water, water everywhere Options

[TheCabinetmaker]

I woke up Tuesday morning to 15" of water in my studio apartment/shop. The street in front of building (where my other driver was parked) had about 4' of swift running water. My rain gauge said we got 9" of rain in 3 hours. My red daily driver was in the shop. The water was at the top of the seat cushions inside. I raised the front of the car about three foot in the air, and several gallons of water ran out of the heater tubes. I got all the interior out, and it seems to be drying out in the sun. I lost all my office and apartment furniture. even my bed. The water went away as quickly as it came, but the damage had been done and was devastaing. Kermit, the car that was outside, was almost completely under water. I've written it off as a probable total loss.

The big Q. What do you guys recommend I do to the red car to minimize future rust? The water did not get to the dash, motor, lights, etc. I let it run and idle for a couple of hours with the heater full blast (my heater works very good by the way) in an effort to dry it out some.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

I know, I know, "this thread is worthless without pics". It was very tramatic at the time ( what the hell, I'm still in total shock) and I was way to busy trying to save stuff to worry about pics.