For all those who are amazed to see a 7-liters Galaxie on a winding road, I want to remember that they were pretty popular in 1960s rallies, even on snow or gravel.
@@jeremiahd2417 yeah, I know that! That monstrous (and enormous!) Ford beating the hell out of the nimble and lightweight GB cars is absolutely staggering. It was like a David vs. Goliah battle... except that the lartter won. And in spectacular fashion, make advantage of it's power to powerslide in medium-speed corners like the St. Mary of Goodwood for instance to deal with their size and weight. The only thing that I still wonder is if was entred by the legendary Holman & Moody's or by private teams in the British TCC. BTW Just watch the T-Bird that runs every year at the Goodwood Demos to see the spectacular show that gives still nowadays around that track dancing like a demon. PURE 'MURICA V8 POWAH' BABY! ehehehehe!
The smaller Falcon Sprints were the factory Rally cars though. Still had a V8 but a 289 like an early Cobra. Much lighter and more nimble than a Galaxie. Falcon Sprint second place in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally. Only beaten by the works team Mini Cooper S.
Massive boats ? Maybe back then in comparison with a '60 's mini or MG. Look at 2.53 when the Galaxy passes a modern Mini. That Mini is almost as big as the Galaxy.
@@lv8920 Not even close. The Galaxie is 210” long and the Countryman is 170”. The countryman is also one of the larger available minis and is not really a small car. The Galaxie is RWD and weighs as much as the countryman AWD model even without all the modern tech, sound deadening, and safety features that add hundreds of lbs. The Galaxie is, was, and always will be a BIG car.
Bro honestly all of these old cars got something that make it tick in a special way. Galaxies with big blocks, E36/E46 Beemer with silky NA straight sixes, 80s and 90s Honda B engines, W201 Mercs, and small block 260 V8 Falcons/Mustangs along with other legends from their era (from all corners of the globe) make me stiff and hard in a way a modern Corolla/Camry, Ferrari, or Tesla NEVER WILL...
Grumpy, snarling, grouchy old coots 😁. Like waking up grandpa after a nap and giving him his boxing gloves, he's gonna box your ass then have a drink 😂😂
The first one took the course relatively cautious, the second one was flooring it like a savage, haha^^ Car must have been like "Yay, I`m young again, let`s go!"
It was great driving our Galaxie at our first Bernina Gran Turismo, amazing event. After getting our bearings of the course as well as our mixture right, we could pick up the pace quickly! Still remained a challenge to balance traction and speed on this track - the run-off is very limited lol!
Great that you show your car at such an event. Thank you! Ican just imagine, that these cars are quite difficult to handle at this speed on these serpentine roads?
@@Vollheinz it’s not too bad, but room for error is very slim:) the roads also have surprising amounts of camber at certain sections, which you can’t see from videos or photos. In the end, it’s a public mountain pass lol
It is great to watch this video; Ialso have a 63 427 Galaxie that I drive on trackdays and hillclimbs. I ther a way to contact you to discuss technic we are only a few in Europe with the passion of this beauty
Can't help but scream "SEVEN LITER VEE EIGHT MODUR" upon seeing this. I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck rising up with each lope of the muscle. DAMN.
You can see beasts like this running at Goodwood, when they do '60s touring car races and you have these massive thundering V8 Galaxies up against nimble little Minis and the like. In the right hands, these huge aircraft carriers can hold their own or win those races too! To see a pack of Minis or Austins nipping at the heels of one of these huge sedans is like watching a pack of hyenas try to take down an elephant.
😉 One might think so. But 600 RPM is still 10 revs per second or 40 power strokes per second. That would give each cylinder 5 power strokes a second and a highly cammed V8 will sometimes have one cylinder that is highlighted in the sound of the lope.
You should see these Galaxies in historic classic road course races. An absolute beast! One of the last century dinosaurs that everybody does and will admire. Just beautiful! Thank you for the great video.
Those Galaxies and the Thunderbirds are fantastic cars. people don't understand how great those battle ships handle for big heavy cars. my father had a 1964 Thunderbird and that car handled like it was on rails very impressive. a person just has to know how to use the brakes on them. and the FE engines are torque monsters. I'm a huge fan of the Goodwood series. and the British really love American cars. it's AWESOME to see those British drivers driving those cars. they don't have any fear at all. it's really amazing to watch them outrun much smaller more nimble cars. I don't even care for American auto racing anymore. everyone who watches the Goodwood series is blown away by these cars.
The sound from a naturally aspirated, bug block engine are timeless. Ford, chrysler, Buick Olds, Pontiac(not a true big block or small block)Chevy, Caddy.... all amazing.
Love those early Galaxies. Missed them in period, but now always try to see them at Historic events. First time I've seen any on a hillclimb though. Also love those european hillclimb venues, wish we had such roads that we could use for competition here. I'm in U.K. very little use of public roads for sport here.
closest we really have mt. washington in the northeast, but that's biannual there's some smaller ones in the region and all along Appalachia as well as some in the PNW but none are as popular or enough to make videos from like this lol
@@andrewward1887 ☑️ Yeah, I was thinking of pointing that out. There at Goodwood and other classic car road course races, they REALLY let loose, and they even BEAT most of the small, short wheelbase cars that they SHOULDN'T beat!
