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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

09 Apr 2025

2025 Early V-8 Texas Driving Tour Hallettsville, Texas

We are glad to finally announce the 2025 Early V-8 Texas Driving Tour, based in Hallettsville Tx. This will be a back to basics driving tour, inspired by a National Driving Tour your organizers attended. There will be four days of driving through the Texas countryside, mostly on two lane roads. We will visit several historical Texas Revolution sites on our travels. If you are interested you can join for all four days of touring. For those who prefer a shorter tour we still have something for you, you can arrive on Friday and join for just Saturday’s fun. Saturday’s drive is more local, visiting the painted churches around Schulenburg Tx. If you want something in between you can join on Thursday or Friday and stay through Saturday. We are striving for an affordable tour. We are controlling cost so that each participant can do as much or as little as they desire. We have not seen a Texas Tour done like this before, so we don’t have a prediction on how many people will participate on each day. Since we cannot predict the number of participants for any given day, the museum entry fees and meals are not included in the tour registration. Registration fee will cover a tour book and a Friday evening ice cream social. There will be a follow up email with tour registration information including cost and a registrar's phone number. The host hotel is the Hotel Texas in Hallettsville Tx, phone 361-798-5900, website: http://www.hoteltexas.net/#/ More information to follow. Thank you, Fred Mills

21 Jun 2025

National Drive Your V-8 Day Everywhere -

Annual National Drive Your V-8 Day. Whether you take your Ford Motor Company vehicle out alone or join a group, this is the day. Enjoy your ride, share your ride, but no matter have fun. Don't forget to take a membership application along to hand out to interested parties. And don't forget to bring your camera to record your adventure. The V-8 TIMES editor would be interested in you sharing your drive.

22 Jun 2025

2025 Central National Meet

Full Registration Now Available!! 2025 Central National Meet sponsored by the Northern Illinois Regional Group #8. To be held in Springfield Illinois For Registration Forms and More Information click on the link below.

27 Jun 2025

2025 Scandinavian V-8 Meet Oslo, Norway

2025 Scandinavian V-8 Meet hosted in Norway. Contact Per Oivind Martinsen Mano Fiendom AS Bryggegata 14 0250 Oslo, 922 55 501

Celebrating75years

The EFV-8 Club Salutes the 1950

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REGIONAL GROUP ANNIVERSARIES CELEBRATED IN 2025

Regional Groups set to celebrate!

Jan 1, 2025
Anniversary Recognition Committee

CONGRATULATIONS “2025” R.G. CHARTER ANNIVERSARIES !!!

55 Years:

RG # 27, Redwood Empire (February 08, 2025)
RG # 28, Hi-Country (February 08, 2025),
RG # 29, Central San Joaquin (March 22, 2025)
RG # 31, Diablo Valley (September 13, 2025)
RG # 32, Mission Trail (November 22, 2025)
RG # 35, Badger State (November 22, 2025)
RG # 36, National Capital (November 22, 2025)

50 Years:

RG # 72, Central Kentucky Thoroughbred (February 09, 2025)
RG # 77, Cedar Valley (February 09, 2025)
RG # 79, Tumbleweed (April 20, 2025)
RG # 82, Umpqua Flatheads (April 20, 2025)
RG # 85, Beaver State (December 14, 2025)

45 Years:

RG # 109, Vancouver Island (September 05, 2025)
RG # 110, Natural State V-8s (October 23, 2025)

40 Years:

RG # 123, Heart of Texas (July 24, 2025)
RG # 124, St. Louis (November 03, 2025)

30 Years:

RG # 141, Ohio (January 13, 2025)
RG # 143, New South Wales (October 21, 2025)
RG # 144, East Texas Lazy 8s (October 21, 2025)

25 Years:

RG # 157, Queensland (July 29, 2025)

20 Years:

RG # 164, V-8 Club of Argentina (January 21, 2025)

Announcing A New Award

In Tribute to Members Extraordinary Contributions

Dec 12, 2024

In 2024, our long time National Treasurer David Rehor announced his retirement from the position. The National Board wanted to do something to recognize David’s commitment and tenure as Treasurer. It was suggested that David’s name be attached to an award for individual Early Ford V-8 members as a way to recognize certain extraordinary contributors. This award will be known as the David G. Rehor Award.

The following is criteria for receiving the award.

The purpose of the award is to recognize long-term efforts by individual members to research, preserve and share the specifics of Ford Motor Company’s vehicles during the 1932 to 1953 period.

Such efforts are by their very nature long term and perhaps not normally recognized as such as it is if by magic that a printed history of a group of Ford vehicles appears on the shelves of the Club’s Online Store. Not well understood are the hundreds, no, thousands of hours expended to bring forth an accurate history to be shared with the Club’s members and other like-minded enthusiasts.

It does not end there as there are updates that are continuously shared both on the Club website and on other venues.

This award is in recognition of the efforts of those few individuals who have committed themselves to this worthy task.

The Club would like to announce the winners of the David G. Rehor Award for 2024.

Don Rogers, Michael Kubarth and Dave Gunnarson.

Don is the author of the multi printed 1935-1936 Ford Book, besides being the Club’s book layout coordinator. This means that he has been part of every book that the Club has published. And he is also the 1935 Ford Tech Advisor.

Michael is the author of the Club’s 1940 Ford Book and the 1939-1940 Tech Advisor.

Dave is the author of the Club’s 1935-1936 Ford Model 51 Truck Book and the Truck and Commercial Tech Advisor.

Congratulations!

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