[Roscoe417]

My father has a non-operating 1967 911 that he has decided that he wants to get running one more time. He always wanted to do the work himself, but will not have the time.

But, there is a reason that this beauty is sitting in a garage. Can the collective wisdom of the forum help me decide if the idea to get the car running is a pipe dream or reasonably feasible?

Here is what I know: This is a 1967 911 with "S running gear". I am not sure exactly what gear is of the S variant. This is a single owner vehicle (picked up personally by my dad at the factory and toured Europe before being shipped over), but maintenance records are lost/buried in old paper.

This car has less than 49K miles.

When new, the car was driven in snow in Wisconsin (warning: road salt). On Christmas Eve in 1975 car was hit in the drivers front side by an oncoming out of control car. As far as I know, the damage was limited to driver side fender and door.

The car was garaged until 1988 or so when the body was repaired and the engine rebuilt. It was driven again until some time in 1990 when on the way home my dad hit a pothole/road crack/manhole cover/something and the torsion tube failed. He drive the car 2 blocks dragging the rear and into his garage. It was professionally moved from that garage to a different garage about 5 years ago.

While garaged, the interior has developed what we think is a mold problem. There are white snowflake like growths over most of the vinyl surfaces.

The topside of this car is beautiful with no visible rust. From what I can see the floor pan is also solid. But obviously, the notorious nooks and crannies were not adequately addressed in 1988 or the torsion tube would not have failed.

I have spent way too much time reading this forum so I know that a thorough rust inspection is in order and that torsion tube failures are repairable. What other surprises are we in for? Do you think this car has a future?