I grew up close to the Holman-Moody racing facility in the '60s. As a youngster, I playing in the wrecked cars of Ned Jerrett, Fireball Roberts, Fred Lorenzon and the likes. I had a BIG playground. The sight and sound of those '63 Fords takes me waaaay back!
These cars represent the 'real' stock car racing days. Mid 70's, the sport began to turn into what it is today . . . . . a joke. In general, the WWF (WWE) of the race car sport. Don't mean to offend, but I grew up watching Formula One and Stock Car racing (60's thru 70's) and replays of earlier days . . . . . I do not spend one minute watching NASCAR today. Thank you for the upload, nice to see these two cars survived to this day and in respectable condition.
I don't know whether you should have a driver's license or a boating license when you have one of these lol. It's crazy seeing how big cars like this are in person at shows. And there's something about aggressive camshaft(s) in these older cars that makes them sound sooo good and sets them apart from say, a modern LS1 with a big cam.
Two factors working together. Overlap between inlet and exhaust and massive port size on the tunnel port 427. Basically they old race spec 427s didn't come on cam until after 5000 rpm. and valve spring material didn't allow valves to open too fast, so they had to go to long ramps and thus big overlaps. These days they put more dwell in the cam profile and reduce overlap because the springs can handle it. And they've learned to design ports that flow well up top but have better flow down low.
@@ibast1 Yup, lots of duration and over lap really make em lope and count em off. I had a cam in one of my 396 Chevys that was a Can-Am cam like was used in Maclaren and Chaparral cars. GM 3994094 it had around 366 duration and 622 lift. It really was a 5000-8000 rpm cam. Pretty fun for a 19 year old kid in a 68 Camaro with 4.56 gears on the street going to work. 45 mph, 4th gear, whack the throttle and the car gets sideways, up on the tires. Sounded like a Chevy version of this badass FE.
@@peteramadio1854 I remember being at Goodwood a few year ago and Chris Harris was interviewed post race of driving a Mini. He said basically you don’t brake in a Mini around there as keeping your speed up is so important.
I know a musical instrument when I hear one, and I've just heard one & it looks gorgeous too - what was it the yanks use to say? You can't beat cubic inches🤔😃👌
My dad owns the NR 14 Galaxie - he tried many times to mount gopros and what not but they shake was so heavy from the engine, that they would never properly record lol. Ill be driving it this year:)
When you realize that the Galaxie looks like a Falcon but in XXL size.Even the taillights remind me to the Ford's compact car (in USA is considered compact)
My mother had a Falcon, and it sounded like that, but not on purpose. She must have driven it for three months without a muffler. I was with her a couple of times when she was stopped by the cops. We kids kept saying, "Mom, why don't you get it fixed?" She would answer, "I'm gonna. I'm gonna."
Dependes on the Falcon's "nationality". _the American one is clearly different._ Just imagine a Sales Mgr. driving a similar car to his secretary back in the day... If so, Ford wouldn't have had such a successful run with it: *12+ million sold over 14 years.*
@@900108Chale Here in the US, the Falcon was considered a cheap car, like a Rambler. I'm guessing it was the cheapest car that Ford offered. It was replaced by the Maverick, around 1969 or 70. Our family had a Falcon and a Maverick (but not at the same time). The Maverick was the first new car we every had, but it was a piece of junk and my father sold it after about two years. By that time Ford had an even cheaper car, the notorious Pinto. I think the Pinto went for about $2000 and the Maverick was between $2500 and $3000. You'll occasionally see all types of cars still around from the 70's, but you never see a Ford Maverick. It seems not many have survived the years.
Awesome stuff!!! The guy in the first car with the white wheels was far too timid in his driving. The downshifts coming up to that last turn, however, were glorious! They built these old girls to drive, makes me happy to see them out there getting ran.
As the driver/owner of the first car, indeed we’re now dropping the car with another 2”; currently still in stock springs rear and front lol. First round was a practice run: still trying to get our bearing with the track and the mixture as it was our first Bernina GT. Pace picked up quite quickly after that:)
@@bryanyoung2963 no its the famous 427 Sideoiler Ford FE motor. Used in nascar on the steet, and the powerhouse "cammer" with single over head cams which made 700 estimated hp
First practice run up the mountain, we hadn’t seen the course yet:) second Swiss driver has been racing it for the last eight years;) pace was quickly picked up during the weekend, don’t worry!
@@arjanblok6218 Yeah , it’s understandable why the difference in cadence up the mountain. I’m sure I wouldn’t be ripping up a mountain in a hot rod if I wasn’t familiar with the course. Great looking, great sounding cars.
This mountain pass hill course you show the 1963 Ford Galaxie 500, reminded me of when my Dad took his race edition Saab Monte Carlo up Pike's Peak the car was a 2 stroke engine had to mix oil in the gas tank. Manual transmission. Front wheel drive. Solid little car smell great inside and outside. Sure did hug the curves to. We did make a second trip to Pike's Peak course but this time in a brand new 1969 Ponatic Catalina with a 426 cubic inches High Po engine. Looking back on these two memories not sure which car was the best experience but I do think the Saab was the more unique one of the two.
