Mannnnn.... My son and I have a 71 dart w/a slant six. Engine is strong but automatic TRANS is no good. We just got it running and went for a test drive only to find out TRANS is shot. To bad you live in Vermont but great luck.
Its about to all go to scrap in the next week or so. So best offer plus shipping takes it. Supping a trans to ca would prob be expensive but I guess if you got it for a song it might be worth it lol