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The Early Ford V‑8 Club of America

Preserving Flathead Fords Around the World

Founded in San Leandro, California in 1963, our club recognizes all Ford Motor Company vehicles made between 1932 and 1953, including Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, commercial vehicles, tractors and other Ford powered vehicles built around the world utilizing the 4, 6, 8, and 12 cylinder engines produced by Ford Motor Company.

Today, as the Marquee Club of our represented vehicles, with membership of over 9,000 and 125 Regional Groups worldwide, we are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of all Ford Motor Company vehicles built between 1932 and 1953.

The club's award-winning, bi-monthly magazine, the V-8 Times, is circulated all over the world and is acclaimed as one of the best car club magazines anywhere. The V-8 Times features technical articles, shop tips, questions and answers by our panel of experts, nostalgia, club and regional group news, offerings of accessories and restoration manuals found nowhere else - plus classified ads for cars and parts.

If you're not already a member, we invite you to Join Today and explore the works of the Early Ford V-8 Club of America.

Upcoming Events

24 May 2019

45th Annual Spring Fling - Kansas City RG # 55 Remington Nature Center - 1502 McArthur Dr, St Joseph, MO 64505

Join us in St. Joseph, Missouri for the 2019 Spring Fling, May 24 – 27, 2019. Hosted by the Kansas City Regional Group, #55 of The Early Ford V-8 Club of America The Spring Fling – 2019, is hosted this year in St. Joseph, Missouri. We hope that you will enjoy the activities and events that we have scheduled for your enjoyment. Friday, May 24 – Registration will open Friday afternoon, with the Welcome Picnic at the host hotel (The Red Lion) Saturday, May 25 – Saturday morning after breakfast we will line up (8:30) and drive the short distance to the Remington Nature Center for a tour of the Nature Center and the view of the mighty Missouri River. At 11:00 we will line up again and drive back by the hotel and drive to the Pony Express Museum for lunch and tour hosted by expert docents at the museum. The museum is the only museum along the entire 2,000 mile trail that tells the full story of the legendary 1860-1861 horseback relay mail service. The rest of the day and evening are open for you to do whatever you wish like taking in the Jesse James Museum (2 blocks from the Pony Express) or the St. Joseph Museum which houses a large collection of native American archaeological items. Sunday, May 26 – Sunday morning after breakfast (8:45 – 11:30)) we will start with the Car games and People games which will be held at the Remington Nature Center’s huge west parking lot. The afternoon is free time for local tours such as the Wyeth Tootle Mansion, or the Walter Cronkite Memorial (free admission) or relaxing. In the evening (6:00) we will enjoy a banquet at the Remington Nature Center where the prizes and trophies will be awarded. Monday, May 27 – Farewells

02 Jun 2019

40th Annual All Ford Picnic and No Trophy Show - Twin Cities RG # 46 Dunwoody College of Technology - 818 Dunwoody Blvd., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403

40th Annual All Ford Picnic and No Trophy Show. On the gounds of Dunwoody College of Technology – 818 Dunwoody Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55403. Just 7 miles west of the I-394 / I-494 interchange on Highway 12. Bring your favorite Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, or Edsel. Free admission for spectators. Free swap meet! $5 show car admission. For sale signs permitted. Concessions available. Public welcome. Parking available for non-Ford vehicles. MSRA Safety Inspection. Rain or shine. Co-sponsored by The Early Ford V-8 Club and The Mini Birds. Information: Mike Erickson 320-396-2473 Tom Kieffer 952-943-2286

15 Jun 2019

Early Ford V-8 Club National Drive Your Ford V-8 Day Everywhere in the V-8 realm -

Designated by the Early Ford V-8 Club for the 3rd Saturday in June. Get your Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Ford Truck, or Ford Tractor out and about. Drive alone or with a group, but hit the road and have an enjoyable day. Photos are always welcome from your day out with your Ford V-8. Don't forget to bring some membership forms along for prospective members you meet along the way.

05 Jul 2019

Scandinavian Ford V-8 Meeting in Norway- sponsored by RG # 102 Horten, Norway

On the behalf of the Early Ford V-8 Club - Norway we would like to invite all International members of The Early Ford V-8 Club to this year’s annual Scandinavian Ford V-8 meeting in Horten, Norway. This years meeting will be held in antique naval facilities at Karljohansvern by the beautiful Oslo Fjord, one hour drive south of Oslo. We have booked the entire family owned hotel “Sjømilitære Samfund” for the whole weekend. We welcome you to email us at scandv8@earlyfordv8.no. Please do so by April 15th, or ASAP depending on when you have the next issue of the V-8 TIMES in your hand. We will then personally reply to you and offer you all the assistance you might need regarding information, registration and booking.

