The following Ford flathead facts were told to Marlan Davis by flathead expert Tony Baron for a story in the November 2005 issue of HOT ROD magazine. Those with Flathead Ford equipment ...

H. Bob McKray, who has built both race-winning small-block Chevys and Hathead Fords, helps us illustrate the differences between the two hot rodding favorites. "Cams, carburetion and compression," ...

This Ford Model A Roadster from 1933 has been completely reimagined in this hot rod conversion. You can learn more about it ...

The Pinetree Jamboree resurrects nostalgic heads-up flathead racing at one of New England’s oldest surviving historic drag strips.

Ford Flathead V8s are of archetypal importance to the hot-rodding community, even though they were never that powerful by today’s standards. They gave Regular Joes access to relatively high ...

Even if you're not all that familiar with pre-war American engines, most modern American gearheads have at least heard of the Ford flathead V8. If you have heard of it, you're probably conditioned to ...

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...

It was considered a major breakthrough when Ford launched its Flathead V8 engine in 1932. Up until that point, V8 engines were expensive and limited to just luxury cars, but Henry Ford wanted one that ...