The a/c never did work
the radio went out after a year or so
tires came and went fast
misfired and had to be fixed thrice
passenger side front window stopped working (it was power)
Gas guzzler
very very comfortable and broken in
awesome pickup for a 305
good for donuts in gravel parking lots
seats 9 uncomfortably
boat-like handling
fun on severe curves
seats 6 comfortably
huge trunk (could fit 2 BIG coolers)
Sounds to me like all you did was drive the life out of the car. It was probably a good car before YOU owned it, not to mention it was almost 2 decades old!