His latest ride, a 1933 Ford Cabriolet ... the car would be a perfect testbed for Motor City Flathead’s upcoming all-aluminum Flathead engine. See All 15 Photos The Shadow Rods team got ...

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 engine was introduced to the British market in 1935; unlike the 221 cubic-inch blocks it's based on, Ford's 136 Flathead (coded the V8-74 but commonly referred to as the V8-60) used cast iron ...

The 1949 Ford may not be ... including the engine bay. The latter is pretty much a time capsule. Not only does it still have the original 239-cubic-inch Flathead, but the 6V battery was also ...

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 ...