From the Ford Flathead V8 onward the V8 engine has been the soundtrack to the American Car among others, here’s a great article on V8 history
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Why the Ford Flathead V8 Succeeded, and Why It Had to Die – Chris Perkins @Road & Track
The Ford Flathead V8 wasn’t the first V8, but when it debuted in the 1932 Model 18, it brought this brilliant engine configuration to the American masses.
Read Chris Perkins at Road and Track on the rise and fall of Henry’s legendary mill
Comparing HEMI to Flathead Engine Design – How Stuff Works
Hemi v Flathead
Article from How Stuff Works on the Hemi engine and the comparison with the venerable Flathead.
Read the complete article here
The Flying Ford Flathead… The Ford Model 15-P – The Jalopy Journal
The Flying Ford Flathead V8
Great article from the Jalopy Journal on the Ford Model 15-P Flying Wing, the last aircraft developed by the Stout Metal Airplane Division of Ford Motor Company.
The aircraft was powered by an aluminium version of the 221 cubic inch version of the Ford Flathead V8 developing 115hp as opposed to the cast iron car versions 75hp.
Read the Jalopy Journal article here
The Flying Ford Flathead…
Historic Engines – The Fabulous Ford Flathead V8 – From Jeff Zurschmeide at enginelabs.com
Excerpt from Jeff Zurschmeide’s Flathead V8 article on enginelabs.com
In the history of automotive engines, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of the V8 design. By dividing the eight cylinders into two banks of four, engineers achieved a powerful, yet compact unit that could fit into the vast majority of engine bays also sized to fit four or six-cylinder engines.
Ford did not invent the V8 engine, but it can be fairly said that they brought it into everyday use. Some European marques and Cadillac had V8 engines decades before Ford developed the engine that would yield affordable performance and create the basis for hot rodding
Read the rest of the article here
Historic Engines – The Fabulous Ford Flathead
The History of Ford’s Iconic Flathead V8 – Ashley Webb – The Motorhood
Interesting Flathead V8 article from Ashley good historic content and a timeline of Henry’s icon!
The History of the Ford Flathead V8
As you know I try to gather as much Flattie stuff here as possible, read Ashley’s article here
Rodder’s Journal – Flatheads Everything you wanted to know about Henry’s first V8, all in one place.
There is a great Flathead resource right here at the Rodder’s Journal
Rodder’s Journal – Flathead Archives
This is a great collection of books on the venerable flattie!
As always Rodder’s Journal is the place to go!
Fresh from a full restoration, the 1966 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 Mk IIA heads to Pebble Beach – Hemmings Daily
Flathead Ford Intake Manifold Smackdown – From Marlan Davis at HotRod
Flathead Ford Intake Manifold Smackdown
This is a slightly older but very interesting article from HotRod.
HotRod test 12 intakes that changed the Flathead world 🙂
Read the article here
Found Another Good Flathead Website!
Flathead City looks a really good supplier of Ford V8 Flatheads, even supplying one for Mike Wolfe of “American Pickers” fame, website here
Flathead City
