Hi Howard. There was an old Hungarian out west who referred to the Cummins as a ‘Cumminks.’ One of the most common terms I heard in trucking circles was ‘Columbus Vibrator.’ Those same people had pet names for Detroit (Green Leaker, Souped-up Yamaha, 2-Stroke Joke). And I also heard of the Peoria/Mossville ‘Rock Crusher.’ And then there was the ‘Hare-lipped Duck.’ (Mack-mack). Nowadays the names I heard being attached to a lot of them cannot be reprinted in the average family-type magazine/blog post.
