Took a couple few hours the last few nights and pulled the trans, bell housing, clutch and flywheel. Exhaust and driveshaft had to come out as well of course. The down pipe and cat look pretty good - not sure how to test the cat to see if it is stopped up or not though.

I did find out the rear freeze plug is a problem. It was completely out and laying in the bottom of the bell housing. Unfortunately it appears it may have been there for a long time so I am not sure how long the car was run like that.

Below is the raw used up clutch and bell housing... needs a cleaning.

New Nose

It is just sitting there thus the hood misalignment but looks MUCH better than this