When the Y-Block V8 was rolled out for the 1954 model year, it was the Ford division’s first modern overhead-valve V8, and it was a much-needed replacement for Henry Ford’s final personal triumph, the trusty flathead V8 introduced way back in 1932. However, the Y-Block wasn’t the Dearborn automaker’s first OHV V8, as Lincoln received a new 317 cubic-inch V8 in 1952.
