Gabe, what's the hurry? Here's my story.
I bought this 1982 SC in? I can't remember between 1998-2000 and its not important. I drove it to work for a year and it was lightly hit at 2 am in front of my house. My daughter was 12 or 13, man is it tough to be a dad to a daughter, just trying to figure out how to do things with a teenage girl, have a conversation, be kind, loving, fatherly, and teach, is a TOUGH job for a father with a daughter and it still is.
She showed some interest in the car, so we took the insurance money plus a pile of cash and we decided to hot rod it. She helped me design a widebody Targa. Yes she dug the speed yellow so speed yellow it was. We were driving it with the stock 3.0 and she called it a pooch, and said dad we need a bigger motor. So a 3.6 from Germany was on the way. She helped when she could (sports, school) but I got to have some great conversations with her just to figure out where she was. She said Dad it would be cool as a convertible. So we found a kit that was a Targa/convertible mix with a speedster clam. If you want to hear the story about her freaking out when we cut the roof off let me know.
The big day came and she was off to college and never really returned to the Notre Dame Indiana area. You want to talk about heart broken. After that I went to grad school, raced my Outlaw super late. Started a business. The car sat till maybe 2014-2015 when I drove it 20 miles. Still only has about 1000 miles on it with a fresh motor from when I installed it to this day. Couple years ago I put Zuchs on it, bunch of parts sitting on the roof. And still sits.
She has a key, its half her car, we have conversations about it, I now have a couple granddaughters. And its time to get to this car. The goal is a car build (of course a Porsche) with my 3 year grand daughter, Portland Or, is a long distance but we will do it.
I never finished it, even the motor was never taken out to tidy it up from the initial build test fit
I am getting ready to pull the motor, detail it, a few new parts, new suspension parts, a hard top, big brakes, paint freshen up, interior carpet etc. ( I will be doing a thread or add to the old one). It may take me a couple more years, but its ok, when I go out to the garage and look at it, its a painting or artwork, all those memories come back as I sit and stare at it.
Moral of the story, its ok for it to sit. In a few years your daughter will love the car and you will cherish the memories like I have. One day she will have a key and maybe you will get it done faster then I have. In 15 years the parts will be astronomic in cost. Your daughter would not want you to give up your dream, its ok, you'll get to it. This is absolutely a true story, Sorry to hijack your thread. Kevin
