As you probably know, the 1980’s were a time of great excess, especially when it comes to road going vehicles. American luxury cars of the time were big, cushy, and broughamtastic. While you could stuff six people into your Lincoln Town Car if you had to, what if you wanted to take those six people on a transcontinental journey to visit every cocktail lounge in the land? Enter the Eldorado Starfire motor home!

Just you try and find a better way to travel the States in the mid 80’s. That’s right, you can’t! What a majestic, luxurious beast.

So, there’s one glaring aspect of this RV that stands out, and that’s the fact that it looks like it’s the result of what happens 9 months after a cocaine-fueled bender involving a Lincoln Mark VII, a “Dust Buster” Olds Silhouette minivan, and a Winnebago. Holy crap this thing is… umm… something. Well actually, it’s a lot of things. For one, these are rare beasts. The Eldorado Motor Corp. built a small number of these between 1987 and 1989 and obviously used the lights and grille of the Lincoln Mark VII. They were considered Class A motor homes, and built in various lengths between 27 and 31 feet. These were true land yachts.

CRT TV with a built-in VCR? Check. Skylight in the ceiling? Check. Enough brown and woodgrain to make you think that you are stuck in a Floridian “Over 55” community home’s kitchen in 1988? Also, check.

Oh, what’s that? You think that these things are so awesome that you have to seek one out to buy right now? Say no more, because I’ve found one for you already for the paltry sum of $25,000! You can thank me later. Let’s have a look!

The ad says:

ford fans/ RV fans and of course the you don’t have one of these fans. what we have here is a 1987 Lincoln 32 foot motor home 460 motor with a 6 speed overdrive automatic was featured on the cover of popular mechanics (1987), Oh ya i have that magazine for the non-believers, this RV gets around 14 mpg has all the style on the open road and turns heads has all the things you need to camp or because it is a mobile home you can use that to get around the loopholes that keep people from buying land and doping a camper on it yes because it is a motor home .This body is all fiberglass and well taken care of spent most of its life in California both roof top a.c”s work and its ready to drive away with its new owner . i will listen to reasonable offers/ trades and have many pictures and can answer questions

In typical BangShift fashion, let’s take a look at the pictures of this weirdo-mobile.

So, I’m thinking the seller found some nose candy inside of this old beast and snorted it all by the stuff he’s saying in the ad. Even so, there’s some important info here, like the fact that it comes with a Ford 460 for motivation. He says it will get 14mpg on the open road, but I’m thinking the drugs are doing the talking.

I always find it funny when RV manufacturers use lighting from other mass-produced automobiles. It’s a fun game to play “guess what vehicle those lights came from! ” on road trips, but if I saw this thing out on the highway, I’d have no problem figuring out where this luxury barge pilfered it’s parts from. They didn’t even bother removing the Lincoln hood ornament !

They even incorporated the Mark VII’s simulated continental kit hump into the back of this thing. Wowzers.

If I owned this thing, I’d drive across the country towing a trailer full of various Mark VII’s behind it, just because. I’d populate the trailer with a bunch of different ones from the 1984-92 model run, like a monochromatic 1992 Mark VII SE, a 1986 Mark VII White Lightning Edition, and even a equally-as-rare 1984 Mark VII Diesel, featuring a BMW turbodiesel I6! While I don’t think the one in the ad is worth the $25k asking price, it is definitely a conversation piece!

Let us know what you think of this luxurious monstrosity in the comments below!