I’ve written articles about 3109 junkyard vehicles, more or less, since I began working for automotive publications in 2007, ...

By 1956, Ford had dropped the famous flathead V8 engine and offered three versions of the larger “Y” block overhead valve engine with horsepower up 167. The standard transmission was a three ...

For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 ... Flathead-powered hot rods continued to be popular throughout the 20th century. Even with the rise of the arguably superior small block Chevy ...

Making its debut in 1932 and lasting for two decades on the market before being replaced, Ford’s flathead V8 family of engines has a place of pride in the history of the company and automotive ...

Ford wanted an engine that was cheap, simple, robust, and reliable. His solution? Casting the block ... you got in the V8.” Alas, killjoy historians believe the note is a forgery. Ditto for another ...

They successfully worked in secret on the project and launched the first Ford powered by the flathead V8 on March 9, 1932. At 221 cubic inches, the engine features a cast iron block with cylinder ...

In the 1950s, Ford's original V8 engine was long overdue for a redesign. Although the iconic Flathead V8 ... to the engine's bottom end, which contributed to the Y-block's rigidness.

The Tempest came with many options, including an aluminum V8 and the heavy iron-block ... Ford was developing it. That went so far as to compromise the engine, which was an 85 hp straight-six. And ...

However, once Ford introduced the iconic Flathead in 1932 and made it available in more affordable cars, the V8 became the weapon ... installed from the bottom of the block, and a weird ...

2023 marks 120 years since Ford Motor ... of the Flathead: In its wake, a whole industry of hot rod parts sprang up to feed racers’ need for speed. Even though the engine was phased out in the United ...

The Chevy Small Block V8 is one of the ... but the grandfather of every V8 you know today is none other than the venerable and sacred Ford Flathead V8, an engine that's been around for nearly ...