thanks for suggestions and compliments guys. i've taken some more pics and put them up on my site. you can check them out here:
http://sio.midco.net/mmonhoia/photo/index.html
not sure what size of rims i wanna put on it, 17s would look great, i know, but i think my fuel economy would go down. i'll worry about that when i've actually got the money, though.
*oh, and on that link you'll also find pics of my grandpa's Pontiac minivan that i was borrowing from him.*