The Ford Flathead V8 was the first mass-market V8 and the starting point for uniquely American performance. What's interesting about it is exactly what made it possible—simple and cheap to build ...

The Ford Flathead V8 wasn't the first V8, but when it debuted in the 1932 Model 18, it brought this brilliant engine configuration to the American masses. With a simple design featuring a flat ...

Making its debut in 1932 and lasting for two decades on the market before being replaced, Ford’s flathead V8 family of engines has a place of pride in the history of the company and automotive ...

V8s are about as close as you can get to a "default" American engine. The Chevy Small Block V8 is one of the most versatile engines ever produced and it's been swapped into cars and trucks ...

Ford changed all of that in 1932 with the introduction of the 221 cubic inch flathead V8. Almost immediately upon its introduction, gearheads were racing Fords powered by the new flathead V8.

The red-letter year for a mass-produced, affordable production V8 was 1932 when Ford developed the Flathead V8, which at the time was just referred to as a Ford V8. It was put into the 1932 Ford ...

The Ford flathead V8 made its debut in 1932 and brought this previously exclusive engine configuration within the reach of most buyers in the US. A simple design gave the flathead V8 superb ...

like Hagerty’s Swap to Street 100-hour 1946 Ford Pick-up build. After six days and more than 40,000 photos taken, the company made an intense 6-minute video featuring a flathead V8 rebuilding.

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 ...

While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...