Yup.
I can't be too harsh because I did the same thing when I got my Dart. I was rebuilding the trans within two months. Previous owner forgot to hook the kickdown back up when he swapped the carb.
I test drove it a few miles (he had supposedly only idled it after the carb swap, and I had reason to beleive him). I hooked it up for him before I left and then bought the car the next day.
That test drive was enough. I made it a couple hundred miles before it was roached, but roached it was anyway.
