Restoring car after fire damage

[Arrowhead]

Have an acquaintance that had a garage fire that consumed a 70ish trans am. I've never dealt with a car fire restoration. IF the panels are not warped is the metal ok to restore? I know most would just consider it a total loss and more on but he's a huge Pontiac buff and I'm told it was a very rare car - he's a collector and has 7 or 8 others (only asking about restoring the sheetmetal here).

 

[shine]

the smoke and fire is acidic and creates rust like nothing else. best advice i ever got on fire damage was to have it dipped . i've seen many failures over the years on cars that had bad engine fires or were in a garage that burned .

 

[MP&C]

It’s a lot of work, but the sheet metal, if it’s had the paint burned off, will need media blasting to clean the pores of the metal. The metal has likely already been warped, so any warpage from blasting is not as critical as getting the metal clean. Fix any warpage after the fact. Check out this post by Jim Hery, he is a coach builder from Belfast TN that has repaired many fire damaged vehicles and has had much of his work at pebble beach.

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[Arrowhead]

Thanks for the replies, I think it might be salvageable. Might need a new roof skin though I couldn't tell it's condition being on the lift but it looks like a lot of heat from above from the structure fire. Not real familiar with whats available for the T/A but maybe just get aftermaket panels and roof skin if it's needed and available.