The new 351, nicknamed the Cleveland after Ford's Engine Plant Number 2, where it was produced, was yet another completely new engine from a completely new engine family Ford called the 335.

The true origins of Ford’s oddball 351 Cleveland 335-series engine family may never be completely known. Suffice it to say this was an engine born for racing th ...

The closing of Ford's Cleveland Engine Plant No. 2 marks the end of the home of the "Cleveland" engine, a 351 cubic-inch V-8 that Ford made between 1969 and 1972.