If they were also sold unnamed it is possible my dad named him Mitchell (after the fishing gear) and after 45 years we assumed that he came named. Thank you for the links, I will be looking and seeing if there is more information that I do not know.
I need to go into my storage shed and get out my LEGO bag and see if I can find any of the pieces. Only the chassis, doors, and windscreen are unique to this set/series. Everything else is (from memory) 2x4 bricks.
I got the Yellow Submarine for my wife when it came out. She is not a LEGO builder, she made that abundantly clear while assembling it. But she loves the set.
I picked up a pile of the Jesse Pinkman Jurassic set when it was on clearance at Walmart, fun little set.
Fun looking haul.