ipod mounting

I just bought myself a car. It's a 2002 Chevy Prizm. Not much to look at, but it was cheap and is almost new. Anyway, I have a couple fo questions. My biggest concern is mounting the iPod. I would like it to he high enough up that I can turn my head and to the right and see it - no looking down for me. I was thinking of something that would mount like the transpodder, if that makes sense. Any ideas would be great. Keeping it fairly cheap is good.

Additionally, over Thanksgiving (maybe Christmas) I was planning on hardwiring the iPod to the stereo - but I don't know if that can be done on the AM/FM/CD factory system. Even if it can, I'm not sure how I would get around to the back to do so. In the event that isn't possible, I was considering the Monster iCarPlay or something to that effect. I can find if online for 60 and could probably get it for less if i looked a bit. Again, any ideas would be good.

I'm asking the first question because the other threads that I found kind of explain the idea, but I couldn't find anything that explained how to do something like what I would like. The second was jsut something I thought I'd add as an afterthought. If a picture of what I'd like to do will help, let me know.