Ford's Flathead V8 engine was a turning point for automotive engines, being one of the first mass market V8 units. Why did Ford discontinue it?

As loyal HOT ROD readers will recall, we've been on a sentimental journey exploring the first great hot rod engine, commonly known as the mighty Ford flathead. Because the flathead was phased out of ...

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 ...

Shades of HRM's April 1956 cover, except this is H. Bob McKray and not Sonny Francisco's husband, Don. Last month we compared the internal and external elements that constitute a snull-block Choy with ...

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

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 ...

If you’re embedded in the world of classic muscle cars, there’s a good chance you know about Hot Rod‘s 1957 Chevy nicknamed Project X. It was purchased for $250 back in 1965, and in the time since ...