>Crawled under the 81 to do my first oil change as a newbie and the oil
>drain plug is stripped. Also the parts in the manual look different than
>what's there it shows a bolt requiring an allen wrench and mine is just a
>regular nut.
>
>Everything is spread out on my driveway and I can't get the damn oil drain
>plug out!
>
>Should I just take it to a oil changer type place?  I really want to do
>this myself!

It was probably an oil changer type place that screwed it up in the first 
place.  Try  a pair of vice grips and some Liquid Wrench.
-Ron Salmon