or the wild-eyed grease monkeys who build rat rods. While hot rodding tastes may change, it seems that the trusty old Ford flathead will never go out of style.

It's been over 50 years since the last Ford flathead V-8 was commercially ... And in a sense, the flathead also begot HOT ROD magazine, for this publication probably wouldn't exist if not for ...

A custom shop from Florida by the name of Smash Customs did just that, and being gifted with the tools and imagination to make it work, turned a 1937 Ford Phaeton into a rat rod to die for.

Of greater concern, perhaps, was that Peter Duvaloois had never traveled this road, some 50 miles north of Manhattan, before bringing his 1946 Chevrolet "rat rod ... for their flathead V-8 ...

As a sub-culture of the car hobby, ol' skool rods or rat rods as they are often called ... They were cheap to buy and easy to fix, most had Ford flathead V-8 engines but they almost always ...

If you’ve ever seen a cool flathead-powered roadster ... take a look at Alex Steelsmith's 1929 Ford Model A roadster. It’s a timeless-looking hot rod built without taking out a second mortgage.

A half century of pickup trucks and hot rod culture will cross the block at the Barrett-Jackson Orange County auction this weekend in the form of this outrageous rat rod 1932 Ford pickup.

It's been over 50 years since the last Ford flathead V-8 was commercially ... And in a sense, the flathead also begot HOT ROD Magazine, for this publication probably wouldn't exist if not for ...

The following story appeared in the November 2005 issue of HOT ROD magazine and has been supplemented ... Johnny Hunkins It's been over 50 years since the last Ford flathead V-8 was commercially ...