Okay so I have officially made it obvious that I am new to this... LOL.

Ok so I guess it is the AC compressor after all. Look guys, here is the case. I am 18, I just bought this car about 4 months ago and have been slowly but surely scraping up the money to fix and replace stuff in this thing. I have also been doing my best to learn as much about Mopar engines and what not so that I can know the best way to go with this thing. Especially considering the limited budget I have. I need to get her running asap so rather than setting her aside and saving up for a 440 Magnum, I figured I would swap carburators(since the 2 barrel is junked), which lead to swapping the intake manifold. I was told that swapping the intakes was a piece of cake but after my dad and I both spent an hour trying to figure stuff out, I realized that AC compressor was definitly in the way and wasn't going to be easy to remove.

Also, when you are swapping distributors, does the old one just pop right out or what? It seems to be in there nice and tight.