Though many regard the small-block Chevy as American as apple pie, it was Ford Motor Company that brought the V-8 engine to ...

In the early 1900s, horsepower was almost exclusively for the Gatsbys of the world. Ford’s flathead V-8, introduced in the depths of the depths of the Great Depression, changed all that.

We knew that we could retrofit a small-block Ford into the MG with a little massaging. It was unanimous that putting a choice V-8 into the little ... “It’s out there and visible.