thanks for all the compliments and helpful suggestions all of you!!!!
I've been wondering about wheels a little bit lately and what size range I could actually fit on there. the re-welding the frame sounds like a bit of work but I am definitely interested in keeping this car for a while so I might look into that.
the odometer is about 98.5k right now.
the interior is pretty much perfect except for two minor things. the stock radio console was taken out when i got a cd player, but it ended up not working right. so the old radio is just kind of sitting in the bay (and tape deck does not work). the glue holding the ceiling lining on wore off and began to just fall off in the back, covering my rear window view, so I just ripped that out and now I have a slightly sticky white foam ceiling.
I'll get the engine bay cleaned up a bit and post new pics of that, and I'll take an interior shot or two.