Good evening and good morning to some...

For all you old timers on the forum, I'm still alive and kicking...somewhat...

For all you NEWCOMERS who missed my flurry through the CF...HIYA!!

Is it sad that I have gone from moderator on the forum, to the point that my last login was nearly 5 years ago and I had to reset not only my password but my email??



Anyways, LONG story short, was single, had vette, got married, had kids, moved house, etc, etc, etc.

In the mix, the Vette fell into neglect and disrepair.

It all started with the blower motor for the aircon that seized up and would not blow the nice cool air I could feel trickling out of the A/C vents.

The car is in the BAHAMAS!!

No one here is really qualified to work on this car and the concept of someone ripping my dashboard apart to get to the blower motor just wasn't happening. So between kids and family and work the vehicle got parked.

Well...a few weeks ago, the precursor to what is now TS Andrea caused MASSIVE floods here in Nassau.

My Vette was the victim of flooding. Not MAJOR...YET...but it's getting ugly (mold). I had the vehicle outside at my office, it's never been a problem, it started raining as we left to go home which is not unusual and by midnight, about 6 hours, we had over a foot of rain.

The rain came high enough at my offices to get almost halfway up the wheels, JUST high enough to breach the door sills which here in the Bahamas classifies as a write-off. The car was written off, but I bought it back for pennies on the dollar...literally.

Now it is time to rebuild it...MAYBE!!

HELP!!

I need EXPERT advice from people who have explicit knowledge about ripping apart interiors and putting them back together, removing body panels, getting into all the silly connections throughout the car.

THANKFULLY, despite a MASSIVE short that kills the battery in about 20 minutes, the engine starts, runs smoothly and sounds FANTASTIC. We just recently replaced ALL the coils, plugs, wires, etc, had a full service done pending a sale before the rain hit and she was ready to roll...despite her AC flaw.

The game has changed, and the BatMobile has become a hydra who needs to become a pheonix to rise out of the ashes.

Who's game??

...and HELLO again everybody!!

...man this has been a while!!



Neill
ME
WIFE
KIDS...AWESOME
2000 C5 Z51 Coupe, Mil Yel...tuned (sort of...LONG STORY)
2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara (Baby Buggy)
2011 Dodge Ram Crew Cab Big Horn...should have been an Avalanche, but not available for export...

 

Welcome back, Neill. I was just referring to that special frame repair you posted about years ago. Sorry to hear about the flooded Batmobile.

Glad you're back on here. Best of luck on the repairs.

 

Hello! Not much of a newcomer here, however in this context I am if your last log in was ~5 years ago.

I'm sorry to hear what has happened to your car. We should be feeling the effects of TS Andrea in the Northeast sometime this evening with only about 1"-3" of rain foretasted for my area. Nothing compared to down there

I hope you get her fixed up like new in no time and get back to cruising the streets.

Welcome back!

 

Well...after my first round of about 50 pounds of rice in my interior, I think the decision has been made to replace the interior...carpets, insulation and seats.

Big trick will be trying to figure out how to remove the seats!! They are all the way back and the power motors are shot. Can't really move the seat forward or back to get to all the bolts.

Hrmmmmm