Project Freeway Fats is a '39 Ford Tudor sedan. In this series of build-up stories, we're detailing the fabrication, restoration and assembly of the car using some of the top builders in the country ...

The original AOD (Automatic Overdrive) transmission was basically the old cast iron Ford FMX reborn as a lighter more fuel efficient overdrive slush box in 1980. The AOD had the FMX’s super rugged ...

Ford’s hardy cable-modulated Automatic Overdrive (AOD) was produced from 1980 to 1991, then became an electronically controlled transmission known as the AOD-E in 1991. Later, the AOD-E became the ...

We've all got to believe in something. I know adults who insist that the world is flat, and I know those who believe in the Easter Bunny. And then there's Len Bertrand. Bertrand believes that the Ford ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 104, SECTION 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CARS, Part 2 (1995), pp. 1689-1697 (10 pages) A transmission system model for Ford Motor Company's automatic transmission (AOD) system used ...

Professionally restored Ford custom truck rides on a Ford LTD chassis with 302 V8, AOD transmission, and new A/C system. A standout blend of vintage style and modern mechanicals, a 2021 ASPT Ford ...