Mountain light! Bozzy your sonics are a specialty - but now here, the depth of perspective . Wow. Plus I know Italians must have a fine phrase for this.
@@mibd7812 Different cams indeed, and we were trying to get the mixtures right on the first car as we normally run at sea level, not +7000ft:) Also we run different exhaust systems -> our car runs on cut-outs immediately behind the block bypassing a 105db exhaust, the second car on long straight pipes therefore being louder. Because of UK racing regulations, our car sometimes needs to be silenced at 105db hence can't run everywhere on straight pipes. Would be amazing though:)
@@arjanblok6218 yes it makes sense the air is thinner engine was getting choked out cam duration was also a factor it still sounded lovely....my I ask what is the cam size
@@arjanblok6218 it looked like the 47 car was making more power on the straights but also was attacking the corners more. I assume the 47 had a better time?
Okay, I cant take it anymore! First of all, the lobe separation angle on the 2nd 7 liter GAVE ME WOOD!!!- Then when the wheel man heel-toed BOTH of his downshifts on his way to 1st gear my heart's song was absolutely played; completely offset my alarm at the pedestrian so perilously located RIGHT AT THE WASHOUT OF THE FIRST TURN!!!
Holy smokes.....absolutely beautiful Detroit iron. The sights, the sounds and the pure raw power. But with your video and the stunning shots you took.....i was just sitting here this evening enjoying the visual contrast of it all. Great video and thank you for posting 19Bozzy92. Subscribed.
And a Shelby Cobra. The GT 40 Mk ll sometimes had 180 degree headers that gave them a wild sound. A guy that lived behind me when I was a kid in Bethesda Maryland had one and a Cobra, maybe 2, and a factory cabover Ford hauler. That GT40 sounded great out on the beltway!
@@garethwest9069 2 my friend (1966 and 1967) the following year (1968) FIA and associates bodies banned the engines over 5 litres. 1968 and 1969 were won by “modified” MK I (engine displacement was enlarged from 4.2 to 4.9)
That sound is just great. Such a sense of theatre as soon as those 8 pots light up and start to crackle. Lots of cam overlap and the lope to prove it. 1960’s muscle always sounds sooo good.
One of the delights of commuting by bicycle in Central Pennsylvania is sharing the road with beauties like that Galaxie and riding close to them if only for a few moments. And near me is a gold course retirement community, where older gents will pull out of the pits, as it were, and get on the track in their classic American muscle, if only for a drive to get their morning coffee.
Stunning sound. Was a Chevy guy back then but always respected the 427 side-oiler. Think what it was like in a cobra! My lord like driving a fuel altered on the street!
Those Galaxies didn't come with the side oiler. Those were center oilers then. Side oilers started around mid year 1965. But other than oiling they were identical in parts.
My 1st car was the 68 mustang fastback that my grandfather bought my aunt new when she went off to college. Once worn out my dad turned it into a drag car in the late 70’s. It was given to me in the late 80’s as my 1st car. By then it had a 351 Windsor, race cam, traction bars, Chevy valves in the heads and 850 double pump 4 barrel carburetor. I loved the sound of that hot rod.
My father asked my grandfather what he thought of his new straight pipes on his sportster, to which my grandfather replied “it sounds like the muffler fell off the milk truck”…
This muscle can handle surprisingly well... enough length to get much of the engine weight behind the front axle line, enough width to keep the roll center stable, and a nice low center of gravity. You just have to be aware of your polar moments if the rear hasn't been lightened up, and a stock gas tank can make fast transitions hairy if it's partly full (stock, it's the bottom of the trunk and very 'thin' so all that fuel could slosh around and pile up on one side partway into a corner entry). The notion of bad handling 'muscle' came about later with the compact and intermediates with giant motors... all the weight got parked directly on top of the front axle upsetting balance, and the cars were relatively narrow and tall with almost universally bad stock camber curves and the reluctance of manufacturers to really stiffen things up for street cars. *Those* cars could enter a corner and just continue in a straight line no matter how much steering angle was given, unless you gave it a good bootfull to unload the front and make the rear tires actually do some of the work, sometimes meaning all 4 got some slip angle (i.e. drifting/powerslide/whatever term you want)
Oh DAAMMMMNNN!!! Don't they sound BEAUTIFUL!!! A bit out of place but damn they sound beautiful. I'm having a hard time seeing what I'm typing and I have a lump in my throat at the memories of cars like that. Anyone could see that they are really not in their true environment, the tight twisty turny mountain road. Imagine how they would/could go up that road with just a modern suspension, brakes and wide tires. I wonder what percentage of the people in the area have ever had the privilege of hearing such wonderful sounds before. Maybe 5%? I sure would have loved to be there. Oh, this reminds me of the song by the Doors with the line "There'll never be another one... Like you." I'm going to be watching this one a lot when I'm feeling a bit blue.
