At around the same time, old-time hot rods gave way to modern muscle ... instances it is questionable whether the engine still remains a true flathead: Once-85-hp engines now produce over 400 ...

We look at 10 commonly held beliefs about the Ford flathead V-8 engine. Are they facts or are ... for a story in the November 2005 issue of HOT ROD magazine. Those with Flathead Ford equipment ...

But his specialty became nostalgia hot-rod motors, topped with venerated ... carefully maintained flathead engines. Commissioned by the French military for four-wheel-drive vehicles, these blocks ...

the Flathead exploded in popularity in the 1930s and has been credited with inventing the concept of modifying production cars for speed and power, per Hot Rod Magazine. The engine had a bit of a ...

Another posits that fitting a Ford Flathead V8 with a hotter cam ... part is short for supercharger, which many hot rods have affixed to their engines, though it certainly isn't a requirement ...

With all the TV reality-shows now on the market, it has become all but impossible not to at least notice these oversized, overpowered monsters on wheels. Defined, usually, by their retro-look ...

So, I envision a few young guys hanging out in a garage, and after a few hours wrenching on a Flathead ... this souped-up engine, I’ll bet we have the keenest hot rod in town.” ...

You may be asking yourself why Dennis Kilpatrick named his seriously hot-rodded '29 Ford ... eBay looking at vintage engines for the '29, only to discover an 8BA flathead topped with an original ...

Offered by Duffy’s Classic Cars with an all-steel body, the old-timer Deluxe Coupe is now a full-fledged hot rod with General Motors small-block power instead of the Flathead engine that ...