Goodbye

[Matthew Goeke]

Mathew
The shame of all this is you have a beautiful piece of history that will not fall in your lap again. You ask for advice and when it's not what you want to here you go offence. (How to pick a master cylinder). The fact is you have been working on this car for the better part of a year that should take a good day to fix. You are so close but ????

There's just no point for me to work on it anymore, every time I try to I get mad when something dosnt work out, like when I installed the new wheel cylinder and snapped the ring I decided to half *ss it and throw the rest of the drum back on, it's more about money that I'm putting into because every time I work on this car I spend a ton of money that I didn't expect to spend due to unknown problems like when I tried to remove the rear brake hose I figured out that the bolt that was holding it was rusted in place, I tried for an hour to drill put the hole and overheated my drill the hole time while spiders were crawling on me. I'd rather sell it to someone who will appreciate it more than some dumb kid who was handed it by his grandpa, plus everyone in my family just wants it gone.

 

[Matthew Goeke]

Was just peepin at the missouri CL and saw this car, and here we are. Sad to see a gbody owner part with his g, but it's what you needed to do. I wish ya the best, can always be part of the forum. Lot of knowledge on here. And hey, get a good job out of college and you might be able to afford a better one, maybe even a GN.

Grand national is a car I would like to own one day 🙂

 

[foxtrot]

It can be challeging working on theses old cars, especially when they have been 'drivers' and/or have sat for a long time. It also should be noted that experience, correct tools and work space helps tremendously. Given enough time, you will gain more experience & conference to work on these cars. For example, you now have learned all that will/can go wrong when upgading old brake components. My opinion is that a few folks were a bit hard on you - lost sight of your age and took for granted all of their many years of experience over you.

Good luck at college and wrenching in the future.

There's just no point for me to work on it anymore, every time I try to I get mad when something dosnt work out, like when I installed the new wheel cylinder and snapped the ring I decided to half *ss it and throw the rest of the drum back on, it's more about money that I'm putting into because every time I work on this car I spend a ton of money that I didn't expect to spend due to unknown problems like when I tried to remove the rear brake hose I figured out that the bolt that was holding it was rusted in place, I tried for an hour to drill put the hole and overheated my drill the hole time while spiders were crawling on me. I'd rather sell it to someone who will appreciate it more than some dumb kid who was handed it by his grandpa, plus everyone in my family just wants it gone.

 

[malibujustin]

Hate too see you sell it. Hopefully it will go to someone who will give it some tlc. Not saying that you were not trying. Don't give up wrenching and learning completely. It can be very frustrating at times but also can be very rewarding. And having money to spend on it can be tough sometimes, but just do what your pocketbook will allow. A little is better than none. And some of these guys on here may have been a little tough, but I bet a brand new dollar bill they all had the best of intentions. Good luck to you.

 

[85OLDS9vin]

Been there. Sometimes you just end up with a car that seems like a lemon, and time and money invested can't outweigh the enjoyment and fun of owning it. Before my 88 diplomat pi, I bought an 86 which after a few months of weekend after weekend of fixing thus replacing that the frame finally went. Honestly it's a sharp looking regal...I always liked buicks, and that def will make someone a proud owner down the line. Sorry for your troubles, and I hate to see you part with it....but good luck in college, and in future vehicle ownership endeavors.

 

[Matthew Goeke]

Hate too see you sell it. Hopefully it will go to someone who will give it some tlc. Not saying that you were not trying. Don't give up wrenching and learning completely. It can be very frustrating at times but also can be very rewarding. And having money to spend on it can be tough sometimes, but just do what your pocketbook will allow. A little is better than none. And some of these guys on here may have been a little tough, but I bet a brand new dollar bill they all had the best of intentions. Good luck to you.

I agree it is rewarding when you first sit in that seat start it up and drive off

Been there. Sometimes you just end up with a car that seems like a lemon, and time and money invested can't outweigh the enjoyment and fun of owning it. Before my 88 diplomat pi, I bought an 86 which after a few months of weekend after weekend of fixing thus replacing that the frame finally went. Honestly it's a sharp looking regal...I always liked buicks, and that def will make someone a proud owner down the line. Sorry for your troubles, and I hate to see you part with it....but good luck in college, and in future vehicle ownership endeavors.

itll be good, I'm going to make whoever buys it join this forum so the car will always be here 🙂