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Worthy of Restoration?
My mint '67 912 suffered a severe engine fire - my insurance totaled it. Is it worth restoring? Is there anyone in CA who could do this without it costing more than the vehicle is worth? (It is completely original, including the stereo, and I have all mechanical records dating back to '67)
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05-10-2002, 06:59 PM
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Thats really sad... Would you share with us the circumstances of the fire ?
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05-10-2002, 07:59 PM
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Location: Asheville, NC - Antarctica too
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Restore it? That depends.
Insurance companies will gladly sell you your car back - usually for far, far less than it's actually worth. Most of the time you can easily restore it and have money left over. There are a number of alternatives. Pop in a VW engine, go for a full tilt Maestro masterpiece, or simply part it out - it may be worth more in parts than it is as a whole. Regardless, sorry about your loss. That's scary. Just reaffirms my notion of putting a halon extinguisher in my car. |
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05-11-2002, 04:52 AM
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there is a gentleman on the 911 board (user id - phoenix) who resurrected his early 911 after an engine fire. the engine had just been rebuilt by motormeister. he might be a good source for info. from what i remember it is a real beauty now.
bob '68 L ps sorry about your car. |
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05-11-2002, 07:26 AM
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sorry about your car and the fire I know first hand about that, my house caught fire from a gas can in the garage next to pool chemicals {that is the determinationfrom the fire chief} scarry I was in the bedroom got up for a drink of water and the front of the house looked as if emergency cars were there/down the road, opened the curtain in the kitchen and whao baby, fire , the phone was out {fire} couldn't reach the water{fire } it is scary
I lost a lot of things but not my life, my spouse was working so she was safe, tools a trx honda 250 r blowers for cars webbers for racing you can't even imagine the lost stuff my prize COLNAGO bicycle gone in 30 minutes again sorry, fix/restore it time is best spent in labors of love my targa 912 is costing me lots of time and money but ,I think i an spending it wisely go for it fix it up engine fire is not that bad my honda runs well after the rebuild idle hands are the devils workshop later 
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05-12-2002, 05:08 PM
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1968 Porsche 911L 