Not when they are drag racing, wich is where you see them most. For best acceleraton from a standing start you absolutely need an automatic with a high stall converter. One of the more popular transmissions in drag racing is a 2 speed Powerglide because they can hande the torque these 400-500 cid monsters can throw at them. A clutch/pressure plate would just desintegrate, plus the high stall allows you to get the engine in the power band using a transbrake or line lock.
the other cars: small, light, sleek, soft bodylines
The Galaxie: *A B S O L U T E U N I T*
OLD SCHOOL
Roar like a tiger.
wait until you see the brazilian galaxie
@jimmy Burnett as one other comment states go find the video of it at goodwood smoking the lighter, more nimble cars.
The difference between European and American car design in the 60s
These vehicles inevitably put a smile on your face.
💯YES! Thank you
Tellins the swiss f you and your nature
Absolutely, nothing like the sound of a straight piped big block FE....outstanding
True
yes if this doens put a smile on your face then climb back aboard yur spaceship and retirn to your home planet hahahaha
"The hills are alive with the sound of music"!
The hills are alive with the sound of horsepower!
For all those who are amazed to see a 7-liters Galaxie on a winding road, I want to remember that they were pretty popular in 1960s rallies, even on snow or gravel.
And in Touring Cars as well. They won the BTCC championship. Go find the video of the Galaxie just destroying absolutely everyone at Goodwood.
@@jeremiahd2417 yeah, I know that! That monstrous (and enormous!) Ford beating the hell out of the nimble and lightweight GB cars is absolutely staggering. It was like a David vs. Goliah battle... except that the lartter won. And in spectacular fashion, make advantage of it's power to powerslide in medium-speed corners like the St. Mary of Goodwood for instance to deal with their size and weight. The only thing that I still wonder is if was entred by the legendary Holman & Moody's or by private teams in the British TCC. BTW Just watch the T-Bird that runs every year at the Goodwood Demos to see the spectacular show that gives still nowadays around that track dancing like a demon. PURE 'MURICA V8 POWAH' BABY! ehehehehe!
There are videos of them in recent finnish historic rallies I think
It was mountain roads that the moonshiners that eventually became NASCAR cut their teeth on and they were doing it with 250 gallons of shine as cargo.
The smaller Falcon Sprints were the factory Rally cars though. Still had a V8 but a 289 like an early Cobra.
Much lighter and more nimble than a Galaxie.
Falcon Sprint second place in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally. Only beaten by the works team Mini Cooper S.
The Glorious sound of American muscle
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That idle lope, omg I can't wait to hear this thing at full song!
Yup that's true 🥰🥰😘👍
All that motor to be beaten by a modern 1 liter turbo
@@TheShedStudios 😂 yeah okay.
@@TheShedStudios put a turbo on the v8 and will smoke that tiny engine
As an American these massive boats bring a tear to my eye. Thank you for the video.
Massive boats ? Maybe back then in comparison with a '60 's mini or MG. Look at 2.53 when the Galaxy passes a modern Mini. That Mini is almost as big as the Galaxy.
@@lv8920 Not even close. The Galaxie is 210” long and the Countryman is 170”. The countryman is also one of the larger available minis and is not really a small car. The Galaxie is RWD and weighs as much as the countryman AWD model even without all the modern tech, sound deadening, and safety features that add hundreds of lbs. The Galaxie is, was, and always will be a BIG car.
That might be all the unburned fuel. 🤷♂️👍
As a 14 year old, British boy I should not have anything to do with these. but my god this is my all-time dream car.
Old Ford's between the styling and sound I'll never stop loving them.
Bro honestly all of these old cars got something that make it tick in a special way. Galaxies with big blocks, E36/E46 Beemer with silky NA straight sixes, 80s and 90s Honda B engines, W201 Mercs, and small block 260 V8 Falcons/Mustangs along with other legends from their era (from all corners of the globe) make me stiff and hard in a way a modern Corolla/Camry, Ferrari, or Tesla NEVER WILL...
Grumpy, snarling, grouchy old coots 😁. Like waking up grandpa after a nap and giving him his boxing gloves, he's gonna box your ass then have a drink 😂😂
The first one took the course relatively cautious, the second one was flooring it like a savage, haha^^ Car must have been like "Yay, I`m young again, let`s go!"
That's all they want... they just wanna be let loose every once in a while.
Nothing will dethrone my love for carburated engines. These sound amazing
The winter time will
@@user-360johnn lmfao good one
@@user-360johnn Not if you know how to tune the carburetor. Those who don't, probably shouldn't own one. The same goes for altitude.
@@RemingtonArmy- Exactly....know how, screwdriver dont take long.
WHy people wanna add efi to an old car complicate things is beyond me.
"How much lope do you want?"
"Yes"
Sheeza spicy meataball!
Lope and change.
All of it.
It’s barely loping it actually sounds reliable lol
"What you're gonna wanna do is bring 'er up to about 14rpm, then dump the clutch..."
It was great driving our Galaxie at our first Bernina Gran Turismo, amazing event. After getting our bearings of the course as well as our mixture right, we could pick up the pace quickly! Still remained a challenge to balance traction and speed on this track - the run-off is very limited lol!
Great that you show your car at such an event. Thank you! Ican just imagine, that these cars are quite difficult to handle at this speed on these serpentine roads?
