It's been over 50 years since the last Ford flathead V-8 was commercially produced in the U.S. It was not your Dad's engine-it was your grandfather's. Simple by today's high-tech standards, during its ...

American automotive history is rich with engineering marvels that have defined generations. From the early days of muscle ...

V8s are about as close as you can get to a "default" American engine. The Chevy Small Block V8 is one of the most versatile engines ever produced and it's been swapped into cars and trucks practically ...

If you like original Hot Rod engines, you'll love all the new/old parts they're making for them these days Flathead speed equipment? Offenhauser's got the goods, including dual or triple intakes, high ...

When it comes to Ford trucks, we usually think about the F-Series. And that's not surprising because this nameplate has been around for almost 75 years as of 2022. But Ford started making trucks much ...

The Ford flathead V-8 engine changed hot-rodding forever. When introduced in 1932, the 221ci engine put out only 65 bhp, and even at the end of its production life in 1953 the larger Ford 239ci ...

ARP released its 2026 catalog in both digital and print formats. It features 6000 part numbers, including several new Ford ...

The Mercury Eight series holds the uncanny honor of being the debut line for the upscale Ford division. It was manufactured between 1939 and 1959 over a total of three generations and sat in between ...

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 ...