whats wrong with the A/C?

that's an easy fix, if the 1G is as reliable as you say it is then keep the car fix the AC and dont mod it.

Thats what i would have done with my car if it was worth a crap when i was in college.

I bought it totally f'd Up and fixed it along the way.... if it was stock and looked as good as yours when i got it I would have kept it and not modded it one bit.

G/L either way.

-ian