Why Gator, Where Did That Come From? So after three years in business as Gator Truck Sales I’ve been asked many times, “why Gator, where did that come from?” So the name Gator actually transpired from a nick name I was given years ago, Wally. I was vacationing with friends from the gym and at the time I was the only married one of the group. My friends thought I’d be like the “Wally Cleaver (from the show Leave it to Beaver)” of the bunch, the innocent one. After years of being known as Wally, one of my friends started calling me Wally Gator, like the cartoon character from back in the early 60’s. He called me that several times and even got me a Wally Gator t-shirt. That same friend has called me just “Gator” several times but the Wally nick name has stuck with most friends. I even have friends and parents of friends that don’t even know my real name is Brian. So, long story short, I took the Gator and used that to start the business. Stop in to see Brian, Wally or Gator, all three of us are here to help