I recently traveled back to the 1950s by getting elbow-deep in a Ford 8BA flathead V-8 ... to place two pumps directly into the front of the block. (Fewer gaskets, seals, and hardware.) ...

Ford wasn’t alone, however, as the factory-built flathead was just a building block. Several individuals, through their own innovation and business acumen, were able to build flathead V-8s to ...