But if you want to put a smile on his wide, grizzled face, ask him about the engine that put him on the map: the flathead ...

While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...

The Ford Flathead V8 In Numbers The Model 18 was the very first Ford model to be powered by a V8 engine; it was introduced as an alternative to the Model B, itself the replacement for the earlier ...

The party will also honor the famous Ford Flathead engine. When it debuted, the Deuce cost just $500 and was considered pretty revolutionary. Since then, as Ford puts it, they have been "modified ...

In 1932, the Ford Flathead V8 helped establish the car customization industry. The 427 in the Ford GT40 beat Ferrari at the Le Mans 24-Hour race in the Sixties. Now, the 800-hp, supercharged ...