In defense of 6 cylinders

[38 coupe]

I'm going to be a bit blasphemous, I’m going to talk up the lowly Ford six cylinder engine in the 32-53 V8 forum. I have had, and still own, flathead V8 powered early Fords, and they are good vehicles. With a bit of tinkering all but the worst worn out engines have started quickly, run smoothly, and provided that flathead torque curve that makes it fun to drive. So if the V8 is so good, why bring up the six cylinders, particularly when no amount of pretending will make that inline six exhaust sound like a flathead V8?

Simple, I just looked at my log book for what is probably the least sexy car on this forum, my 1953 Ford four door six cylinder sedan. Since rebuilding the 215 six cylinder in 2013 it has logged almost 21,000 miles, many at highway speeds. I don’t have records from the first thirteen years I owned the car, but I think I have put around 50,000 miles on the car in the last twenty years. Who else is having a great time driving a six cylinder Ford from the early V8 years?