Hot Rod may be celebrating its 65th anniversary, but Ford's flathead V8, the engine that birthed the entire hot rod hobby (and, in due course, this magazine) first rolled off the production line ...

I can't really explain or justify my interest (some would say obsession) with old Ford Flathead speed equipment, especially multicarburetor intake manifolds. I guess it's insufficient to rationalize ...

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—is ...

For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more ...

The Flathead V8's big advantage, at least at the time, was its simplicity (not that you'd expect anything different from Henry Ford's company). Ford engine designers Carl Schmaltz, Ray Lard, and Mil ...