Ended up paying the price to have it rebuilt local - a guy who I've dealt with before charged me $120 with a new VR thrown in. It is an 80A and the stator was munged beyond belief, I mean *meltdown*. The seller must have tossed me the "new last year" story because I've not seen such a mess inside an alternator before. Makes me wonder what other electrical issues the car may have.

Oh well, we'll get it in this morning and go from there.

Thanks for the help guys.