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The Boy Scout was shocked to see it wasn't just a search and rescue crew who landed -- the pilot was none other than Harrison Ford. "He said, 'Good morning,' and I recognized [his voice] because ...
Appropriately called the 1917 Ford Model TT, the next truck was the Model AA, based on the Model A car, and in 1935 Ford introduced the Model 50 pickup powered by the famous Ford flathead V8 engine.
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 ...
By the early 1950s, Zora Arkus-Duntov moved to England, where he began developing cars and racing them for Allard. He took on co-driving duties at several events, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...
Ford's MEL engine lacks the legacy of its Flathead V8 predecessor. However, it was a much better engine, designed for luxury sub-brands Mercury, Edsel, and Lincoln.
Wikimedia Allard P1 (1948) Londoner Sydney Allard(1910-1966) started building cars in 1946, starting with the J1 which featured a 3.9-liter Mercury flathead motor.
He’ll apparently sell you a set for $15,950 if you’re serious about building a period-correct, high-po Flathead. Anywho, the Dortons went through a lot of trouble to make this engine work with ...
The mighty V8 engine is still exceptionally popular despite being century-old tech. Here's why Ford's Flathead V8 is the granddaddy of them all.
And Ford’s eight-bangers weren’t old-timey straight- eights. This is the 221-cubic-inch (3.6-liter) flathead V8, rated at an impressive 85 horsepower.
During these years, Arkus-Duntov served as the Allard J2X's primary driver. With his skills as a driver now abundantly clear, Zora Arkus-Duntov was offered a spot on Porsche's LeMans racing team.
A Ford 239ci flathead V-8 Ardun OHV conversion, it was originally intended as a build for the Grand National Roadster Show. It features eight Weber carburetors, and was scoped by Evernham Motorsports.