Not spacey or atomic, but how about Bent 8 Crate It's a name I've had in the back of my mind for quite awhile.
"The Gay Go-er" "The Mint Man-lover" "The Green Knob-Gobbler" "The Glory-holer" "The Mint Mincer" "The Pale Green Pillow Biter"
Not available, thank God. Anticipator? ("We're still waiting !!") Maybe should have been Anticipated.
I have a simple question. Why does the car "need" a name? I would just call it as it is, a 1953 Buick Special 8.
Keeping with your screen name theme, how bout "gina slime", "minty vag", "smoothmint gina"? Ok, maybe drop the gina references and just go with "smoothmint"
I'm a big fan of number 9 on the list..... THUNDERBLENDER Engage! (Hell I may use that name for my heap!)
Not sure I can help, not sure you want a history lesson LOL, as near as I can remember, most guys that named their cars back in the day either chose something auto related (ie) ala-kart) or song related ( ie) rebel-rawser)sp. or girl related - you pick LOL. but there may have been spacey and atomic, just can't remember any.. ok, I'll leave now...damn nice car no matter what you end up calling it..
Too bad TELSTAR is kinda taken (Custom777's Telstar XM7) How about FLO, DYNA or DYNA-FLO, or more aptly: "FLOW"
may not be atomic or space age,but I think it works: " BUCYRUS " space themed name's: Alpha Centauri Klatuu Prometheus Almathea (one of Jupiter's moons) and, of course some nonsense names: Chrome rings around Uranus Jack Reacher Round