65 dart rising from the dead!???

the guy that runs the local country garage, ( bout my age), ( old), drove a mopar something decades ago when he was in the service out in c alif. said he drove it 2 years there with NO reverse!! LOL yea, people were tough back then!!! LOL
hope to get it rebuilt by next spring. and to the fabo member that told me to attempt a tranny rebuild on the kitchen table>>>>>> NOooooo!