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Automotive Restoration & Performance Aren’t Just Hobbies. They’re What Drives Us. In 1985, two friends decided to form a company based on their shared passion for driving cool, classic Mustangs. Fast forward 30+ years and CJ Pony Parts is still all about the love of automotive restoration and performance. They’re now one of the…

SEMA BATTLE OF THE BUILDERS PROJECT The following is a testimonial offered by this first-time entrant into the SEMA Battle of the Builders. Modern DriveLine is impressed with Thomas’s skill & the quality of this 1967 GT350. MDL we’re just a small part of this beautiful machine and wanted to feature this great build.…

              You’ll Get Better Fuel Economy While modern automatics are more fuel-efficient today than they were even 10 years ago, they still can’t compensate for human intuition. A new automatic transmission might have a lock-up torque converter and 8 speeds, but it can’t see the terrain…

Video series TKX 5-speed Goes Racing in an ’86 Fox-body Mustang

      CLASSIC HOT-ROD MADE MODERN Tremec T5 5-Speed In a ’31-Hiboy Hot-Rod Ford Powered Hot Rod / Street Rod Conversions link GM Powered Hot Rod / Street Rod Conversions link Here are some great shots of a customer’s install of our specially modified T5z 5-speed into his 1931 High…

Bruce Couture owner of Modern Driveline has a few cars in his stable, one happens to be a Vintage Blue Ford Econoline. Here are a few words from a podcast short clip about his Van. https://videos.bozeken.com/downloads/3lefts/Bruce/ShagWagon.mp4

REAL GARAGE STORIES This serious’69 Sportsroof Mustang features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.              Original Specs: Exterior : Red Interior: Black Engine: 289 V8  295HP Trans: 4-speed top loader Additional Equipment:   Current Specs: Exterior : Red Interior: Black Engine 494ci Can-Am V8 HP Trans: Tremec TKO  5-speed – by Modern…

REAL GARAGE STORIES This cruiser’66 Mustang fastback features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.     Original Specs:   Exterior : Red Interior: Red Engine: 289 V8  295HP Trans: 4-speed top loader   Current Specs:   Exterior : Red Interior: Red Engine V8 HP Trans: Tremec T5z  5-speed – by Modern Driveline   HORSEPOWER: 295hp  …

REAL GARAGE STORIES This bright red-on-white 65 Mustang fastback features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.               Original Specs:   Exterior : Red Interior: Black Engine: 289 V8  306HP Trans: 4-speed top loader   Current Specs:   Exterior : Red Interior: White Engine 289 V8  306HP Trans: Tremec T5z  5-speed…

REAL GARAGE STORIES This white’65 Mustang coupe features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.     Original Specs:   Exterior : White Interior: Red Engine: 289 V8  295HP Trans: 4-speed top loader Additional Equipment:   Current Specs:   Exterior : White Interior: Red Engine 289 V8  295HP Trans: Tremec T5z  5-speed – by Modern Driveline Additional…

REAL GARAGE STORIES This cruiser ’66 Mustang coupe features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.   Original Specs:   Exterior : Blue Interior: Blue Engine: 289 V8  280HP Trans: 4-speed top loader Additional Equipment:   Current Specs:   Exterior : Blue Interior: Blue Engine 289 V8  280HP Trans: Tremec T5z  5-speed – by Modern Driveline Additional…

REAL GARAGE STORIES This bright yellow 65 Mustang fastback features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.       Original Specs:   Exterior : Yellow with Black Stripes Interior: Black Engine: 289 V8  227HP Trans: 4-speed top loader   Current Specs: Exterior : Yellow with Black Stripes Interior: Black Engine 289 V8  300HP Trans: Tremec T5z …

REAL GARAGE STORIES This touring’66 Mustang GT fastback features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package. with the great weather this winter in Oregon, I have been able to put about 900 miles on it so far. I would like to thank you for the help and the fast shipping. 66 GT Fastback, 9” w/ 3:89 track…

REAL GARAGE STORIES This serious’68 Mustang coupe features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.             Original Specs:   Exterior : Red Interior: Black Engine: 289 V8  295HP Trans: 4-speed top loader Additional Equipment:   Current Specs:   Exterior : Red Interior: Black Engine V8 HP Trans: Tremec T5z  5-speed – by…

REAL GARAGE STORIES This serious’67 Mustang fastback features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package.              Original Specs:   Exterior : Black Interior: Black Engine: 289 V8  295HP Trans: 4-speed top loader   Current Specs:   Exterior : Black Interior: Black Engine V8 HP Trans: Tremec T5z  5-speed – by Modern Driveline…

REAL GARAGE STORIES This beautiful original ’67 Shelby GT350 – Production Number #1392 features an MDL 5-Speed Conversion Package I wanted to maintain as much of the stock appearance throughout the car as possible while also enhancing the overall performance. It was very important that the car was modified with respect to the original…

BREAKDOWN OF MUSTANG TRANSMISSIONS FROM 1979 TO PRESENT   SROD (SINGLE-RAIL OVERDRIVE) The Single-Rail Overdrive, otherwise known as the SROD, is considered a “wide-ratio” 4-speed gearbox and features a smooth aluminum case with fully synchronized forward gears. The reverse was left unsynchronized. The input shaft is a 10-spline while the output shaft is a 28-spline.…

After the required 500 mile break-in period I put my 67 Mustang on track at Thunderhill Raceway.

A ’92 Mustang LX tribute build remembering an extraordinary friend who comes but once in a lifetime.”

Modern Driveline

In 2012, tired of the boredom he chucked the automatic, replacing it with a TKO 600 five-speed package from MDL

MDL brings your 1979-93 Mustang into the 21st Century with crispy T-56 Magnum smoothness and performance

Out Of The Relative Quiet Of Oregon’s Rogue Valley Comes The Undeniable Roar Of Brute Ford Power Jim Smart June 1, 2007 Medford, Oregon, hides in plain sight along Interstate 5, just north of the California border. This largely agricultural community is on the beaten path, yet far enough off of it that the masses…

Carla Coleman’s Father Bought This ’65 Fastback Brand-New. She And Husband Jerry Have Rebuilt It Into A Modern Cruiser Donald Farr Former Editor, Mustang Monthly June 1, 2010 Photos By: Jerry Heasley In November 1964, Charles Modesitt placed an order for a Rangoon Red ’65 Mustang fastback. While most buyers chose the new fastback body style…

Remove the stock transmission from a 2008 Mustang GT & replace it with a TREMEC T-56 Magnum XL 6-speed