The party will also honor the famous Ford Flathead engine. When it debuted, the Deuce cost just $500 and was considered pretty revolutionary. Since then, as Ford puts it, they have been "modified ...

Ford’s mass production of the flathead opened up racing to a whole ... Rutman, like Vukovich, was running Hilborn fuel injection, as were the remaining drivers on the podium.

His latest ride, a 1933 Ford Cabriolet, is based on a steel Speed33 ... Also, the car would be a perfect testbed for Motor City Flathead’s upcoming all-aluminum Flathead engine.

While the Small Block Chevy may be the most tunable and the Chrysler HEMI the most powerful, Ford’s Flathead V8 engine has been around for nearly a century and is the grandfather of every V8 ...

Ford’s flathead V-8, introduced in the depths of ... He chuckles. “When he got it running, I could hear the tappet noise a half-a-block away.” He chuckles again. “I was ashamed of the ...

Making its debut in 1932 and lasting for two decades on the market before being replaced, Ford’s flathead V8 family of engines has a place of pride in the history of the company and automotive ...

The 2,100-pound Speedster was powered by a stock 75-bhp, Ford Model 40 flathead, with straight exhausts ... minimal chrome trim and no running boards – features that didn't appear on production ...