How to spot a Ford pushrod V-8, from flathead to 460
How to spot a Ford pushrod V-8, from flathead to 460 Hagerty 1/25/2021 © Provided by Hagerty Mecum Let’s say it’s your lucky day, and you’ve found an engine laying around in the back of a garage with an unknown history. Or maybe you’re trying to discern which engine was swapped into a car, and all of the aftermarket parts between the fenders are muddying the waters. In any case, the first step is always to identify the engine. Determining precisely which engine you’re looking at under the hood can be difficult. Heck, sometimes a brand produced more engine families in the same d...