Allard Car History Allard Motor Company Limited was an English car manufacturer founded by Sydney Allard which operated from small premises in south London. Car manufacture almost ceased within a dec ...
Allard J2 (1950 to 1952) Sydney Allard soon saw the potential of the economically more vibrant – but sports car starved – US market and developed a special competition model to tap it, the J2. The ne ...
Engine Cylinder block A cylinder block is an integrated structure comprising the cylinder(s) of a reciprocating engine and often some or all of their associated surrounding structures (coolant passag ...
Engine Firing order The firing order is the sequence of power delivery of each cylinder in a multi-cylinder reciprocating engine. This is achieved by sparking of the spark plugs in a gasoline engine ...
Flathead engine A flathead engine (aka sidevalve engine, flathead, or flatty) is an internal combustion engine with valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder hea ...
Ford Country Squire First generation 1950 to 1951 Overview Production 1950–1951 Body and chassis Body style 2-door station wagon Platform 1949 Ford Related Ford Custom Deluxe Powertrain Engine 226 cu ...
Ford Country Squire Second generation 1952 to 1954 Overview Also called Ford Country Sedan Production 1952–1954 Body and chassis Body style 4-door station wagon Platform 1952 Ford Related Ford Crestl ...
Ford Y-block V8 Engine Manufacturer Ford Motor Company Production 1954-1964 Predecessor Flathead V8 Successor Ford Windsor engine Ford 335 Cleveland V8 Configuration Small-block OHV V8 The Y-block en ...
V8 engine A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, w ...
