Ok I shattered my clutch on saturday and I am going to have to have it replaced because it is 100 miles away and I am hurting for time so I cant do it myself and all the places I have called want around $1100 to do it... it is a 96 v6 5speed... anybody know why it is so much... I really need help on what to do here... somebody help me

The reason it is so expensive is cause of the labor. They have to drop the front frame to get access to the tranny.

Shop around if you can. An $80 tow to another shop might be cheaper.

I did change mine few months ago. I bought my parts from Jenkins for about $240 and I paid about $350 for the labor. I think. I know they guy went higher on me after starting the job. He said "he didn't know" about the frame issue.

And after removing my old clutch I just discovered that I didn't need a new clutch. I guess I'll have to stick with my car for another 100,000 miles

Here is my old clutch. It would last more 50,000 miles with me driving it...

Clutch

I would have replaced the clutch since it looks like you've already lost quite a few rivets from it.
This is the cause of Clutch Shatter.

Slim Shady experienced it at 35,000 miles and it costs him $1,400 to have it replaced.
Ford wouldn't consider it defective either.