Ford’s flathead V-8, introduced in the depths of the depths of the Great Depression, changed all that. But it needed some help from car obsessives, who went on to invent what we now know as hot ...

If you had a flathead in the 30s and wanted to make it go real fast, the world was your oyster. By the end of WWII, Ford's flathead had been on the market in one form or another for more than a ...

Many of Allard's businesses stretch down the roadside where U.S. Highway 93 skirts St. Ignatius: Col. Doug Allard's Flathead Indian Museum, Trading Post, Huckleberry Jam Factory and Fruit Stand ...

The 1949 Ford came standard with a 226-cubic-inch (3.7-liter) inline-six, while a 239-cubic-inch (3.9-liter) V8 was optional. The latter was the already iconic Flathead, which Ford had introduced ...