7-litre 500hp Ford Galaxie powerslides round Goodwood 

That drove with a surprising amount of finesse for an aircraft carrier! :P Gotta love the Galaxie.

I remember fondly in 1963 - 4 in South Africa. My friends dad was a race enthusiast and took us to Kyalami several times. I remember Bobby Oltoff had a Galaxi 500 and raced against Ford Lotus Cortinas, Alfas, Datsuns and various other 4 cylinder cars. On the straights that big V8 would run away from all of them, only to be caught during braking and cornering. You could always hear it coming, that V8 sound is what brought me to America 41 years ago.

The 63 Galaxie & Fairlane with the 427 FE & 4 speed were hard to beat in road racing in the 60s👍

I loved watching this guy drive, he was going to make that old iron submit to his will no matter what.

Gotta DRIVE that rig! It sure ain't finessing your way around the track tickling the paddle shifters with your pinkies extended.

Thankfully the Galaxie has a large trunk. This guy would have nowhere to keep his enormous balls.

Wow that was fantastic! Look at how much wheel turn he's gotta put in at the tight part! Some nice driving!

I've seen plenty of grandmas driving their Galaxie's like this on the way to bingo night......nothing new!!!

The mighty Galaxy. In Australia, (I know what I'm talking about at home) they were never unbeatable, but they were the car to beat for quite a while. The major competition came from a semi-factory effort that ran Mustangs, (Team Moffet) and at Bathurst, which has one mid length straight and two long ones, they also had trouble with the Holden Monaros that had 350 Chevs in them. But the Galaxy was an odd car. It's big fish, but it drives like a somewhat smaller one. You could never say it was agile or handled well, but it was a whole lot better than the size and shape would suggest, and it sure had some engine. All the things it raced against, had their own problems. The biggest issue with the Galaxy, was getting the damn thing stopped, but that wasn't a problem unique to that car, or even the big heavy cars - everything had that problem. Today, you can buy brakes that work. Even standard brakes can be fitted with real hard high temp pads, and they'll mostly work. That wasn't the case in the mid '60s. Everything was good for about two or three laps, and then the brakes would go away. Then it became a game for the driver to figure out how to slow the thing down. People would go down a gear at the absolute upper rev limit, and start throwing the car side to side, to scrub off speed... and naturally, that wasn't real good for rear tyre life... Interestingly, for all you Brits, the car to beat before the Galaxy arrived, was the old round Jaguar. They weren't all that fast in a straight line, but they were fast enough, they handled well, and they had really good brakes.

I love how everything in it is BIG! Big shifter, big pedals, big steering wheel and lots of big steering input! The driver though looks tiny and can only just get the throttle pedal all the way to the floor! Does a great job though.

Love the full range of motion of the steering wheel! Gives a man a real sense of direction!!👈👉

I love how it still retains its original dash. Kinda neat to see.

That steering wheel could break an arm at those speeds. Huge respect! That was at times nerve racking to watch. I own a 66’ well done sir!

I love the Galaxie 7 litre such a beautiful car with a large engine.

Wow, he is really sawing on the wheel and throwing that beast of a car around. Love this camera angle. Thanks for awesome video Goodwood!

Well, that sir with his enormus balls surely won't fit anyway in a small car. What a brave, skilled gentleman ! Cheers ! 🥂

That big ol fe motor wasn't even breathing hard. Awesome to see these cars alive and well!!!

I just bought a 1960 Thunderbird with a 1969 390 FE in it, wish it still had the original 430, the car gets up and moves well with the 390 but I can only imagine how it was with the 430 in it

It's very much a definite statement a machine in this case an older car with all of its modern accouterments and Power plus suspension, is it any good to anyone without a fantastic professional driver such as this gentleman here Bravo!

The old girl didn't sound like she was trying especially hard. You could get in trouble in a big hurry with that throttle pedal.

No downforce, no ABS, no traction control, no telemetry, no “stupid flappy paddles”, just pure driving talent and car control.

My first car was a 63 galaxie. That dash brings back a lot of memories.

That's real driving right there......unlike the modern shit we have today

I didn't see him use his turn signal once.

When I was a kid my older brother Geoff had a 62 Ford Galaxie with the 406 Tri-power as his street car :) He and his wife later bought a 18 foot Hallett flat bottom drag boat that had a Holman n Moody race prepped 427 with two 800 cfm Holly carbs. We would twist it to 7100 prm when demolishing any boat that wanted to race us at "Inboard alley" Parker Dam area of Colorado River in the late 60's early 70's :) That boat was a blast! and turned in a 107 mph quarter mile run at the Long Beach 1/4 mile boat drags running pump gas :)

just think , our moms drove these daily ! what a great childhood we had .

He really has to work that steering wheel.

I haven’t even take time to read comments. This guy is an incredible driver. Did anyone else notice the massive and excessive understeer at the beginning ?

