I don't really see the woe part, the car is what, 17yrs old--how fricken cool is that--it lived this long on the oe tranny? How much mileage is on this thing?

I'd say junk yard or autozone for a new re built tranny and have you and gramps slam the new one in. 160mi, what could you do, destroy and already dead tranny, drive it to grampa's house and gett'r done. :thumbup:

No telling what's wrong w/ the next $1500 ride you get.

Although I have a clean '97 Chevy S10 I could sell you for under $3000