Starting life in 1932, the venerable Ford flathead V8 engine was refined and updated until its overhead valve successor filled its spot under the hoods of Ford passenger cars in 1954. The earliest ...

It's been over 50 years since the last Ford flathead V-8 was commercially produced in the U.S. It was not your Dad's engine-it was your grandfather's. Simple by today's high-tech standards, during its ...

While the new crop of engines from the OEMs are impressive from a technological standpoint there are those among us (Brennan being a notable exception) who appreciate simplicity—internal combustion in ...

If you’ve ever seen a cool flathead-powered roadster sitting on bias-plies and steel wheels at a local car show and dreamed of building something similar for yourself, take a look at Alex Steelsmith's ...