Get her involved, even now, with something you like - maybe the p-car.
Let her watch you - don't make everything 'do not touch', let her put her fingers in the oil as it is draining out of the car, turn on the wipers, whatever... give her something that she does with Dad.
And never stop doing that something special she does with Dad.
There will be really difficult times, but the times she spends doing that 'Dad' thing - that will always be there. I used to think my parents were idiots at times during my life - but, then me and my Dad would work on something - often I didn't want to, but he made me. And it was good, we connected again over something I had been doing with him since I was just a tiny girl. We would talk, and for an afternoon, my Dad was cool. Soon, weeks would go by, and Dad was still cool.
And I didn't worry about how I was dressed when I worked on the cars with my Dad
