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From your description, it sounds like you have a clutch problem not a transmission problem. Are you able to make clutchless shifts once the car is under way?
If you have eliminated the pedal assembley and clutch cable, that pretty much leaves the parts in the bell housing as culprits. The most likely candidate is the clutch throw bearing release fork. Usually one or the other of the arms starts a crack near the splined portion of the fork. This gradually (or not so gradaully) widens which can initially be taken up with the clutch cable adjustment. At some point the crack is beyond the range of the cable adjustment. No clutch.
I suppose there is a possibility of a collasped pressure plate or striped splines on the the throw out shaft but these are quite a bit less likely to occur.
At any rate, it sounds like it is engine drop time. If it is the clutch fork that is bad, our fine board sponsor, Pelican Parts has the fork at about $66 and a couple of shaft seals.
Depending on miles and usage since the last time the engine was down, I would do the following at the same time or least take a hard look at:
transmission output shaft seal
TO bearing guide tube
TO bearing
Clutch pack
Rear main seal
flywheel needle bearing
all the misc. oil seals, gaskets, and hoses at the back of the engine.
It sounded like you may have some transmission issues that are seperate from the above items. Obviously a good time to take care of those as well.
Good luck
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