I believe it has to do with the small trans tunnel (floorpan) used that year. Someone will jump in if I am wrong. I think you have to do some extensive mods to the floorpan to enlarge the tranny hump. Maybe even firewall too. On the AOD: I have heard it said that the early cable versions are the ones that must be used on an early swap, however they are the weakest. Even in a truck... The AODE, especially the latest available are strong, but must be computer controlled. The companies that build aftermarket AODs pretty much rebuild them with AODE internals, and/or totally redesigned parts.
Aod The truck or van AOD are the best ones. Carb=rod and get all the pieces from the carb. AOD has issues fitting in the earlier Mavs. 71+ is not a problem. I put a 89 van AOD in a 72 Grabber without a problem. I made my own crossmember. Used a rod off a carbed AOD with the kickdown lever for a Ford to work the rod. Been running for 5 yrs now without a problem.
The 69/70 years never had a v8. The car was based more on the Falcon body, so has a tighter tunnel until the later v8 was put in as an option prompting the design change.
I have 3 AOD's in the shed, a 92 mustang 5.0 AOD, cougar 5.0 AOD and a AOD that was given to me with a 3,500 stall converter,but don't know where it came from/veh. is their any codes to classify the trans ?????
