Why people don't buy craftsman anymore

At risk of perpetuating the school shop detour this thread has taken-

We had the following donated vehicles:

1970 firebird six cylinder. green with white vinyl top and interior. The body shop tried to paint it orange at some time. It was really thin and mottled and peeling off in spots. Hideous. They also didn't paint the jambs, so they were still green. We weren't allowed to do anything to that car but we had to drive it out of and back into the shop every day. IIRC it had 60 miles on it in 1985, about 100 feet at a time, all on the choke. I lobbied to build a buick 455 we had in the donated engine pile for it and take it drag racing.

1968-ish triumph gt6+ hard top six cylinder. Learned how to work on dual carbs and variable venturi carbs.

1973-ish mazda rx-3. Rusted out where the rear lower control arm bolted to the frame. Had a big Holley four barrel on top of the rotary engine. We tried real hard to get that control arm to let loose, but it never did.

1985 chevy blazer. 2 wheel drive 2.8 5 speed. Had the VIN rivets from the dash drilled out, right through the windshield.
We weren't allowed to do anything to that one either. I learned to drive a manual trans on that...sort of.