The flathead experience is the sight, the sound, and the smell. I love it because I grew up with it, and it reminds me of my father. a 289, 302, or 351 do none of that for me.

If I bolted in a Gen VI crate engine, I could scoff at all the 289, 302, and 351 powered trucks, asking "who would want to run that obsolete junk?"

The flatheads can be made to go fast. There is an 8.8 second flathead dragster closing on ebay today: 2488098111