H. Bob McKray, who has built both race-winning small-block Chevys and Hathead Fords, helps us illustrate the differences between the two hot rodding favorites. "Cams, carburetion and compression," ...

Editor's Note: Looking for a low-buck purely fun project for your street/strip or whatever machine? Nostalgia is the vogue, so why not build a fathead? Sounds silly at first, perhaps, but think about ...

But then the flathead V-8 came out in 1932, and, by golly, Ford did a beautiful job with that engine. It looked like a racing engine, and it was so well built! Man, they made that engine for almost 20 ...