5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 98

For American auto enthusiasts, the V8 engine has almost mythical status. It powered the chrome bedecked tail finned behemoths of the 1950s, and the Ford flathead 8 was the engine of choice for pioneering hotrodders. Few. however, know that the V8 engine is almost as old as the automobile itself. And fewer know that as with Chevrolet, the V8 engine was an import. 

On this fun filled program its another opportunity to fill the head with useless knowledge as America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley, shares a bit of obscure history about the legendary V8 engine. 

This program is sponsored in part by the iconic Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico and through the magic of crowdfunding on the Patreon platform.