While flatheads are cool little motors (except temperaturewise ), I started in this hobby just as they were starting to fall from popularity. We were shoving Olds and Caddy engines into every engine bay where a flatmotor previously resided. The reason.......OHV engines were just more efficient.

I like seeing a rod powered by a well dressed flattie, and still think they are one of the prettiest engines when done right, but I will probably never own one. I like to log tons of miles on my cars, and I don't want to get 500 miles from home and need some part that I can't pickup at Autozone or NAPA.

But, if you are into the nostalgia thing, and a flathead is what you really want, go for it. The price of admission will be high, especially if you want to create a reasonably well put together version, but nothing in this hobby is cheap anyway.

Don