You know, even though the Ford Flathead story is an old one, there never seems to be a shortage of fresh ears and curiosity regarding the subject. Surprisingly, though I've been a diehard traditional ...

A deep dive into why a .125-over flathead engine build is struggling to seal properly, breaking down potential machining, ...

Ford's famed flathead V-8 was revolutionary when the automaker put the engine into production in 1932. It brought the V-8 to the mass market and ready power to hot rodders for decades to come. But its ...

There's a dragstrip in Maine, just a few miles south of Bangor, called Winterport Dragway. It has the flavor of the hundreds of regional strips that once covered the country, and it's doing its best ...

Hot rodders, moonshiners, and NASCAR owe a tremendous debt to this powerplant. Named for its distinctive flat cylinder head design, the flathead V8 went into production in 1932. It stayed on the ...

Produced from 1947 for the 1948 model year through 1952, the original F-Series line was offered with the venerable flathead engine. Named after the flat cylinder head, the side-valve V8 was replaced ...

There is no way we can count all the weird machines we’ve seen cooked up by more or less prominent garages across America over the years. Yet we’re pretty certain we’re going to remember this thing ...

Q: Hi, Greg, I really enjoyed your article about the little 195.6-inch Rambler American six-cylinder flathead that I also have in my car, a 1959 Rambler American. It runs so quiet and smooth. You ...

How Ford's Flathead V8 Engine Works, And Why It Disappeared In 1932 Ford introduced the mass market to V8 engines, sticking a 3.6L flathead V8 producing a terrifying 65 horsepower in the Model 18. The ...