Well, always having friends or relatives or chauffeurs to take you where you want to go is certainly cheaper.
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.
Jumping in here to say, great poster name and thread title combo.
Enola Straight-6, or Ford Flat Head V-8?