@@Vollheinz it’s not too bad, but room for error is very slim:) the roads also have surprising amounts of camber at certain sections, which you can’t see from videos or photos. In the end, it’s a public mountain pass lol
Holy shit that's YOU!! Oh my god you are my hero's!
Your car sounded glorious!
It is great to watch this video; Ialso have a 63 427 Galaxie that I drive on trackdays and hillclimbs. I ther a way to contact you to discuss technic we are only a few in Europe with the passion of this beauty
Can't help but scream "SEVEN LITER VEE EIGHT MODUR" upon seeing this. I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck rising up with each lope of the muscle. DAMN.
The sound of big displacement V8, never disappoint 😍
You can see beasts like this running at Goodwood, when they do '60s touring car races and you have these massive thundering V8 Galaxies up against nimble little Minis and the like. In the right hands, these huge aircraft carriers can hold their own or win those races too! To see a pack of Minis or Austins nipping at the heels of one of these huge sedans is like watching a pack of hyenas try to take down an elephant.
You can hear each individual cylinder firing at idle. Hot damn! 🔥
😉 One might think so. But 600 RPM is still 10 revs per second or 40 power strokes per second. That would give each cylinder 5 power strokes a second and a highly cammed V8 will sometimes have one cylinder that is highlighted in the sound of the lope.
You should see these Galaxies in historic classic road course races. An absolute beast! One of the last century dinosaurs that everybody does and will admire. Just beautiful! Thank you for the great video.
I have several of these automobiles 63 and 64 and have one 65 hard top
Such a brutal and beautiful sound.
the skin goes to chicken bubble
I had a Galaxie 500 w/ 390 4 bbl convertible for about 10 years. The only thing it didn't pass was a gas station. Awesome ride. Thanks for the video.
I'm not a big Ford fan,but I sure respect their 427,OMG, if you plan on racing one,you better have something! and be ready!
Those Galaxies and the Thunderbirds are fantastic cars. people don't understand how great those battle ships handle for big heavy cars. my father had a 1964 Thunderbird and that car handled like it was on rails very impressive. a person just has to know how to use the brakes on them. and the FE engines are torque monsters. I'm a huge fan of the Goodwood series. and the British really love American cars. it's AWESOME to see those British drivers driving those cars. they don't have any fear at all. it's really amazing to watch them outrun much smaller more nimble cars. I don't even care for American auto racing anymore. everyone who watches the Goodwood series is blown away by these cars.
History , why would anyone want to forget it at any level . Love the old school automobiles !
The sound from a naturally aspirated, bug block engine are timeless. Ford, chrysler, Buick Olds, Pontiac(not a true big block or small block)Chevy, Caddy.... all amazing.
Love those early Galaxies. Missed them in period, but now always try to see them at Historic events. First time I've seen any on a hillclimb though. Also love those european hillclimb venues, wish we had such roads that we could use for competition here. I'm in U.K. very little use of public roads for sport here.
closest we really have mt. washington in the northeast, but that's biannual
there's some smaller ones in the region and all along Appalachia as well as some in the PNW but none are as popular or enough to make videos from like this lol
Pikes Peak?
Pike's Peak my man! How do you not know about it?
@@christopherhughes8402 Drove up Pikes Peak when most of it was still gravel in the '90's If I remember right. It certainly gets your attention !!
Nothing beats the sound of a V8, except the sound of 2 V8's.
Words I never expected in one sentence, Ford Galaxy 500 and Swiss mountain pass.
@tecums3h Haha. Same here, but what an unexpectedly great combination.👌 Thanks, Bozzy!🙌
You should see them being raced at the Good wood festival in England.
@@andrewward1887 😎🤘
Yep, good to see Galaxies in their natural environment! 😁
@@andrewward1887
☑️ Yeah, I was thinking of pointing that out. There at Goodwood and other classic car road course races, they REALLY let loose, and they even BEAT most of the small, short wheelbase cars that they SHOULDN'T beat!
I grew up close to the Holman-Moody racing facility in the '60s. As a youngster, I playing in the wrecked cars of Ned Jerrett, Fireball Roberts, Fred Lorenzon and the likes. I had a BIG playground. The sight and sound of those '63 Fords takes me waaaay back!
These cars represent the 'real' stock car racing days. Mid 70's, the sport began to turn into what it is today . . . . . a joke. In general, the WWF (WWE) of the race car sport.
Don't mean to offend, but I grew up watching Formula One and Stock Car racing (60's thru 70's) and replays of earlier days . . . . . I do not spend one minute watching NASCAR today.
Thank you for the upload, nice to see these two cars survived to this day and in respectable condition.
The second Galaxie (w/ black wheels) sounds truly glorious and the driver there is obviously serious about his craft. 👍
I don't know whether you should have a driver's license or a boating license when you have one of these lol. It's crazy seeing how big cars like this are in person at shows.
And there's something about aggressive camshaft(s) in these older cars that makes them sound sooo good and sets them apart from say, a modern LS1 with a big cam.
Two factors working together. Overlap between inlet and exhaust and massive port size on the tunnel port 427.
