We've already seen the damage from superstorm Sandy to classic cars start to wash up in the insurance salvage yards of the Northeast. Here's the rest of the story: tales of classic car owners who saw their cherished rides go under the waves, and what they face in rebuilding.
While this video was made by Hagerty Insurance and contains a few compliments of the company's coverage, it's also a moving look at how many residents of New York and New Jersey had to survive the storm, and the damage to their homes and lives. If you don't believe that people can create a special attachment to a car, just watch the owners of a Chevy Corvair or Ford Mustang handed through a generation talk about the decision facing them to scrap their heirloom or attempt the near-impossible task of restoration.