In September each year the Goodwood Revival is held. It's a big show dedicated to classic vehicles, aircraft, fashion, etc.
As you can see, a lot of visitors really get into the spirit of the event and dress accordingly. However, as it's held at a racetrack, there are lots of demonstration laps and proper races. I found one for early 60s cars, and it's really interesting to see so many different cars are taking part, - who would have thought that a Mini and a Jag would be so close on the track. Although I think using a Ford Galaxie is cheating a bit as they weren't sold here!
Ah, the 'Galaxie' class Ford. No kidding,with a 390 V-8 and a body as wide as the race track...
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather drove a 1964 Galaxie wagon for years and hauled a huge Boles-Aero trailer all over most of the US and Canada. Occasionally I'll see one of those old boats in use around town here.
I knew nothing about this car so had a look on the Web. The '390' Larry refers to was 390 cu in, or 6.4 litres! The ones racing here are the '500' version with a 427 cu in , or 7 litre engine! These put out 425 bhp - no wonder it was so fast!! Even the Jaguar 'only' had a 3.8 litre engine, and that was thought of as big for its time.
ReplyDeleteI wondered about those cars, so they were running the race motors. Shelby ran the 427 in the AC Cobra as well...no substitute for cubic inches as they say.
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