For anyone that's been looking forward to pictures of the exploded tranny, here ya go

Lookie! Tranny insides! My buddy tried to pull the tranny casing apart but couldn't, but you can still see the part of the housing that cracked.

going 180 on the casing, here's a hole that was blown through the casing

lovely motor mount fix the previous owner did

pieces of tranny casing in my hand
Update on the situation:
Tranny's off, motor's outta the engine. My buddy decided to rip apart the block and see the engine's real age. Head got taken off and sandblasted, he's reassembling the head at his apartment, then he's off to his friend's house (were the car's at) to reassemble the block, either attach the tranny and drop it in, or drop in the block and attach the tranny, whichever seems easier. All 4 motor mounts are being replaced, too. Should (being the operative word) be up and running by monday.