Basically they old race spec 427s didn't come on cam until after 5000 rpm. and valve spring material didn't allow valves to open too fast, so they had to go to long ramps and thus big overlaps.
These days they put more dwell in the cam profile and reduce overlap because the springs can handle it. And they've learned to design ports that flow well up top but have better flow down low.
@@ibast1 Awesome, thanks for the explanation.
@@ibast1 Yup, lots of duration and over lap really make em lope and count em off. I had a cam in one of my 396 Chevys that was a Can-Am cam like was used in Maclaren and Chaparral cars. GM 3994094 it had around 366 duration and 622 lift. It really was a 5000-8000 rpm cam. Pretty fun for a 19 year old kid in a 68 Camaro with 4.56 gears on the street going to work. 45 mph, 4th gear, whack the throttle and the car gets sideways, up on the tires. Sounded like a Chevy version of this badass FE.
🤣👍
(Carburetor) V8 sounds better then Injection V8
Nothing like the sound of a well tuned V8! That right there is how "gnarly" sounds 😜👍🏻
Loved this car when it was new and even more now. Goosebumps.
Ford Galaxie is so fun to watch race cause they so big yet their handling is actually decent
It’s funny seeing them race at Goodwood against the tiny Mini Cooper S. The Mini could probably fit in the trunk of the galaxy.
@@francoisg3500 yeah they lose a bit in the corners but on the straights they absolutely destroy everyone else
@@peteramadio1854 I remember being at Goodwood a few year ago and Chris Harris was interviewed post race of driving a Mini. He said basically you don’t brake in a Mini around there as keeping your speed up is so important.
@@francoisg3500 I believe it, the car seems like it wouldn’t be able to carry enough momentum to push itself off the track
@@peteramadio1854 But when push by a galaxy a Mini will roll quite easily.
I know a musical instrument when I hear one, and I've just heard one & it looks gorgeous too - what was it the yanks use to say? You can't beat cubic inches🤔😃👌
Theres noting quite like a V8
- This Bogan
there is no replacement for displacement
@@MrAncop That's the one... :-)
📦 Boxy is Foxy!! 📦
And the 425 rating was WAY underrated.
To bad you couldn't get cameras inside the cars! Man I love the sound of a big block Ford running up through the gears!
Great Video!
My dad owns the NR 14 Galaxie - he tried many times to mount gopros and what not but they shake was so heavy from the engine, that they would never properly record lol. Ill be driving it this year:)
There is nothing as intoxicating as the sound of an American big block V8. It's a sound that can reawaken something deep inside a person.
I wonder what the people over there thought of that sound. They've probably never heard anything like it before.
Now thats how an engine should sound. Great video once again
2 badass rides. Wish I had just one of them. Oh. And 425 hp my ass. Closer to 600 hp.
i don‘t know the english word for „Gänsehaut“… i love the sound 🥰
Goosebumps :)
When you realize that the Galaxie looks like a Falcon but in XXL size.Even the taillights remind me to the Ford's compact car (in USA is considered compact)
Not especially. The frontend looks like a US 63 fairlane, the rearend looks like a 64 Aussie falcon.
My mother had a Falcon, and it sounded like that, but not on purpose. She must have driven it for three months without a muffler. I was with her a couple of times when she was stopped by the cops. We kids kept saying, "Mom, why don't you get it fixed?" She would answer, "I'm gonna. I'm gonna."
Dependes on the Falcon's "nationality".
_the American one is clearly different._
Just imagine a Sales Mgr. driving a similar car to his secretary back in the day...
If so, Ford wouldn't have had such a successful run with it: *12+ million sold over 14 years.*
@@900108Chale Here in the US, the Falcon was considered a cheap car, like a Rambler. I'm guessing it was the cheapest car that Ford offered. It was replaced by the Maverick, around 1969 or 70. Our family had a Falcon and a Maverick (but not at the same time). The Maverick was the first new car we every had, but it was a piece of junk and my father sold it after about two years. By that time Ford had an even cheaper car, the notorious Pinto. I think the Pinto went for about $2000 and the Maverick was between $2500 and $3000. You'll occasionally see all types of cars still around from the 70's, but you never see a Ford Maverick. It seems not many have survived the years.
Awesome stuff!!! The guy in the first car with the white wheels was far too timid in his driving. The downshifts coming up to that last turn, however, were glorious! They built these old girls to drive, makes me happy to see them out there getting ran.
The car with the white wheels looked a bit high in back for that kind of driving. And it needed a bigger sway bar front and rear.
As the driver/owner of the first car, indeed we’re now dropping the car with another 2”; currently still in stock springs rear and front lol. First round was a practice run: still trying to get our bearing with the track and the mixture as it was our first Bernina GT. Pace picked up quite quickly after that:)
Open long tube headers sound great on a Ford FE. Especially the 427 NASCAR engines
Or the 427 NASCAR engine in a GT40 and the bundle of snakes exhaust.
Those are Chevy 427 motors.
@@bryanyoung2963
That's a Ford.
