Sounds "Fishy"

[WillyBWright]

DHPMARINE mentioned in another thread that Mercury (the auto manufacturer) now has a Mariner model. I was wondering what other cars have been made with nautical names. The only one I can think of offhand is the Barracuda. Any others???

 

[tylerin]

Re: Sounds "Fishy"

Galaxie

 

[one more cast]

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RENAULT DOLPHIN back in the late sixties<br />FORD RANGER SPLASH

 

[crab bait]

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studaclambaker

 

[dogsdad]

Re: Sounds "Fishy"

American Motors once offered a sled called the "Marlin." It was quite ugly. I believe that "Corvette" is a nautical term also. Seems like someone titled one "Commodore" but I don't recall whether it was AMC or Chrysler...that one could just be faulty memory on my part. There are probably a bunch more.<br /><br /><br />-dd-

 

[rolmops]

Re: Sounds "Fishy"

It was not Renault Dolphin,it was Renault Dauphin.<br />Citroen had two cars that had fishy nick names.One was (translated from french)"the ugly duckling". The other was the official french government limo. It's nick name was "the Pike"<br />The corvet was, I believe, one class above destroyer,but some naval people probably know better

 

[alderman]

Re: Sounds "Fishy"

How about the AMC gremlin? aren't those the things on my fish finder that never bite?<br />Ray

 

[bubbakat]

Re: Sounds "Fishy"

Javelin

 

[b20]

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commodore has been a GM product in australia for about 20 years.it's a copy of the german opel record.

 

[one more cast]

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I think Intrepid has something to do with endurance. <br /> Heres one....Corvette MAKO SHARK

 

[NYMINUTE]

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What is Intrepid? Somehow related to naval activities. Was it a Aircraft Carrier?

 

[ob]

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Well Chevy had 'body by fisher',the stingray, and introduced an extended crab pickup for a few more clams.

 

[Mark42]

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Ummm.... Sting Ray Corvette?

 

[NYMINUTE]

Re: Sounds "Fishy"

Originally posted by ob:<br /> Well Chevy had 'body by fisher',the stingray, and introduced an extended crab pickup for a few more clams.

Nice work..........I love sarcasim.

 

[jinx]

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The corvette was a class of ships two down from the destroyer in the Royal Navy, the in-between class being the frigate, during WWII. They were simpler and quicker to produce and used less manpower. They needed a lot of escort vessels in a hurry to combat the U-boats. <br /><br />An excellent novel is "The Cruel Sea", by Nicholas Montserrat, who served and commanded Corvettes during WWII.<br /><br />FWIW,<br /><br />Jinx

 

[ob]

Re: Sounds "Fishy"

Nissan Armada.