Ten Great Land Yachts

KINJA ^

[Daus]

1980 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham. Big V8 and like riding on a cloud at speed. :) Used to race my friends in reverse just to keep it fair.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

11) 1959 Pontiac Bonneville

[Doctor 2Brains]

for later

[al_c]

In high school and early college years, a friend of mine drove a 1972 Old Delta 88 convertible. What a yacht that thing was. Even kind of felt like a boat as it drifted across dips and potholes.

[Responsibility2nd]

Land Yacths.

Double digit MPG’s be dammned. Bring on the Detroit iron with crushed velvet seats, white wall tires and a trunk bigger than your first apartment.

The closest thing I ever owned to a true LY was a 1994 Cadillac DeVille.

But I’m fortunate enough to remember the Mercury’s and Buicks my father owned.

(Ahhh, that 1965 Wilcat with the 425 cubic inch motor!!!)

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

My folks had a ‘76 Grand Marquis. That thing was a boat, and with a 4-bbl 460 under the hood it would do a nice, smoky one-wheel peel.

[Dr. Sivana]

You kind of start to wonder why this car was so long if it was meant to be a coupé

The writer doesn't seem to know what the classic definition of a coupe is. A sedan has an a-pillar behind the front doors. If there is no pillar, it is not a sedan.

My 1965 Chrysler 300 was a two door, hardtop coupe, and it has as big a footprint as a modern Suburban. Phenomenal trunk!

[RegulatorCountry]

One of my favorite land yachts:

1978 Lincoln Mark V. Second choice would be a '72 GS455 Riviera, the wild boat-tailed one, in black.

[NewHampshireDuo]

A high school friend of mine, Jewish, called those cars Jew Canoes. That was back in the pre-PC days when you could make ethic jokes good-naturedly without offending anyone.

[cripplecreek]

I had a 72 Catalina 4 door. She was a big girl.

[CrazyIvan]

I worked at a gas station that was part of the local Chrysler dealership when I was in high school. When I put an Imperial on the old non OSHA single post lift it would only lift it 3/4 the first try. You had to let the air compressor catch up for 15 min before it would lift it the rest of the way.

[Liberty Valance]

Before the quad cab F-150's and cammo-wear there was the land yacht and khakis.

[Dr. Sivana]

I just had to retire Wilma, our 1994 Chevy Caprice Wagon (LT1 engine) that was the functional equivalent of entry #10. GREAT CAR!

Missing from the list: the 1961 Chrysler Imperial, so bullet proof it has been banned from several demolition derbies.

[1Old Pro]

1972 Buick Riviera

[razorback-bert]

I agree with the ‘75 Caddy, mine was a road car.

[wrench]

Most of those cars in their day could not hold $7 in gasoline in their tank. My lawnmower holds almost that much now days.

[Brother Cracker]

1973 Buick 225 Electra Custom - Hardtop

[cripplecreek]

[1Old Pro]

oops, my comment disappeard. My folks had a similar vintage electra 225, thing was bulletproof.