New to me, bad tranny cause engine to die out???

[1972_Buford]

Driving down the road and truck starts to sputter. Put it in neutral and it still dies. Park it and check tranny fluid which shows incredibly low. Truck fires up revs fine. put in gear drives a little starts to sputter, put it in neutral try to rev a little but just dies and wont start back up while rolling. I was able to start it and limp it home at 35mph. So I figure tranny is burnt up but would that cause engine to die and not want to restart in neutral while rolling? My past experience is it would not shift or no power to the rear wheels. weird to me. Also made a weird clicking noise over 5 mph. Not when stopped though, I also contribute this to the transmission.

BTW 350/350 72 long bed 3/4 ton.



Any help would be great as I plan on taking tranny out and having it rebuilt with new torque converter. Anything else I should look at?? I thought a new fuel pump but when I got home, parked it and rev'ed it in park with no issues.

Thanks,
-B