What memories flatheads bring back!
Nothing sounds as good as a flathead with glass pack mufflers. I had a Crosley (http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/cros4801.htm) station wagon with a Ford 60 V8 in it, cut down torque tube Ford read end. That little V8 barely fit in that Crosley.
For a block or so it would pull a '55 Power Pack Chevy but ran out of gears. I used the rear tires and wheels off the old Harley 3-wheel police bikes.
These 60HP V-8's were quite popular in the '50's and '60's in motorcycles as were the later 85 and 100 HP flatheads. If you bored out a Cushman motor scooter to go from 3HP to 4HP, you used a V-8 60 piston.
