Compression Test Results & Thoughts

My father and i borrowed a compression tester from a friend of ours who restores older cars, and my dad and i could not do the compression test correctly to save our lives. So we called him up and he finally got out here on Saturday & they ran the test and got the results.

Piston - PSI
1 - 190
2 - 180
3 - 200
4 - 205
5 - 200
6 - 195
7 - 185
8 - 190


As for my thoughts, it seems to be fairly even, not perfect but it's also a 10+ year old engine, that the previous owner installed. It sounds great and i dont particularly want to touch it mechanicly, i'd like to leave it.

The Transmission however bothers me some. It has a minor leak and the linkage is lose, the linkage is a simple fix, however the leak is what worries me. Family friend of ours says you can find a plane-jane 350 auto trans in auto magazines for 800-900$. I'm curious how that's cheaper than a rebuild - but i'll take it. I need to determine if the current transmission is bad first however.

The Body i believe will be one of the later things- i'll get it straight, and the bed lined. but it's all going to come in due time & money.