@@bryanyoung2963 no its the famous 427 Sideoiler Ford FE motor. Used in nascar on the steet, and the powerhouse "cammer" with single over head cams which made 700 estimated hp
Yeah, that deep bass rumble is amazing
What beautiful sounding old cars. And that lumpy cam idle. ❤
The driver of the second car was stone cold serious about how he attacked that mountain. The first car, 🥱not so much.
First practice run up the mountain, we hadn’t seen the course yet:) second Swiss driver has been racing it for the last eight years;) pace was quickly picked up during the weekend, don’t worry!
@@arjanblok6218 Yeah , it’s understandable why the difference in cadence up the mountain.
I’m sure I wouldn’t be ripping up a mountain in a hot rod if I wasn’t familiar with the course.
Great looking, great sounding cars.
This mountain pass hill course you show the 1963 Ford Galaxie 500, reminded me of when my Dad took his race edition Saab Monte Carlo up Pike's Peak the car was a 2 stroke engine had to mix oil in the gas tank. Manual transmission. Front wheel drive. Solid little car smell great inside and outside. Sure did hug the curves to. We did make a second trip to Pike's Peak course but this time in a brand new 1969 Ponatic Catalina with a 426 cubic inches High Po engine. Looking back on these two memories not sure which car was the best experience but I do think the Saab was the more unique one of the two.
Second driver definitely knows how to put some power to the road
Mountain light! Bozzy your sonics are a specialty - but now here, the depth of perspective . Wow. Plus I know Italians must have a fine phrase for this.
Very Very cool. Even on the down shift
I thought it was going to suck the road up. Thanks it was great. Kind regards perth wa
The 2nd car sounds a little "healthier" than the first one.
Sounds like a different cam to me
@@mibd7812 Different cams indeed, and we were trying to get the mixtures right on the first car as we normally run at sea level, not +7000ft:) Also we run different exhaust systems -> our car runs on cut-outs immediately behind the block bypassing a 105db exhaust, the second car on long straight pipes therefore being louder. Because of UK racing regulations, our car sometimes needs to be silenced at 105db hence can't run everywhere on straight pipes. Would be amazing though:)
@@arjanblok6218 yes it makes sense the air is thinner engine was getting choked out cam duration was also a factor it still sounded lovely....my I ask what is the cam size
Said the backseat passenger...
@@arjanblok6218 it looked like the 47 car was making more power on the straights but also was attacking the corners more. I assume the 47 had a better time?
5:45 slammed Galaxie with blacked out wheels. Is really serious...
It's a proper race car, and has competed many times at the Goodwood Revival!
Driver is at One with car too...knows his shit.
How do I make a galaxie drive this nice lol
Should have gone the retro NASCAR way:
Light blue, White, Red, gold, cobalt, etc...
Suspension lowered and much stiffer than the white wheeled Galaxie. Also, far less 'lean' in the corners.
BAD ASS!!! Sick ass cam! is there more vids of these two Galaxies? Thx! ;o) Love it! CHEERS!
Other Europe Cars : oh god, the lumpy idle V8 scares me....
In my opinion, Cammed lumpy idle V8 have more scarier sound than any Europe Supercar
modern euro supercars sound like ass because its all farty twin turbo small displacement v8s or v6s even
*I’m a JDM fan but goddamn do these Galaxies sound immaculate.* 🤌
This is what you get when the land of the free welds together 2 four bangers
That sound ❤️❤️❤️
Excellent. The growls of those Fords was terrific👍and they look great too
Love this model Galaxie. Exceeding its original design expectations is what I like.
Okay, I cant take it anymore! First of all, the lobe separation angle on the 2nd 7 liter GAVE ME WOOD!!!- Then when the wheel man heel-toed BOTH of his downshifts on his way to 1st gear my heart's song was absolutely played; completely offset my alarm at the pedestrian so perilously located RIGHT AT THE WASHOUT OF THE FIRST TURN!!!
They could start avalanche with those Ford's!
Nothing like the sound of a big FE engine!
Sounds like old freedom. Love it.
Holy smokes.....absolutely beautiful Detroit iron. The sights, the sounds and the pure raw power.
But with your video and the stunning shots you took.....i was just sitting here this evening enjoying the visual contrast of it all.
Great video and thank you for posting 19Bozzy92.
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I wouldn't even want a radio in that beauty. 👍
Those two are absolute beasts!
Thoses galaxies from 1960 are sp crazy 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Before this video TH-cam showed me a Volvo commercial. For some electric SUV.
Haha, quite a proper teaser
Fun fact: the same 427 was also used on a GT40 MK II
And a Shelby Cobra. The GT 40 Mk ll sometimes had 180 degree headers that gave them a wild sound. A guy that lived behind me when I was a kid in Bethesda Maryland had one and a Cobra, maybe 2, and a factory cabover Ford hauler. That GT40 sounded great out on the beltway!
don't forget the GT40 MK4 and the 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake and every Ford NASCAR Racer from 1964 to 1969
And beat Ferrari's @$$ four years running at Le Mans.
