Thanks for all the help here on the transmission. Even though I did get the car running, I only ran it for about two minutes. It is so **** loud because 1)it has straight pipes and 2) there is a terrible exhaust leak. I don't know why I didn't think to check the fluid before I got it fired up, but I didn't. Actually, I was pretty surprised when it started. My concern is that the previous owners let it run for a long time and never thought to check the fluid. I sent them an e-mail and they said "if that is all that was wrong, I will kick myself." Man, if they sold this car because they couldn't get it to move and were worried about an expensive transmission problem, oh well! Their loss, my gain.