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 ...

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 ...

Today, restored and high-end versions of the '32 Ford can cost buyers well into six figures, and the flathead engine is just as legendary as the car it came in. Built from 1932 through 1953 ...

Making its debut in 1932 and lasting for two decades on the market before being replaced, Ford’s flathead V8 family ... the Model B (which had a four-cylinder engine). A few months after the ...