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You will find a Ford AOD in these donor vehicles: 1980-'92 Ford and Mercury full-size cars with V-6 and V-8 engines
1980-'92 Grand Marquis and Crown Victoria with 4.6 or 5.0 V-8 engines
1983-'86 Ford LTD with a six-cylinder
1984-'93 Mustang and Cougar with transmission code PKA (V-6 and V-8)
1984-'86 Mercury Capri with transmission code PKA
1980-'92 Thunderbird with transmission code PKA
1985-'90 Bronco with 5.0 V-8 engines
1981-'93 Ford pickup and E-vans with V-8 engines
1991-'93 Ford pickups and vans with a 7.3-liter diesel engine
1980-'93 Lincoln (except Versailles) with V-8 engines
..and cheap is relative. A donor AOD will likely need to be rebuilt sooner rather than later to handle an FE so add that to a up front or future cost.
I recall an FE-spec, rebuilt AOD already runs around $3,000 from Performance Automatic. That's nearly the price of a new TKO and only half the fun of rowing your own gears.