Please see update below this post. The AC compressor is under there somewhere in the updated picture.

Hey, it's me again. I drive a 23 year old car and it's tired. As many of you know, I have been in treatment for cancer for the last 3 years and with covid still around I am isolated to pretty much my neighborhood. The longest drive I take anymore is to the hospital 10 miles away. I am afraid to drive further because my car has not been maintained well and is really old. (like me) I would like to replace it with a newer used car so I can drive to Seattle if I have to visit docs there or to Vancouver, WA to see my son and grandkids. I feel pretty much trapped where I'm at. I had saved a few thousand over the last 5 years for a car fund but I have had to dip into it to pay my bills. I don't know how much longer I'll be around but with the time I have remaining I'd like to be able to go somewhere. I hate asking for help but I am living on SS and very little business income and if I don't do something now I'm afraid I'll wait too long. Thanks for your consideration and possible help. The picture is my current 23 yo car.

Tom