California woman saves total loss Porsche 911 GT3 from being scrapped by paying $1 for it and performs amazing rebuild
Published on Feb 06, 2026 at 6:58 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Feb 06, 2026 at 6:58 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
This California woman saved a Porsche 911 GT3 that had been considered a total loss and performed an amazing rebuild on it.
Emelia Hartford purchased the GT3 for $1, saving it from being scrapped.
When she got her hands on it, it had been severely damaged by fire.
Now? It looks like a whole new vehicle.
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This woman fixed up a Porsche 911 GT3 she bought for $1
When Hartford first came across this Porsche 911 GT3, it was in a really bad state.
It would come as no surprise to anyone that this car sold for $1.
It’d been scorched, covered in soot, and had wiring that looked like melted spaghetti.
Some parts of the car had been deemed unsalvageable, but the engine seemed to have remained untouched by the flames.
That gave her some hope.
There was a lot of work to do, from gutting the interior to fixing the wiring harness.
A lot of progress had been made, and now it was time for the finishing touches.
It was time to install a full GT3 interior and get the car painted.
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How the car looked by the end of the video
By the time the video wrapped, this car looked brand new.
It was a job well done by all accounts.
“I am so obsessed with how the GT3 came out,” Hartford told her viewers.
“In fact, we made it better than what it was.
“This thing came out perfectly, risen from the ashes.”
She appealed for a new name from her subscribers, now that ‘Scorche’ would no longer be apt. Get it?
To see the final stages of this remarkable rebuild for yourself, visit Emelia Hartford’s YouTube channel.
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