Sad result of the California Wild fires

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https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/the-charred-remains-of-a-1970-dodge-challenger/

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There is a guy on Moparts who posted recently he lost a bunch of Mopar muscle cars in the fires, might have been 7 or 8.  Insurance paid off but he still had the burned out remains and wondered what to do with them. He didn't go into detail what cars he lost.
Last year after a big hurricanes in Florida there were some videos of totaled cars in storage lots, and there were many muscle cars and supercars in those lots.  I spotted a few E bodies.  Vintage cars that get in floods can be restored but it's a major job and I wonder how many do get fixed.  Due to saltwater they must be chemically stripped and restored from ground up.  There was a Superbird damaged by a hurricane storm surge that was restored but unless a car is in that value range it probably won't be restored.
No doubt a lot of great cars lost in fires and storms in recent years.

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My uncle lived in the Palasades.  He's in his late 80s.  He had a '73 'Stang convertible he bought in the mid '70s.  By some stroke of luck he decided to sell the car the month before the fires struck.

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Unfortunately that happens. The extreme heat does a lot of warping of the metal. I would imagine major components could be soda blaster and possibly reused. Core unibodies would make great conversions to race bodies.

[Fire_Billy]

There is a guy on Moparts who posted recently he lost a bunch of Mopar muscle cars in the fires, might have been 7 or 8.  Insurance paid off but he still had the burned out remains and wondered what to do with them. He didn't go into detail what cars he lost.
Last year after a big hurricanes in Florida there were some videos of totaled cars in storage lots, and there were many muscle cars and supercars in those lots.  I spotted a few E bodies.  Vintage cars that get in floods can be restored but it's a major job and I wonder how many do get fixed.  Due to saltwater they must be chemically stripped and restored from ground up.  There was a Superbird damaged by a hurricane storm surge that was restored but unless a car is in that value range it probably won't be restored.
No doubt a lot of great cars lost in fires and storms in recent years.

That's really tough to hear. It's heartbreaking how many classic cars get lost to fires and storms. Restoration after saltwater damage is such a massive challenge -only the rare, valuable ones usually make it through. Truly a big loss for the community