The dawn of the 1970s brought a new landscape to automobile manufacturing. The muscle car movement had peaked, imports continued to take market share, governmental regulations were on the rise, and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Bill Cole began restoring his 1970 Ford Mustang about a year ago, the first thing he did was slap a Cleveland into it. To muscle car fans like Cole, a Cleveland is Ford's ...

Over in the Ford camp, they watched with great interest as the new 396 Daytona Mystery Motor from Chevrolet was introduced in 1965. The very successful engine featured a splayed-valve arrangement, ...

One of Ford's most legendary engines is also one of its most short-lived. The 351 Cleveland small-block V-8 had a short production life-'70-'74 ('70-'73 in the Mustang) before it vanished into ...