I did something stupid

Getting it myself would have required quitting my job...as I noted at least three times, I could not get the time off work.

Yeah, but you bought it before you had the means to get it. That's called putting the cart before the horse. So stop doing that.

So I don't understand now that you have the car you suddenly wanna sell it cause you think it's a pos since the body lines don't line up, blah blah blah. Let me ask you. Did you think you were gonna buy a 50 year old car that needed nothing? The thing to do instead of admitting defeat is get to work making it a nice car. Then you'll have a positive outcome with the whole situation.

This kid has his head in the clouds. I suspect you're years away from getting him to think at all, much less about how much work is involved in making something 'nice'.