British cars
Hammer--- I have a 1956 MGA cream/red, the 1600cc. Been in my family for a while. Still runs as poorly as the day we got it, god bless the miserable, cranky beast.
As for long rod names, I have four spey rods and my family always asks me:
"Are you going to fish with the BIG one?" Meaning the 18' Daiwa. I invariably just answer yes because it keeps them happy and thinking I'm a little cookoo.
I actually named my first rod and had this inscribe on it:
ICTUS PISCATOR SAPIT
roughly translated from Latin
"The angler feels the pain"
Pretensions abound, but it looks cool.
Joe