Hurricane Chantal Tried to Kill My 80 Series....What Now?

[Mdej3]

Put it in rice

 

[Mdej3]

Jokes aside, I had one of my 80s buried in Florida mudwater with alligator piss up to the headliner. Did the same, clean it all, took spark plugs out, ran fluid clean all around, dropped the pan, cleaned, and She is still rolling around.

 

[Batameez]

If you pulled the seats out you could try to revive the foam by snipping off all the hog rings and giving it a wash, the foam definitely holds stink. Worth the effort? IDK. Does it really matter to you if insurance totals it out? If you're keeping it then the value of it doesn't mean jack, it just has to be nice for you.

 

[Kernal]

Push it out in the sun with the doors and hatch/lift-gate open??
If you remove the door panels do it very carefully as the pressed Masonite panels will be punky and the plastic rivets may end up tearing out chunks of the panel Might be safer to leave them in place while they dry???

 

[Broski]

Man, sorry for you troubles
You have your work cut out for you. If I was closer I would lend a hand.
Do you havea local Cruiser Club you could reach out to and offer Pizza and Beer to help save a Cruiser?
Cruiser Heads are some of the most helpful, generous people that I have met.

 

[MissahPapaJ]

This is good suggestion. Humidity is a big problem. The longer stuff stays damp or wet, the less recoverable it is.

Using an ozone generator machine in the vehicle could also help keep mildew at bay.

A big dehumidifier suitable for a basement or garage is around $350-400 from Lowe's, Home Depot etc.
Bought one for a work project recently.
They need to be emptied daily, or set up with a drain hose.

I used a small one inside my current 80 when it was stored in a damp basement garage situation. (IH8ApartmentBuildingBasementGarages!)
Kept my 80 toasty warm and dry inside. And still pulled a surprising amount of water each day.

Once I had a Volvo C30 come through my shop after some window beating rain that had about 3 inches of water in the foot wells front and rear due to clogged sun roof drains, I wet vac’d out the carpet as best as possible but I wasn’t gonna spend the time pulling out the entire interior and carpet. I parked the car in the sun with the windows cracked the with of a pencil and ran the car with the heat on floor/vent for many hours had a pen style thermometer stuck in the crack in the window and it was 155 degrees in the cab, that car was drier than Hillary Clinton’s ………