I really don't understand how he's doing that. Those tires and rock hard suspension are not giving any feedback whatsoever. It's driving completely by faith.

Oh man... I wasn't driving but I was smiling the whole time.

Nice motor. Love that Galaxie. Welcome to 1963!

Sweet sound , thank you for no music other than the v-8

Nice steeringcoordination with steeringwheel and gaspedal! Brilliant job

Back in the day. They would race these big heavy American cars with no brakes to speak of against the original mini. It was cool to see the big block American cars catch up with the minis on the straight way then lose there lead by the light weight minis in the corners lap after lap give & take. Classic American Muscle cars!!

Love it when it comes on the throttle and the cam, hold on 700 horse power.😊

In Sierra Vista Az, in 1965 pop 3500, the school superintendent had a 1964 Galaxy or Fairlane with a 427, two four barrels and a four speed. But I Never saw him punch it even once.

Thats a literal tank of a car and that chap handles it like its a bloody Lotus. Joygasmic.

As the late 60s Ford ad declared, "You're ahead in a Ford, all....................errrrrrrr, most of the way"! Gotta love it.

Hard day at the office in the land yacht = my kinda car. Love it.

This...is how you make nascar great again!

We had a 66 with a 390 four speed bucket seats. The old man could do 90mph in second gear.

Now THAT’S how you drive a classic! 👍😎

Nice classic car. Beautiful interior going really fast =)

I bet there is a dent in the floor from this mans led foot! Savage!

Brings back memories when you had to DRIVE THE CAR,that guy is cool and working it.love the overseer he is working baby.

I’m currently talking my husband into getting me my own Galaxy 500!

Now that was fun to watch. Driving is a VERB. Nice to see that car do what it's made for, instead of collecting dust in a garage or shed.

Real Man racing!!!!!

So much fun blasting that big V8.

Is he just suggesting where it goes?

Big deal, my wife drives like that going to a sale.

No time to relax driving that Galaxie!

Uncle has a 63 4 door. Never as cool as these obviously but still a wonderful car

Superb skills driving a bathtub with a powerfull engine and almost no brakes

Nothing like seeing American muscle in Britain.

Is that guy a carpenter or a driver? Serious sawing of the wheel to keep that sofa on the track.

Every gear shift is a CRUNCH ! 1st to 2nd CRUNCH ! 2nd to 3rd CRUNCH ! 3rd to 4th CRUNCH ! Downshift 4th to 2nd CRUNCH-CRUNCH !!

Wow. Imagine that motor in a little sports car.

Don't ever remember seeing a BOW TIE going through esses on the road course ! Wonder why ?

Now thats pure race driving

Watch some of the racing at Riverside, California via Nascar.

Look at the size of the rear view mirror. It would stick out both sides in a Yaris.

Goes like a Star-Ship . Handles like a Bus .

Im not sure who was winning there but he was giving her hell..... Arms feel like spaghetti after a few rounds like that and hands hurt to make a fist.

I wonder how fast this Galaxy can top off at here.

Looks like nintendos F-ZERO thru his windsheild.....dude is rollin!

I like his driving posture

A monster car requires a monster driving

Got his Hands full with that one!

Bet he’s got one sweet chassis under that machine.

I need new underwear just watching this 😳 this driver has skills and a pair of balls bigger than the moon

50% driving, 50% ship maneuvering

What 7 liter did it have? Pulled like a 427 sohc!!!

My god, this car steers like a ASDA shopping trolley .... lol

Loose sure... Power sliding ?

Mighty busy steering wheel in the corners. But DAMMIT! It handles great on the straights!

I want to drive this Galaxie on the race course just so I tap my ashes out the vent wing.

Came here for "powersliding" Still waiting

What are the "straight cut" gears made from so they don't fall apart when you "bang shift" like that?

When a cars a car and cortinas, minis and singer chamois get scared

I'm not seeing a lot of powersliding...

This is what Nascar should be

Back in my day.....

ready to get it on! if you know what that’s from i salute you

I don't think that there really was enough track for the 427 to really get on top of it's power. I had a '67 Police Special with a 390 and a 3 speed with a overdrive. It wasn't quick, but out on the open highway it just would not accelerating. I miss that car. I would trade my '02 Crown Vic P71 Police Special for one of those again!

Now that's what you call... squirrely

Gotta have a sway bar big as your leg to stay planted.

You think that's impressive? You should see my girlfriend driving my old 1 ton Chevy, while putting on her makeup!!

1963 model year?

Just amazing

Man can drive 🤯

Fantastic!

Badass for sure

SUPER.....powerslides.☺

I noticed nobody passed him.... but his car is as wide as the whole track though!

Is that steering wheel connected to anything?

I'm sure this is a 427 , one bad Mutha.

Thank u that was cool i like.

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I want me a pair of those gloves.. on a serious note' ID like to see you beat that