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Larry & Joanna Kolodziejski

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Jan 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/14/99
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My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
named after birds. So far we have:

American Bantam
Buick Skylark
Eagle Talon
Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
Hupmobile Skylark
Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
Studebaker Hawk & Lark

So what else is there?


Bill Gray

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I recall seeing a Buick showcar called the Flamingo. It was a
non-customized 1961 or '62 Invicta convertible and it was the painted
Flamingo pink, with matching leather interior and deep pile Flamingo pink
carpeting. I never saw one on the road.

Don't forget the Roadrunner.and Superbird


Larry & Joanna Kolodziejski

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I remembered the Roadrunner after posting this. Considering it's our state
bird (NM), I guess I'm just not a big Mopar fan!

Larry

John Frost

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In article <369D7CB4...@worldnet.att.net>, k-...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
>named after birds. So far we have:
>
>American Bantam
>Buick Skylark
>Eagle Talon
>Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
>Hupmobile Skylark
>Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
>SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
>Studebaker Hawk & Lark
>
>So what else is there?


Stutz Blackhawk (1929)
Halladay Falcon (1922)
Chevrolet Eagle (1933 Model CA)
Plymouth Road Runner (1960's-70's)
Willys Aero Lark, Aero Eagle, Lark, Falcon, Eagle (1950's)
Swallow (Descendent of Swallow Sidecars, produced one model 1954-55)
Nissan Bluebird (Japanese Domestic Model)
Alvis Crested Eagle (1937)
Humber Hawk, Snipe (1940's-50's)

John

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Les Davies

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Over here at the Heritage Motor Centre, in Gaydon (UK) our rooftop restaurant is named the Kestral Suite after the famous RILEY Kestral. We also have many of the birds in the neighbourhood too.

Les D.

Leroy Curtis

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In article <369D7CB4...@worldnet.att.net>, Larry & Joanna
Kolodziejski <k-...@worldnet.att.net> writes

>My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
>named after birds. So far we have:
>
>American Bantam
>Buick Skylark

Wasn't there also a Buick Skyhawk?

>Eagle Talon
>Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
>Hupmobile Skylark
>Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
>SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
>Studebaker Hawk & Lark
>

Rolls-Royce Alpine Eagle
Swift (British make that died in the 1920s)
Reliant Robin
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jim

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The Road runner

:)

Larry & Joanna Kolodziejski wrote in message
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>My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
>named after birds. So far we have:
>
>American Bantam
>Buick Skylark

>Eagle Talon
>Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
>Hupmobile Skylark
>Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
>SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
>Studebaker Hawk & Lark
>

Ad absurdum per aspera

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> Wasn't there also a Buick Skyhawk?

Yep, and before Chrysler came out with the Eagle marque to give the
former AMC and Renault dealers something to sell, there was an AMC model
called the Eagle in the late 70s. It was a 4WD passenger car based on,
I think, the Concorde and Spirit bodies. Not a huge success in the
marketplace for a variety of reasons, it served as proof of principle
for the unibody and the 4WD technology that would start the
sport/utility vehicle revolution in the Cherokee.

Wasn't there an English car called the Humber Snipe?

And don't forget the Plymouth Road Runner -- a roadrunner is a real
bird. They also famously produced a NASCAR homologation special called
the Superbird, though that's pushing it as "real" bird names go.

--Joe


CARtimes

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Jan 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/15/99
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In article <369D7CB4...@worldnet.att.net>, k-...@worldnet.att.net wrote:

> My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
> named after birds. So far we have:
>
> American Bantam
> Buick Skylark
> Eagle Talon
> Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
> Hupmobile Skylark
> Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
> SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
> Studebaker Hawk & Lark
>
> So what else is there?

Paxton Phoenix (1951-54)
Swift (1959)
Alvis Silver Eagle, Crested Eagle, Firebird
Piper GT (1969) (might not really be named after a bird, per se, but a
Piper is a type of bird)

Seems to me there is an Osprey stuck in there someplace.

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http://cartimes.com

'65 Plymouth Sport Fury (Hardtop)
'95 Dodge Dakota Sport

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Hotrodkid

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Jan 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/15/99
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Studebake Silver Hawk and Power Hawk
Randy
57 Silver Hawk
31 Town Sedan
14 Brass T

George Mills

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Jan 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/16/99
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Larry & Joanna Kolodziejski wrote:
>
> My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
> named after birds. So far we have:
>
> American Bantam
> Buick Skylark
> Eagle Talon
> Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
> Hupmobile Skylark
> Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
> SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
> Studebaker Hawk & Lark
>
> So what else is there?
go here and click on "production figures"
http://users.ewa.net/kfads/index2.htm
Willys Aero Lark
Willys Aero Falcon
Willys Areo Eagle
Willys Aero Wing (well, part of a bird)
all from about 52-55 (and if you include the Willys cars built in Brazil
after North American production stopped, there were Willys Larks built
up to 1962) and so they all predate F*rd, Studebaker, and Cry-slur

and never forget the Humber "Super Snipe", of course!

Jim Bartley
Malpeque PEI
KFOCI 8272
SDC member since yesterday
Jim's Orphan Car page http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Falls/5213/

Gordon Waters

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Jan 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/16/99
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In article <369D7CB4...@worldnet.att.net>,

Larry & Joanna Kolodziejski <k-...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
>named after birds. So far we have:

>American Bantam
>Buick Skylark
>Eagle Talon
>Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
>Hupmobile Skylark
>Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
>SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
>Studebaker Hawk & Lark

>So what else is there?

Plymouth Superbird
Buick Skyhawk

Also, another possibility is an old French make named Voisin, from back
in the nineteen-teens and such years. I believe that is a "permutation"
or "corruption" of the French word for "bird"...

Regards,
Gordon.

