The flathead is dead. At least that's what they used to say back in the mid-'50s as legions of modern overhead valve V-8s leaped out of wrecked passenger cars and onto the hot rod scene. But as they ...

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 ...

We look at 10 commonly held beliefs about the Ford flathead V-8 engine. Are they facts or are they fiction? A flathead Ford expert gives us the answers! The following Ford flathead facts were told to ...

The Pinetree Jamboree resurrects nostalgic heads-up flathead racing at one of New England’s oldest surviving historic drag strips.

The following story appeared in the November 2005 issue of HOT ROD magazine and has been supplemented with additional photos from the HOT ROD Archives and Getty Images. It has also been sequenced here ...