Stories of knucklehead mistakes, Make me feel better about the scratches in my new paint Options

[stevegm]

I got my car out of storage to finish putting it back together. What started as a 3-month quick paint job, turned into a 5-year project. Anyway, I tried to keep the paint job from getting scratched while I pushed the car around the garage over the past couple of years. Everyone in my family knows - Rule #1 of the garage is don’t scratch the silver car. But, I failed. When I pulled it out to start finishing it this weekend, I noticed a few scratches in the paint. I sure would have liked to have driven it before scratching it. How I managed to scratch it, I have no idea. I guess the rule is - whatever you are trying to avoid scratching, will, in fact, get a scratched.

Anybody else scratch their new paint before finishing reassembly? I figured I’d start a knucklehead move thread. A form of group therapy I guess.

[burton73]

My first 914 was a 1974 2.0 in 1979. I had it at my friend’s shop doing some work on it and to get into the building you had to drive up the driveways into the building. I was going to back it up a little with the engine off and I was haft in the car with the driver’s door open with my left foot on the ground pushing to start the movement out and my right foot was going to put the brake on when it started to move down the slight angle.

Started to move and when I pushed the peddle down to stop it is was the clutch and well it did nothing and as it hit the garage door frame it opened the door all the way and busted the stop and opened the door all the way creasing the front edge a bit. I was so pissed off but it could have been worse. Nice factory black car only 5 years old back then.

Bob B


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