Okay, before you guys start flaming me for being an idiot, i decided to google it myself. And for all of those watching, I guess I'll show you what I found.
Sveasoft makes a hacked firmware for the Linksys WRT54G, that comes with many improvements. Among those are WDS, which is "wireless bridging" with up to 10 clients.
www.sveasoft.com
This is perfect, thanks for the idea. The best part is, it uses my favorate linksys router: dual antenna jacks, redundant memory, great range, good price.
Asking any of you with experience with the Sveasoft firmware, do you have any DHCP conflicts with WDS? If there is an 'non internet' AP connected via WDS to multiple AP's WITH internet, will there be any problems obtaining internet access through the other routers? Is there anything I should watch out for?
Getting these questions answered would be great. Once I get everything planned out, I'd like to start with a small test network to make sure there aren't any kinks to work out first.