Ford Flat Head V8 is a photograph by Ron Roberts which was uploaded on January 28th, 2013.
Ford Flat Head V8
The Ford flathead V8 (often called simply the Ford flathead, flathead Ford, or simply flatty, when the context is implicit, such as in hot-rodding)... more
by Ron Roberts
Title
Ford Flat Head V8
Artist
Ron Roberts
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Ford flathead V8 (often called simply the Ford flathead, flathead Ford, or simply flatty, when the context is implicit, such as in hot-rodding) was a flathead V8 engine designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees. During the engine's first decade of production, when overhead-valve engines were rare, it was usually known simply as the Ford V‑8, and the first car model in which it was installed, the Model 18, was (and still is) often called simply the "Ford V‑8", after its new engine. When the engine was introduced in 1932, it was a market first in several respects: in cars that were affordable to the emerging mass market consumer, it was the first 8-cylinder, the first V8, and the first V engine to become available. It was the first independently designed and built V8 engine produced by Ford for mass production, and it ranks as one of the company's most important developments.[1] A fascination with ever-more-powerful engines was perhaps the most salient aspect of the American car and truck market for a half century, from 1923 until 1973. The Ford flathead V8 was perfectly in tune with the cultural moment of its introduction, leading the way into a future of which the Ford company was a principal architect. Thus it became a phenomenal success. The engine design, with various changes but no major ones,[2] was installed in Ford passenger cars and trucks until 1953, making the engine's 21-year production run for the U.S. consumer market longer than the 19-year run of the Ford Model T engine[2] for that market. The engine was on Ward's list of the 10 best engines of the 20th century. It was a staple of hot rodders in the 1950s, and it remains famous in the classic car hobbies even today, despite the huge variety of other popular V8s that followed.
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January 28th, 2013
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Comments (17)
Ella Kaye
very nice shot of the flathead V8...I thought I knew a little about engines but this one is interesting looking and beyond my knowledge limit...I do like the crop and design of the photography...v
Eunice Miller
I am a FORD GIRL like this one f/v/g+ Thanks for all the talk on photography I was thinking about going to school but others tell me not too they don't teach how to see what I see but it is all the technical stuff I know nothing of never even knew it was called a macro when I zoomed right into a tiny flower :) the morning glory bud with beetle I never saw the beetle too busy trying not to shake, hold my breath and get in real close :) when I downloaded it there was the bug! I love surprises
Elizabeth McTaggart
I don't know anything about flathead V8s, but your crop-job and effects make for an interesting photograph! :) v