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 AOD might have kicked off the overdrive era in Ford's passenger car history, but it was hardly considered a performance transmission-unlike today's highly praised and tough 5R55S five-speed auto.

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...