Celebrating75years

The EFV-8 Club Salutes the 1944

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50 Years of V-8 TIMES thumb drive

Missing issue found and available for download

Apr 12, 2019

MORE The 50 Years of V-8 TIMES thumb drive is currently missing an issue. The issue is the November December 2006. For those that have purchased and currently own one of the thumb drives we are offering you a chance to download the missing issue and then add it to your thumb drive.

The down load can be found two places on the Early Ford V-8 Club web site. From the left menu you can click on V-8 TIMES and find it at the bottom of the page and you can also find it by clicking on Ford Information and then Ford Book Additions and Corrections.

Please be advised that the issue is very large and will take about 5 minutes or more to down load on normal DSL speed connections.

Early Ford V-8 Club Web Site Contest Results

Out of 52 Regional Group Web Sites

Mar 26, 2019

MORE The Early Ford V-8 Club web site committee wishes to announce the results of the 2018 web site contest.

1st Place -- Oklahoma City Regional Group #64 -- Marguerite Claybaugh webmaster

2nd Place -- Tulsa Regional Group #39 -- Marisa Claybaugh webmaster

3rd Place -- Early Ford V-8 Club of Sweden -- Peter Asariew webmaster

Honorable Mention -- Northern Illinois Regional Group #8 -- Ken Bounds web master

Many Regional Groups have outstanding and very informative web sites. If you are interested in checking any of the web sites out, they can be found from the Main Menu on the Home Page (on left). Click on Regional Club Directory to find any of the web sites.

Updates to the V-8 Forum - 03-26-2019

Multiple photos can now be loaded - and double postings have been corrected

Mar 26, 2019

MORE The web hosting company, BigGiantMedia, has been working hard to make changes and improvements to the Early Ford V-8 Club web site V-8 Forum. One of those changes has been to address the need to post more than one photo per discussion entry.
We would like to announce that this has been addressed and registered members can now post up to five photos with each V-8 Forum discussion entry.
Please note, so that all photo entries are of the same size and format, once you attach the photos to your discussion, it will take some time for the system to re-size and format the photos.
Let us know if you have any problems. We hope that you are pleased with the results.

And.........we believe we have corrected the double posting issue. This was where a entry was submitted, and then showed on the same discussion more than once.

Again, if it happens we would like to know.

REGIONAL GROUP ANNIVERSARIES CELEBRATED IN 2019

Regional Groups set to celebrate!

Feb 28, 2019
Anniversary Recognition Committee

CONGRATULATIONS “2019” R.G. CHARTER ANNIVERSARIES !!!

50 Years:

·               RG #14, Hudson Valley (February 02, 2019)
·               RG #15 East Tennessee (May 25, 2019)
·               RG #16, Central Carolina (May 25, 2019)
·               RG #17, Central Delaware Valley (May 25, 2019)
·               RG #18, Puget Sound (May 25, 2019)
·               RG #19, San Diego (July 13, 2019)
·               RG #20, Northern Ohio (August 10, 2019)
·               RG #21, Long Island (August 10, 2019)
·               RG #23, Inland Empire (October 04, 2019)
·               RG #24, Georgia (November 30, 2019)
·               RG #25, Wichita (November 30, 2019)

45 Years:

·               RG #66, Narragansett Bay (February 24, 2019)
·               RG #67, Dearborn (February 24, 2019)
·               RG #68, Hawk Mountain (April 28, 2019)
·               RG #69, Northern Indiana (August 18, 2019)
·               RG #71, Southern Texas (December 08, 2019)

40 Years:

·               RG #100, Bayou State (April 28, 2019)
·               RG #102, Norway (August 10, 2019)
·               RG #103, Northern New Zealand (October 14, 2019)
·               RG #104, Show Me (October 14, 2019)
·               RG #105, Greater Rockford (October 14, 2019)
·               RG #106, Derby City (December 09, 2019)

35 Years:

· RG #122, Big Country (April 13, 2019)

30 Years:

RG #129, Palm Beach (January 16, 2019)
RG #130 El Dorado (June 29, 2019)
RG #131 Connecticut (August 01, 2019)

25 Years:

RG #138, Northern California (April 16, 2019)

20 Years:

· RG #152, Birthplace of Speed (January 16, 2019)

· RG #153, Big Sky V-8 (January 16, 2019)

· RG #154, Maine Coast (January 16, 2019)

· RG #155, Central New York Flatheads (October 16, 2019)

15 Years:

· RG #163, Upstate South Carolina (July 24, 2019)

10 Years:

· RG #169, Auburn Blue Ovals (April 15, 2019)

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