In the early 1900s, horsepower was almost exclusively for the Gatsbys of the world. Ford’s flathead V-8, introduced in the ...

This is how the 1951 Ford ... with a flathead V8 can be described. With no owner to consider restoring it, the car was on its way to the crusher. The 1951 Ford Custom Victoria is a full-sized ...

The engine pictured above is Replica Engines' latest - a recreation of the racing version of the ... "Knucklehead" V-twin and a 1937 Ford 60 flathead V8. (Videos of the Offy and the Harley ...

Oldfield was a distant relation of the American race driver Barney Oldfield ... a hand-formed steel and aluminum body and a Ford flathead V8 engine placed towards the rear for improved handling.

Wheeler planned to create a road engine that he could also sell to teams competing in the company's Tuscan Challenge race series ... the first powerful V8 engine made affordable to the masses. We of ...

While Lincolns began getting modern overhead-valve V8 engines for the 1952 model year, their Ford-badged brethren had to make do with the antiquated flathead V8 through 1953. Finally, the Ford Y ...

Flathead Lake sat at full pool this summer following a dry 2023 season that saw its water level plunge to record lows. It's been a welcome development for everyone from water recreationalists to ...

To bring his idea to fruition, he selected a small team of engineers to develop a V8. They successfully worked in secret on the project and launched the first Ford powered by the flathead V8 on ...

Kalispell City Council is poised to decide the fate of the Flathead Warming Center on Monday. Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sep. 16 in City Hall ...

Ford’s mass production of the flathead opened up racing to a whole new audience and helped an industry flourish. Ford wasn’t alone, however, as the factory-built flathead was just a building block.