[UrQuattro]

I have an 81 targa and overall it is in pretty decent shape. Of course it leaks during the rain and I just found out that we are going to get a bunch of rain overnight. I have some weatherstripping that I got from a local general auto parts store. Just generic stuff, but at least it should help a little.

Well I was putting some on the door seals whe I put my c-cell maglite on the roof and walked away to grab my cutter knife.

Next thing I hear is a rolling sound, a metallic thunk and then the flashlight hitting the ground. There is a 1" gouge in the paint down to the metal in the middle. I'm just so pissed off at myself right now.

I inherited the car from my father in 05 and was finally able to get the car back on the road this past July due to a protracted probate on the estate. My dad let the car go before he died. It got flooded so many times from parking it on the hill in front of the house by pointing it downhill after I kept telling him to point it uphill or he'd ruin the car.

He ruined the drivers side floor carpeting, broke the drivers door pocket off of the door after the mechanic told him to be careful with it since it was already weakened. And then he threw it away, so now the option of getting a replacement pocket backing and the putting the existing carpeting is gone.

Also at the end, it got flooded and left alone for about two weeks which caused the dash and everything else in the car to be covered in mold.

I got the mold cleaned off, found a cheap set of pockets and carpeting in cork instead of the blonde/champagne it should be. It looks OK but kinda paint by numbers. I replaced the destroyed drivers seat with a beautiful sparco milano alcantara beige sport seat and have done what I can to get it running well. I just feel like I can't help but screw it up like I did tonight. I can't afford all of the targa. Seals that are needed, so I'm using kragen parts.

Plus there is someone across the street with a beautiful black 964 coupe w/ teacup tail on it. Mine is an 81 gold targa. I dunno. I just feel like I'm not doing things the right way.

Argh.

Michael