A friend just bought a 68 charger 383/727 combo. The car runs & drives real good. He drove the car home from the seller's house which was 450 miles away without any problems at all. When we started checking the car over, we discovered there is no kickdown linkage for the tranny. Someone pulled the kickdown lever on the tranny all the way forward & put a spring on it to keep it there. My friend said he did not get on it at all on the way home & babied it. Is this tranny toast, or if he puts a kickdown set-up on it (Bouchillon kit)& sets it properly will it be OK? He said when he was checking out the car, he was so excited, he just didn't notice that the linkage was not there.