Aren't the Justy's awd? I remember someone that used to have one of those and did some friggin' crazy shit in that car!
Some of my old friends were all going to buy different colored Metro's, trade body panels so they were all mis-matched and multi-colored, and run into eachother and do stupid things like that... Thank GOD that never happened.
Anyway, here's a bummmmmp! There's a guy on Vortex that I was talking to who's selling like a 97 Neon for $1800 or so. I think it's got 80k miles on it, or somewhere in that ballpark. Would kinda be a cool car to beat on and be a daily driver. I can pass the word on to him or send you a link if you're interested. I know you said sub-$1000, but a couple hundred bucks could go a long way in this case IMO.