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I have an AOD in mine and love it. It's not your fathers slushbox. It is retooled by LenTec out of Ontario Canada. I have it hooked up to a ratchet shifter that lets me pick the gear I want when I need it. (Down shifting it won't grab 1st until under 5mph) You can find Lentec advertised in the 5.0 Mustang magazines.
Yes, I spent many years with stick shifts and always loved them but don't miss it in this car. I get the feel of a manual without the headach.
As to being authentic, I belive that many of the street cobras were sold with automatics.
PS. Do not downshift a stock AOD. As it was explaned to me 3rd gear and overdrive(4th) stay engaged for a few moments when you do. I managed to eat up my origial stock AOD in about 10,000 miles doing this.
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