Build a 904 or buy one off the shelf?

I have a question similar to this thread. I have a 71 dart swinger with a 318 and a 904 automatic torqueflite transmission. I am new to owning classic cars, just last weekend I noticed that the dart when shifting from 1st to 2nd gear the car shifts then revs like it like it is slipping or something! I don't even know if it shifting into 3rd. Before I could distinctly feel the shifting between all three gears. Any ideas on what is wrong all of a sudden? And how much it should cost to fix?

If you don't want to rebuild it yourself. Find Butch in Hemet to rebuild it. Good guy and reasonable. You'll have to take it to him. I have his number somewhere around here.

Check simple stuff first.