The Ford Flathead V8 Put America On Wheels

Hot rodders, moonshiners, and NASCAR owe a tremendous debt to this powerplant.

  Car Talk, Autos   Apr 3, 2026   0   10  Add to Reading List
The Ford Flathead V8 Put America On Wheels

If there's a single engine that can be named as the father of modern hot rodding, it has to be the Ford flathead V8, long before the Ford Modular V8 or the Hemi V8. Before slapping turbochargers and superchargers onto Dodge Challengers and Ford Mustangs, the flathead V8 sparked a revolution on American roads, inspiring a generation of speed freaks to build their own dream cars by hand.

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