[unruhjonny]

I may not know a whole lot about them, but that article is the very first time I have read it being suggested that the flathead ford engine was unreliable.

Older stuff required more maintenance period - maybe the authors personal bias placed it on the list?

I also think the the cited three year run of the Chevy 267 (79-80-81) is wrong;
It’s possible that the Malibu sedan I had was an ‘81, but I thought it was an ‘82 - it had that gutless small block. It may have been gutless, but it was reliable.
The same article suggested that the Pontiac 265 was made for longer than the Chev 267;
Is that correct??
I thought I read that the last Pontiav V8 was a 301 - and that it was built in (?)1981…??