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CSMBCK

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Jan 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/17/99
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there is a list of over 300 hundred cars produced and some of them have names
of birds

Karl Doll

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Jan 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/17/99
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In article <36A0A3...@isn.net>,
George Mills <grm...@isn.net> wrote:

>Larry & Joanna Kolodziejski wrote:
>>
>> My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
>> named after birds. So far we have:
>>
>> American Bantam
>> Buick Skylark
>> Eagle Talon
>> Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
>> Hupmobile Skylark
>> Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
>> SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
>> Studebaker Hawk & Lark
>>
>> So what else is there?

>go here and click on "production figures"
>http://users.ewa.net/kfads/index2.htm
>Willys Aero Lark
>Willys Aero Falcon
>Willys Areo Eagle
>Willys Aero Wing (well, part of a bird)
>all from about 52-55 (and if you include the Willys cars built in Brazil
>after North American production stopped, there were Willys Larks built
>up to 1962) and so they all predate F*rd, Studebaker, and Cry-slur
>
>and never forget the Humber "Super Snipe", of course!
>
>Jim Bartley
>Malpeque PEI
>KFOCI 8272
>SDC member since yesterday
>Jim's Orphan Car page http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Falls/5213/

Not just Eagle Talon, but ALL Eagles..Eagle SUmmit is th eonly other one I can remember, which
is the same as a Dodge Colt

Karl
'63 Stude Lark Convertible
SDC member too! http://www.studebakerclubs.org

George Mills

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Jan 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/17/99
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Gordon Waters wrote:

> Also, another possibility is an old French make named Voisin, from back
> in the nineteen-teens and such years. I believe that is a "permutation"
> or "corruption" of the French word for "bird"...
>
> Regards,
> Gordon.

Possibly, bird=oiseau but voisin/voisine means a male/female neighbour
(or neighbor, if you're spelling American-style.) It is probably a
family name like "Parent" also is.
Jim Bartley
Malpeque PEI
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Leroy Curtis

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Jan 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/17/99
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In article <36A213...@isn.net>, George Mills <grm...@isn.net>
writes

>Gordon Waters wrote:
>
>> Also, another possibility is an old French make named Voisin, from back
>> in the nineteen-teens and such years. I believe that is a "permutation"
>> or "corruption" of the French word for "bird"...
>>
>Possibly, bird=oiseau but voisin/voisine means a male/female neighbour
>(or neighbor, if you're spelling American-style.) It is probably a
>family name like "Parent" also is.

The Voisin was named for its creator, French aviator and aircraft
manufacturer Gabriel Voisin, So you are right, it is in this instance a
family name.

Alan Follett

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Jan 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/17/99
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Wasn't there a Soviet-era car called the Chaika?  It's the Russian
word for seagull.

Concerning the Voisin -- no, that's the French word for neighbor; bird
would be oiseau. I suspect that in this context Voisin was the surname
of someone connected with the marque, however.

One Nissan model is, I believe, sold in Australia as the Bluebird. And
I must wonder if somewhere in the mysterious process by which Japanese
manufacturers choose names for the American market the tiercel, a kind
of hawk, did not figure into the naming of the Toyota Tercel.

In the realm of fictional marques, there was also the Heron sedan owned
(if never driven, and seldom ridden in) by Nero Wolfe.

Alan Follett


Harry C. King III

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Jan 19, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/19/99
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The Dirty Bird? Oh, wait, I'm still in a state of delusion over this.

That should be the "Superbird"

Harry

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-Rod Brodkin

Lee

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Jan 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/21/99
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Larry & Joanna Kolodziejski

>My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
>named after birds. So far we have:
>
>American Bantam
>Buick Skylark
>Eagle Talon
>Ford Falcon (and T-bird, I guess)
>Hupmobile Skylark
>Pontiac Firebird & Phoenix & Sunbird
>SS (Swallow Sidecars, predecessor of Jaguar)
>Studebaker Hawk & Lark
>
>So what else is there?
>

Birdcage Maserati. :)

BTW, if anyone has a good 1/18 scale model of the 1960 T61 Birdcage, let
me know!

Thanks,

Lee

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Lani Spahr

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Jan 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/21/99
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Has anyone mentioned the Mercedes Gull Wing - maybe not an official
name?

Lani Spahr

Ron Folkes

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CARtimes wrote in message <77m273$o...@newsops.execpc.com>...

>In article <369D7CB4...@worldnet.att.net>, k-...@worldnet.att.net
wrote:
>
>> My son and I are working on a project to come up with car makes/models
>> named after birds. So far we have:
>>


The Nissan sold in the U.S. as the 'Altima' is sold
in Japan as the 'Bluebird'.

-Ron rfolkes at cyberramp dot net


x7...@webtv.net

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Jan 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/25/99
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There is the '58 Packard Hawk; Dodge
Phoenix (is fiction okay?); Silver Hawk,
Power Hawk, Flight Hawk, and Golden Hawk
by Studebaker; AMC Eagle; Eshelman
Golden Eagle (a Corvair with special
trim); Petrel; Crane and Crane-Simplex
(if you include proper names); Crow and
Crow-Elkhart; at least six Eagles; three
Falcons and a Falcon-Knight;
Fitch-Phoenix; Hawk Cyclecar;
Hummingbird (only one prototype); Martin
(probably named for the bird) Martin
Stationette (proper name); two other
Martin cars; Stork Kar; Stutz Blackhawk;
Webb Jay; and more, I'm sure...

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Joe L Morris

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Jan 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/27/99
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Pontiac Firebird, FireHawk, Redbird,
Bluebird(or Skybird?),Sunbird,
Ford T-bird,
Buick Skyhawk, Skylark.
Plymouth Roadrunner, Superbird.

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