New land yacht.

[lilredmachine]

My Dad had an itch for something huge, 1960s and drop top, so he scratched it. He is a big Buick fan so it had to be an Electra 225. He imported it himself after buying it on E-bay, third time he has done this It arrived on the RO-RO ferry from the US in early August, and has been waiting for the DVLA to get their arses in gear and register it, will be officially on the road on Monday!

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Vital statistics are as follows:
20ft overall length,
127" wheelbase,
Just under 7ft wide,
430Ci (7.1 litre) hi-po V8,
360hp, 500lb/ft,
2.3+ tons of American pig iron,
Limited slip diff,
Wierd burnished brown paint, about 4 different colours depending on lighting,
excellent condition for 43 years old!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-64PyRfjVg
^^ little vid of hood operation and under bonnet.

Bearing in mind this is 1969, the car has electric hood, all windows are electric, electric antenna, electric mirrors, 6 way electric bench seat, Air con, variable rate power steering etc. performance is pretty damn good, Road and Track tested it back in 1969 and got a 15.5 second quarter mile with a 2.73 gear ratio, cross plies and the motherfucking top down. Equating to a 7.2 second 0-60 run with cruiser gearing. This car has 3:32:1 gearing, radials and the limited slip diff option, so is likely low 6 seconds to 60 car, pretty ballistic.
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[mistergixer]

Hideously ugly IMHO. Never been a fan of big American cars like that.
Hope your old man is happy with it.


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[lilredmachine]

No doubt, it's from the ugly ages of full size American cars. When you start approaching the late 60's, the big full sizers get hideous. However if you want to own one they are the last realistically priced cars. A '59 or mid sixties Electra in condition like this will set you back anywhere from $40,000-$100,000+

Only made 8,000 of these so you are unlikely to run into another one 40 years later.
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[angryjonny]

I challenge him to get it in and out of Victoria St car park in Windsor without it looking like Father Ted's Rover.

[lilredmachine]

We live on the Isle of Wight, oddly enough the incredible suspension on these large cars makes them particularly suited down here, the roads are truely terrible. This just floats over it all. But no, enclosed spaces would not be your friend.
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[Suntan Sid]

How come a car of such ginormous proportions has the worlds skinniest steering wheel?
Looks weird and just wrong!
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A Land Yacht

https://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/images/2005/03/08/brean_land_yacht_club_regatta_5_440x330.jpg

A Barge

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[lilredmachine]

I think you'll find land yacht is the traditional term for a large convertible. Barge is hard top, usually 4 door. Terms reflect size and useage, land yacht a luxury thing for swanning about in with the top down, barge for carrying stuff like people and coal.

Most cars from this age have thin steering wheels, regardless of size or origin, was the style at the time.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

It's horrendous, but I like it .

[.Chris.]

Can't say I like most American cars from the mid-50s onwards. 40s and early-50s ones are good though, before they started getting really silly.

[hmmmnz]

almost looks like a drop top Riviera,
kinda cool but i'd rather a boat tail riviera
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[Kradmelder]

oi what a monstrosity Looks like more steel plate than a battleship. I think the only thing fatter than that in america are americans

Does he have a skipper's licence to steer it? Looks more a fat spanish galleon wollowing in the waves than a yacht.


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[Andy_Pagin]

Avoid driving it past places with names like "Book Repository" or "Grassy Knoll"
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[Codemonkey]

After reading the thread on here somewhere where someone got a sports bike in a Clio/some other small car, I reckon you could get the small car in the back of that thing, so a sports bike in a car in a car, do it!

Dare I ask what the fuel consumption is like on these things ?
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[Polarbear]

It's almost so ugly it it's nice. Now if it just had huge jetson type fins on it
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[map]

Do not like the car. Then it's personal choice. Hope you/dad enjoy.

I would however like to know where you can get the tent garages.
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