Bob Momcilovich's Lake of the Woods, Californiabased '64 Mustang currently runs a '68 289ci V8 backed by a wide-ratio Ford Top Loader four-speed trans and 8-inch Ford rearend stuffed with a ...

Ford has made plenty of powerful transmissions throughout its lifetime, but the Toploader is iconic for how rugged and long-lasting it can be.

When they said necessity was the mother of invention they must have been thinking of Ford Motor Company in the ’60s, with both the cross-bolted 427ci Side Oiler and the Top Loader four-speed ...

For more than a decade, installing an overdrive-automatic or manual transmission into a vintage Mustang has been a popular upgrade. It's more common these days, but some people still aren't convinced ...

Ford's "RUG" top loader 4-speed has been around in one form or another since 1964. Up until its first phase out in 1973, it was built as a "conventional" transmission with 1:1 final drive ratio. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The answer to why Ford's Toploader transmission was so robust lies in its name. It features a brawny cast-iron case that's only ...