Weird Groove on Converter snout/bad leak

Yes there are lot of days when i think about selling all the classics and buying ONE nice NEW blown Hemi Challenger. Something i can turn the key and blast down the thruway with the A/C cranking instead of constantly wrenching/swearing and tossing gobs of $$$ at the old girls all the time! BUT in my opinion, anyone can do that and there isn't a lot of pride in going that route.
That sucks about the starter though, I can pull my mini starter out from behind my Dougs headers, It always takes time to figure exactly what angle to twist it though before it falls out.
I'll keep you all posted on what the tranny shop says!