# Ford Flathead V8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-flathead-v8/804450 "2017-12-13T23:56:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-flathead-v8/804450/21 "2017-12-16T00:23:30Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, then, he couldn’t have been all that smart. Well, always having friends or relatives or chauffeurs to take you where you want to go is certainly cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-flathead-v8/804450/22 "2017-12-16T06:48:23Z")
> [@BuckChongo](#): > > I bought a 1950 Ford 2 door sedan with a flathead V8 in 1985, great engine. Robert Mitchum drove one in Thunder Road. The Theory of Relativity says Einstein probably had one, too, they were pretty cool back in the day. Can’t prove it but I believe the 1950 Ford in Thunder Road had an overhead valve engine in it; probably a Chevy engine—that was a popular change back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-flathead-v8/804450/23 "2017-12-16T07:44:39Z")
Jumping in here to say, great poster name and thread title combo. **Enola Straight-6** , or Ford Flat Head V-8? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-flathead-v8/804450.md?page=1)