fairlane
Gremlin
Hummer
Impala
jeep
K-car

the "ring road" around Center Camp is
"The Wheel"

The alphabetized list is at least easy to remember. The easier the better, says the King.

Sir RedMark Slackworthy the Blue
Kingdom of Loafington

Ron · Post by **Ron** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:27 pm

I've really been hoping that this is a joke....

Ron

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:33 pm

um... I tend to be pretty forgiving but I frankly think that some of the spoof ones we were coming up with are as good or better... oh well. What's in a name?

A
B
C
etc.

StevenGoodman · Post by **StevenGoodman** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:53 pm

I liked it when the streets were named after the planets. None of this wimpy "A" "B" "C" stuff!

Martini Steve

Steven bradford · Post by **Steven bradford** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:55 pm

Every single one is from an American car company. Allante was a high end Cadillac from the 80's and 90's.

Really great name choices!

twinwitin · Post by **twinwitin** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:56 pm

Cars!?! Cars!?! You know i was watching the boob-tube the other night and saw a comercial that stated that the quality of a certain Ford car was equal in quality to a Toyota!!! THE American car company (according to my mechanic man) the one that started it all, now compares it's quality with a car that isn't even American. sad, very sad.

(I have nothing against foreign cars, I drive a Micro-bus)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:58 pm

I wont be able to remember many of those names. Not household words, when you come from a household that doesn't worship exstinct cars.

Steven bradford · Post by **Steven bradford** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:06 am

Marscrumbs · Post by **Marscrumbs** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:17 pm

Streets named after cars brands at Burning Man are indeed seriously lame, uninspiring of a week of artistic living unless they demand correction on a gurilla level. But then after last years' art improve it may not be advisable to stimulate such rebellion in the masses.

Again this is lamer than lame. More meaningless than meaningless. Heads should roll!

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:34 pm

Steven bradford wrote:

Please say you have room for one 'to the moon'.

That's SWEEET

chiefdanfox · Post by **chiefdanfox** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:59 pm

they better put some fenders on that moon rig. What is that, anyway? The Dr. Doolittle Pushmepullyou moon buggy?

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:29 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:I wont be able to remember many of those names. Not household words, when you come from a household that doesn't worship exstinct cars.

Not all of those are extinct. All are "household words" that most Americans are familiar with.

I like it. The automobile is a HUGE part of the American Dream!
I could easily come up with way better choices for the cars, but what the hell does Larry know about cars, it'll do.

It's at least as good as most recent year's names.

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:24 pm

Ha, the streets fit in with the kitschy 'drive America' dream for sure.

My Grandma drove a Corvair for a time up in a little Montana town.

In high school my best friend had an Edsel he absolutely adored, babied it like a rare classic, he may still have it...he told me that the concave hubcaps could be used to start fires

If the roads went to V you know there'd be a Vega Street

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:30 pm

I'm just sorry that there's no Nova.

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:38 pm

gremlin.........
I'm callin' it

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:20 pm

I drove a V8 midengine Corvair once.
Very nice.
Had two trunks.

Post by **mdmf007** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:19 am

Esplanade
Alfa
Bentley
Countache
Delorean
Esprit
Ferrari
Gallardo

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:10 pm

mdmf007 wrote:Esplanade
Alfa
Bentley
Countache
Delorean
Esprit
Ferrari
Gallardo

As long as you're encouraging this...

Auburn
Brewster
Crosley
Deusenberg
Essex
Franklin
Hudson
International
Jeep
Kaiser-Frazer
Locomobile

or

Avanti or Allard
Bricklin
Cobra or Corvette
Desoto
Essex
Ford GT
Griffith
Hupmobile
Imperial
Jeep
Kurtis
Lincoln

or

Aston Martin or Abarth
Bertone
Citroen
DeTomaso
Elva
Giugiaro
Hispano-Suiza
Iso
Jaguar or Jensen
Kurtis
Lancia

StevenGoodman · Post by **StevenGoodman** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:21 pm

What, no:

A = Astro Van!

Martini Steve

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:27 pm

There is American Motors, AMC too.
The AMX was sort of interesting.

Fire Wire · Post by **Fire Wire** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:35 pm

Burning Man Wire

fciron · Post by **fciron** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:44 pm

CLARKcon wrote:Abercrombie
Budweiser
Culligan's
Daytona
EBay
Frito Lay
Gamble (& Proctor)
Hunt's
Inc.

Fuck it, if we're gonna celebrate branding and marketing these cover a larger portion of the economy.

Although, I am going to refer to H as Hupmobile no matter what the signs say.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:47 pm

JezebelinHell wrote:I'm not a car person, but I'm pretty sure a couple of those cars aren't even American. I'm too lazy to google it, but feel free to correct me if you know better.

Those are ALL American cars! And most are from the "good old days" when they were VERY American.

Some of the other lists suggested here contain foreign cars, and when the theme is "American Dream" I sorta' think they should be American cars.

I still like the whole idea and think it goes great with the theme.

Dusza Beben · Post by **Dusza Beben** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:50 pm

JezebelinHell wrote:I'm not a car person, but I'm pretty sure a couple of those cars aren't even American. I'm too lazy to google it, but feel free to correct me if you know better.

Nope.
All American.

DB

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:52 pm

Works for me...

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:41 pm

stick a banana in your bich hole you naysayers.

chrome, steel and rubber. classic cars that the whole world knows. it don't get more american dreamish.......they're also all very unique models.

edsel, infamously one of the "worst" cars ever made.
gremlin, need I say more?
hummer, stooopid abomination(i'd take a spin in one though)
Impala, coolio?
corvair, high center of gravity roll machine?
K-car, dumbest model name generic flop
jeep, it's what's for dinner?

i'm smiling.
i feel the playa coming on

Timezone LaFontaine · Post by **Timezone LaFontaine** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:15 pm

thirt33n wrote:

edsel, infamously one of the "worst" cars ever made.
...
K-car, dumbest model name generic flop

The Edsel was actually way ahead of its time in a lot of ways... I think it was the first car to have a lot of controls on the steering wheel itself. I saw one driving down the street about a month ago, too.

The K-Car is an interesting choice because it was Chrysler's first successful model after being bailed out by the federal government! Lee Iacocca rode that boxy little number to executive stardom.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:15 pm

Cripes, I forgot Cunningham, a true american sports car.
Since I have seen every model he made, including the big Cadillac powered car at Le Mans that the french called Le Monstre, I really should have remembered these.
The collection is at the Collier Museum in Naples now.
http://www.briggscunningham.com/sportscars.html
http://www.briggscunningham.com/c3.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briggs_Cunningham
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z884 ... fault.aspx
http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/7 ... Photo.aspx

Collier's Museum
http://www.goolsbee.org/amelia04/collier.html