It was considered a major breakthrough when Ford launched its Flathead V8 engine in 1932. Up until that point, V8 engines were expensive and limited to just luxury cars, but Henry Ford wanted one that ...

Jon Hall is a diehard hot rodder with not only a long list of hot rods, customs, and street rods, but he’s also the owner of Shadow Rods and Motor City Flatheads, companies that produce stamped steel ...

Ford is the company that brought us mass manufacturing and with that, more affordable cars. It's safe to say that company truly popularized the car as a form of transport for everybody. However, since ...

The Ford flathead V-8 engine changed hot-rodding forever. When introduced in 1932, the 221ci engine put out only 65 bhp, and even at the end of its production life in 1953 the larger Ford 239ci ...

Hidden behind a metal container. Engulfed by vegetation. Sitting under a layer of dust. This is how the 1951 Ford Custom Victoria with a flathead V8 can be described. With no owner to consider ...