For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more ...

Owning a 1932 Ford hot rod means living in two eras at once. The car’s bones come from the earliest days of Ford’s flathead V8, but most Deuces on the road today are the result of decades of ...

Hot rodders, moonshiners, and NASCAR owe a tremendous debt to this powerplant. Named for its distinctive flat cylinder head design, the flathead V8 went into production in 1932. It stayed on the ...

The hot rod dates way back to the 1920s, but found its cultural footing in post-World War II America. Soldiers armed with mechanical training picked up cheap Ford Model Ts and found ways to make them ...

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...

Santa Margarita Ranch is a 14,000-acre property, rich in California history and one of the oldest continuously operated cattle ranches in California. The fact that the ranch has such a hold on hot ...