Over the years, the trucks have certainly become more sophisticated. Take transmissions for example. At one time the only choices were "three-on-the-tree" or "four-on-the-floor" manual boxes. When ...

Ford's Automatic Overdrive (AOD) transmission arrived in 1980 in full-size Fords, Mercurys, and the Lincoln Continental. As the AOD became available in more applications during the 1980s, including ...

It's interesting to take an occasional look back at our hobby to consider all the changes that have taken place. Street rods have certainly evolved, and it's probably safe to say the quality of the ...

The AOD was not a clean-sheet-of-paper design from Ford-it was based off the venerable three-speed C4 automatic. Now that Ford's automatic overdrive transmission has been around for so long, we ...

Allison Transmission Sept. 14 introduced to the media a radically different 10-speed fully automatic twin-countershaft range-type truck transmission called the TC-10. Allison says production will ...

Allison Transmission Sept. 14 introduced to the media a radically different, 10-speed fully automatic, twin-countershaft, range-type truck transmission called the TC 10 TS. The unit will be marketed ...