"The Modern Car with the V-8 Engine" Ford Motor Company Advertisement, 1936

Ford's low-priced V-8 engine, introduced in 1932, was still going strong four years later. The automaker's cars received a facelift for 1936 that included a restyled front end and new side louvers in the hood. This ad refers to easier gear shifting as an improvement that year. Smoother helical gears replaced basic spur gears for first and reverse in 1936.