Replacing my Brakes Options

[purple]

This weekend was step one of two of replacing the brakes on my '76. The previous owner upon selling to me told me that he had rebuilt the front calipers and the brake fluid looked very nice and fresh in the master cylinder. Looks like a nice fresh tank of ATE super blue..... I will find out later that what's in that tank doesnt look like what's in the brake lines....

I started this project because when turning the wheels in the rear to set timing, I can hear the left rear brake dragging, and loudly. I feared it was a bearing, but it wasnt. The brake was dragging. I lift the car and put it on 4 jackstands, the evil kind (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I need some proper pin-thru stands. I have all 4 tires under the car in case the car decides it wants to smoosh me.

I'm using 4 new rebuilt calipers from Eric Shea. With these calipers are 4 new rotors, new front bearings, new seals, 4 new softlines, all new pads. A total of $1038 in parts from Eric.

From the pic...the parts are gorgeous!

[Lavanaut]

oh, wouldnt it just figure this piece of shit needs a new MC too... just great. I'll have bought a whole new f*ing car in parts. i hate old cars. I can handle chipping a new car and ricing the hell out of it, and you know why? because i'll actually get to DRIVE a car instead of just OWNING one.

nobody oogles this car, it's old, it's ugly, and of questionable design. i've had ONE oogle and it was a guy in a 993 cabriolet. maybe it was a pity wave (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Couple this with my worthless computer,my parents jacking with their internet connection and calling me every 5 minutes for tech support, and i'm feeling like i just want the world to GO AWAY!

So yeah, I think you should sell it. It's seems pretty clear from what you're saying that it's not the right car for you. Take part of the proceeds from the sale and buy yourself a new computer. Just like that, 2/3 of your frustration and stress is gone. And hell, I'll help your parents with their internet connection, seriously, PM me.

Life's too short to have the main source of your unhappiness come from what is (for a lot of us) a toy. And it sounds to me like you didn't just quit on it, you've put in a lot of time and effort and find yourself pissed off. So it didn't pan out like you thought! No big deal. Sell the car...move on...absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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edit: I don't mean to undermine the attempts by other members here to help you resolve your problem. This is a place where people are passionate about their cars and this community, so I respect the fact that people are telling you not to give up. To me though, your verbiage speaks pretty strongly to where you're at...