Favorite car named after an Outer Banks village?

[taterguy]

I vote for Corolla.

It's ironic because when the car made its debut you could only get to Corolla by driving up the beach, and you sure as hell couldn't do that in a Corolla.

Anyhow, what's yours?

[kayakjohnny]

1. Duck

[kentauros]

2. I prefer ones named after Outer Space

Ford Galaxy (as in 'Alphaville')

[taterguy]

4. Feel free to start your own thread for cars named after Outer Space

[kentauros]

7. I posted that

because I have no idea what the funk "Outer Banks" is. Try not to assume so much

[taterguy]

9. The Outer Banks is a chain of barrier islands off the coast of NC

Except the part that includes Corolla, which is actually a peninsula.

[kentauros]

11. Thank you!

[hobbit709]

22. Rapidly disappearing ones, what with climate change.

[OriginalGeek]

6. I love that song

[kentauros]

8. I love that song, too!

I don't think I've ever heard a bad Rev. Horton Heat song!

[OriginalGeek]

12. That is a very good point.

I once went to a Motorhead show and the Rev was the opening act. I went in not really sure who he was but I came out a Reverend Horton Heat fan.

And I haven't met a RHH song I didn't like either.

[HopeHoops]

21. Well I do happen to have a '68 Galaxie Fastback with a 390 sitting in storage.

She looks like this, but all white:


The rear window's about 40' long (well, it at least LOOKS like it's that long).

[kentauros]

23. Has it been to Alphaville yet?

[HopeHoops]

24. Not to the best of my knowledge. My grandfather bought it new.

I don't even know where the hell Alphaville is, frankly. It has been to N. Carolina, but mostly stayed in MD, VA, and PA.

[kentauros]

25. Alphaville is on another planet

It's a Jean-Luc Godard film about a secret agent (Lemmy Caution) sent to The Outerlands and Alphville to stop a dictatorial scientist and his super-computer there. He "travels" there in his Ford Galaxie.

If you look it up on wikipedia, they say it's a Mustang, but that's wrong.

[HopeHoops]

26. I've never seen the movie, but they definitely say "Mustang" and that's the link.

I think the '68 was the prettiest of them all, but that might be a biased opinion. The '63 was really nice too. The sedans were popular cop cars, as was the LTD and it's descendant, the Crown Victoria. The 427 Galaxie was a popular interceptor. The 390 and 427 were bolt-for-bolt compatible. The main difference was the bore. Well, and the 427 had a side-oiler option, but that was mostly the racing engine. My owners manual says not to do more than 70 mph in 1st gear. I've shifted out of 1st at 75. Not much can take her.

[kentauros]

27. That's all Greek to me!

If you search the 'net away from Wikipedia, you'll find other sources that dispute the 'Mustang' link. And I know I've seen Robert Osborne on TCM state it was a Ford Galaxie, so someone isn't doing their research. Here's a Google Books result that calls it a Galaxie, too. (http://books.google.com/books?id=R6SL2AJIOfEC&pg=PP13&lpg=PP13&dq=alphaville+lemmy+ford&source=bl&ots=ysEn1OD27Z&sig=_kSW8cj6iuzrb08R5c0-y_YQgTY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GJ4VT9_nEcSE2wX68MSFCg&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=alphaville%20lemmy%20ford&f=false)

Oh, and this car might beat the Galaxie in any gear

[HopeHoops]

28. The electric car looks like a Fiat, but yeah, it's fast. As for Galaxie...

The book references a "Galaxy". Ford has never sold a car with that spelling in the US. The muscle/police car was "Galaxie". The former is a more recent MPV that's sold outside the US and looks like a small Windstar. It has no ancestors in the LTD/Galaxie or Fairlane lines.

I've never seen the movie, but it looks like fun.

[Mopar151]

29. Serious gearhead envy! n/t

[HopeHoops]

30. The intake manifold weighs over 70 lbs. I know. I took it off 30 years ago.

Heavy fucker.

[av8rdave]

3. One of Letterman's top 10 failed car model names was...

The Oldsmobile Beireuter. It did have a certain ring to it.

Not an outer banks Village, of course, but a town just the same.

[kayakjohnny]

5. The Plymouth Spleen was on that list too, if I remember correctly.

And the 'Yugo Screwyourself'.

[av8rdave]

10. And who can forget the Pontiac Cyst?

[Brother Buzz]

13. Studebaker Kitty Hawk

The originally concept vehicle, Kitty Hawk, was a wheelbarrow. When it was discovered the wheelbarrow flew over sand, the production name was shortened.

[MilesColtrane]

14. The 1952 Cadillac Salvo

[sakabatou]

15. My mom named ours "Adam."

[nolabear]

16. The Subaru Salter Path. GREAT on snow and ice!

[taterguy]

17. Anything south of Portsmouth Island is NOT the Outer Banks

Although one of the area's charms is that no one can agree on where it begins and ends.

[Withywindle]

18. Pity Nags Head isn't a car...

...it's what you find in your bed if you piss off the Godfather.

[taterguy]

19. The name comes from the Outer Banks version of organized crime

They'd attach a lantern to a horse's head and walk it up the beach so ships would mistake it for another ship's light.

When the ship came in to investigate it would run aground.

Free lumber and anything else the Bankers could loot, er, salvage from the ship.

[elleng]

20. KILL, Devil Hills!

Not exactly a car name, but just returned from there.


Kitty Hawk???

[Mopar151]

31. Home of "The Grave Digger" monster truck

Dennis Anderson's words to the fans: " I thank you for every bolt in my truck, and every shingle on my roof! The fans are who made me, and all of Team Digger - and we'll never forget!" Imagine hearing that from an F1 driver.....