Jon Hall and Motor City Flatheads built a ’33 Ford to serve as a show-car testbed for their new all-aluminum Flathead V-8 ...

In fact, it might have even beat out the longest running nameplate in ... sold in the U.S. The earliest Ford F-Series pickups were powered by a flathead V8. Over the years, engine upgrades have ...

Ford’s flathead V-8, introduced in the depths of ... He chuckles. “When he got it running, I could hear the tappet noise a half-a-block away.” He chuckles again. “I was ashamed of the ...

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 ...