my 65 rambler... sounds like a dying cow. (long)

["Brian Hagen" <brian.hagen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well i got behind the wheel of my newly acquired 65 Rambler and it runs (or 
doesnt run) real bad. I want to bring it to my local mechanic but at the 
point it is right now..im leary to even take it off my driveway.

Symptoms:
Jumps out of Park into Reverse - could be a bad cam in the steering column 
or unaligned transmission linkage.  For now, I start it in Neutral, and for 
the sake of others.. never leave it in idle!

After crankin and crankin.. the starter is VERY loud. WHIRR WHURR. And the 
cranking is the loudest ive ever heard on any car ive ever owned! How 
difficult is it to find a replacement starter for this car? Its the larger 6 
engine from 1965.  Can this be gotten thru NAPA or do I need to find the 
holy grail?

If i am lucky to get it started.. and it runs.. its very loud and ka-chunky. 
Body shakes like a herion addict. And there is a moo-ing sound from the 
front of the transmission.  I got underneath and moved the metal cover that 
shield the hole (a hole! that surprised me) and i hear teeth then klinkin.. 
Hmm. doesnt sound good in any fashion.  The Mooing is worse at stop, less 
while in motion (sometimes)

But if i do get it started and it idles.. there is a loud whirrring (mooing) 
sound from that area.. Any ideas of what that might be?

Under the hood, i noticed an unconnected cable that Im guessing is the 
manual choke line.  Ok, i can deal with fixing that.

This car was presented to me in a MUCH better state that it is. Im trying to 
decide my plan of attack (or concession) on it.

Thanks for any help or advice  you may have,
Brian