blackboy

Unfortunately my 1988 911 Turbo was a victim of hurricane Sandy. It was in great condition overall with the exception of smoking at times on start up. It had only 60k mileage and I've owned it for 15 years. The question I am struggling with is would it be worth keeping and trying to bring it back to life. The car was in the garage which filled up with 3-31/2 ft. of salt water. Of course this all depends on what the ins. co. would want for a buy back. I just have no idea what kind of expense would be involved in tackling this. Any one have any idea or experience with something or anything similar? Thanks.

TT Gasman

Sorry to hear about your car. Did the car see the full 3 ft of salt water? Or was it only partially submerged? At the very least you'll have to tear everything down and clean it before the rust sets in. Replace all the electrics, interior etc. Most of the parts are available. Hopefully your insurance will cover it and allow you to rebuild or replace.

MUSSBERGER

That just sucks. 3 1/2 feet of that salty soup would almost cover the car. I think you may be able to salvage the sunroof motor. I hate to say it but that car would have to be taken down to the tub and put back together with all new parts and even then there are all kinds of hiding spots in the tub for corrosion to start. One of my customers rented a welder/generator to power his house and it was totally submerged by the surge. We got it back and it still works but the corrosion has just begun.

fullquack

So sorry to here about your ride, mother nature can be soooo unforgiving at times.

Before I bought the 930 that I currently have, I looked at an '86 that had been in a fresh water river flood. The car had been submerged to the point where only the top 1-1/2" of the roof could be seen sticking out of the dirty brown water. The residual sediment left inside of EVERYTHING, once the water subsided after 2 days, was simply mind boggling.
I loosely priced out all the parts-n-pieces I though would need replaced, added in my time & labor needed to strip it down to the bones & put it back together. Upon seeing that staggering dollar figure, I opted out of the purchase equation....damn shame it was a stunning car before it's baptismal.

Best of luck to you.

Mark

blackboy

Thanks for the responses, your thoughts are pretty much in line with mine. The costs will probably be sky high and there will still be problems both obvious and hidden.

Richard K

If this car means something special to you, maybe it's worth it to bring it back to life ....

blackboy

The reality is that I have so much going on with trying to get my house back to normal that the car would be sitting rusting for quite a bit of time. That would just make it much worse.

mooney265

Some advice from a Katrina survivor: I didn't have my 930 back in 2005, but did have 3 sailboats. they were sunk and under water for about 3-weeks after Katrina.

I too had very little time to deal with them because I had also lost 2 houses. So, I took the small insurance payout and walked away.

The problem is, I probably walked away a little to easily and have sometimes wished I had kept them around [or, at least one of them].

The good news is, your life will get back in order and, when it does, you may wish you still had the car around to work on...

15-yrs is a long time to have a car and I'd hate to see you regretting anything in a couple years... Move slowly... Shannon

Dino V

So sorry to hear. Decisions like this are tough, and unfortunately corrosion can be a real pain from salt water.

Mark Houghton

Truly a tragedy. But since it's only going to get worse sitting there (salt water corrosion-wise) here's something you might should do before too much longer: Rent somebody's swimming pool and immerse the car totally. Then, with a hoist, proceed to dunk it in and out repeatedly, then hang to drip dry. That should flush all the salt water out, arresting or minimizing corrosion. Then it's just a matter of replacing/rebuilding everything else that got wet. Simple solution!

OK, tongue-in-cheek aside, I would be devastated if in your shoes.

blackboy

Good sense of humor, very much needed at this time. As for my feelings, yes it is a terrible loss however, when you consider the situation that some other people are in, I am not too bad in comparison. And I lost the entire lower level of my house which includes the garage, laundry room, boiler room, family room, one bedroom, and a bathroom. Btw, in addition to the 911T, I also lost a 1994 968, 1999 GMC Suburban, and a 2012 BOSS 302 Mustang.

ECS Tuning

Sorry for your losses but glad too see your doing well and in good health.

Rick GT3

is time to activate several of Porsche friends to start unassemble the car completely.
the sooner the better.

blackboy

No time for that right now, have other more pressing issues to attend to.

pu911rsr

Well sorry for your loss but at the end the day car's are just physical objects and they can mostly be replaced. There are much more important things in life that can't be replaced, you've got your priorities right.
good luck!
Phil