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 ...

In 1980 Ford introduced its first automatic overdrive transmission, dubbed the AOD (automatic overdrive). The design wasn't entirely new, as it was based on its popular FMX passenger-car transmission.

Horse Sense:The NMRA apparently recognizes the drag-racing capabilities of the AOD/AODE, since it no longer gives these automatics a weight break versus a manual gearbox in either Factory Stock or ...

The popularity of the Ford AOD transmission is well known. That extra gear on the highway is a real nice thing, and if you plan on driving your truck daily or quite often, then an AOD transmission ...