You know, even though the Ford Flathead story is an old one, there never seems to be a shortage of fresh ears and curiosity regarding the subject. Surprisingly, though I've been a diehard traditional ...

Produced from 1947 for the 1948 model year through 1952, the original F-Series line was offered with the venerable flathead engine. Named after the flat cylinder head, the side-valve V8 was replaced ...

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 ...

On the leading edge of the supercharger industry, you'll find Magnuson Products and its MagnaCharger lineup. With many bolt- on blower systems on the market, and new ones coming out daily, the focus ...

BELLEVIEW - Connie and Jim McConnell were nearly speechless when they found out that none other than "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, drag racing legend, would be rebuilding the flathead engine in their ...

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 ...

Q: Greg, what changes have to be made to put overhead valves on a flathead engine? Thanks, Dennis “Mike” Scott, Manson, N.C. A: Dennis, the Flathead Fords have really caught on again with hot rodders ...

Engines are at once surprisingly delicate and amazingly robust. The explosive forces contained within their combustion chambers are shockingly powerful, and it only takes one small crack to send an ...

There is no way we can count all the weird machines we’ve seen cooked up by more or less prominent garages across America over the years. Yet we’re pretty certain we’re going to remember this thing ...