@@goldenltd1970 ah yes indeed! Thanks for reminder here! (I totally forgot bout nascar for which the engine was made for)
@@garethwest9069 2 my friend (1966 and 1967) the following year (1968) FIA and associates bodies banned the engines over 5 litres. 1968 and 1969 were won by “modified” MK I (engine displacement was enlarged from 4.2 to 4.9)
That sound is just great. Such a sense of theatre as soon as those 8 pots light up and start to crackle. Lots of cam overlap and the lope to prove it. 1960’s muscle always sounds sooo good.
What a beautiful machine.
Sounds heavenly to guys from my era.
Sound of America! Just awesome.
Cómo resuena se amplifica el sonido de v8 en las montañas . Maravilloso ese rugido
I think it's the microchips that make them sound that way😉
Outstanding. Outstanding camera work.
One of the delights of commuting by bicycle in Central Pennsylvania is sharing the road with beauties like that Galaxie and riding close to them if only for a few moments. And near me is a gold course retirement community, where older gents will pull out of the pits, as it were, and get on the track in their classic American muscle, if only for a drive to get their morning coffee.
Hi and thanks Bozzy 👍 😎 as always awsome 😊
I LOVE it! These old American land yachts with giant V-8s are the opposite of elegant, and that gives them an appeal all their own.
Man I love old fords
I absolutely love these things in any race they take part in, especially the Goodwood Revival with all the tiny Mini Coopers and Cortinas.
What a wonderful car, and what a sound, it seems like the singing of an angel ❤😇
that sound never gets old
Stunning sound. Was a Chevy guy back then but always respected the 427 side-oiler. Think what it was like in a cobra! My lord like driving a fuel altered on the street!
Those Galaxies didn't come with the side oiler. Those were center oilers then. Side oilers started around mid year 1965. But other than oiling they were identical in parts.
What a camshaft!!
My 1st car was the 68 mustang fastback that my grandfather bought my aunt new when she went off to college. Once worn out my dad turned it into a drag car in the late 70’s. It was given to me in the late 80’s as my 1st car. By then it had a 351 Windsor, race cam, traction bars, Chevy valves in the heads and 850 double pump 4 barrel carburetor. I loved the sound of that hot rod.
Me estoy volviendo viejo, porque no pude evitar emocionarme...
My father asked my grandfather what he thought of his new straight pipes on his sportster, to which my grandfather replied “it sounds like the muffler fell off the milk truck”…
Sounds like a truck, drives like a boat. The defining features of old-school muscle.
Interestingly, they were popular (and successful) in rally and touring car races.
Maybe when you drive one
This cars are great with the right parts
Did you not see the video ?
This muscle can handle surprisingly well... enough length to get much of the engine weight behind the front axle line, enough width to keep the roll center stable, and a nice low center of gravity. You just have to be aware of your polar moments if the rear hasn't been lightened up, and a stock gas tank can make fast transitions hairy if it's partly full (stock, it's the bottom of the trunk and very 'thin' so all that fuel could slosh around and pile up on one side partway into a corner entry).
The notion of bad handling 'muscle' came about later with the compact and intermediates with giant motors... all the weight got parked directly on top of the front axle upsetting balance, and the cars were relatively narrow and tall with almost universally bad stock camber curves and the reluctance of manufacturers to really stiffen things up for street cars. *Those* cars could enter a corner and just continue in a straight line no matter how much steering angle was given, unless you gave it a good bootfull to unload the front and make the rear tires actually do some of the work, sometimes meaning all 4 got some slip angle (i.e. drifting/powerslide/whatever term you want)
Study what carrol Shelby did to Ferrari with an FE ford big block. Ferrari hasn’t recovered to this day.
Look a monster! Son, thats a real car.
Oh DAAMMMMNNN!!! Don't they sound BEAUTIFUL!!! A bit out of place but damn they sound beautiful. I'm having a hard time seeing what I'm typing and I have a lump in my throat at the memories of cars like that. Anyone could see that they are really not in their true environment, the tight twisty turny mountain road. Imagine how they would/could go up that road with just a modern suspension, brakes and wide tires.
I wonder what percentage of the people in the area have ever had the privilege of hearing such wonderful sounds before. Maybe 5%? I sure would have loved to be there.
Oh, this reminds me of the song by the Doors with the line "There'll never be another one... Like you." I'm going to be watching this one a lot when I'm feeling a bit blue.
Oh that glorious engine noise
Questa beve più di me
You are not as pretty!
@@tmseh you are right
Ticks over like an angry drainpipe
Yummy yummy! A pair of ‘63’s my fave, Boom 💪🏻🇺🇸
the 7.0 freedom engine making bald eagles sound murica fuck yea
These giant V8 are so good when they're paired with a manual transmission, it's a shame most of them are ruined by shitty slushboxes
Not when they are drag racing, wich is where you see them most. For best acceleraton from a standing start you absolutely need an automatic with a high stall converter. One of the more popular transmissions in drag racing is a 2 speed Powerglide because they can hande the torque these 400-500 cid monsters can throw at them. A clutch/pressure plate would just desintegrate, plus the high stall allows you to get the engine in the power band using a transbrake or line lock.
These galaxies put an end to jaguar domination in the British saloon car racing
What a beautiful red cars
Absolutely love the 63-64 Galaxies!!!!
Nice to see at least one of the cars getting after it 👍
thats a beautiful sound