My grandmother had a Buick Electra 225 with a 455. Big green boat. It would lay rubber at about half pedal.
Yep.... had to run meatier tires on the back with offset rims and it would still “light em up”. Was really a beast with the engine highly modified.
Dad had one of those ... a boat, for sure.
We saw an old Lincoln land yacht, the other day. Still hanging in there ... I wonder how many miles it had on it.
Here’s an episode about the 1970 Electra 225 on a great YouTube channel called Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UopYjM-yGt0
The guy behind the channel is a young executive at GM who loves the big land yachts of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. He occasionally interviews the designers of those vehicles. They’re really old now but they’re still around and it’s fascinating to hear their stories.