Well the first thing to consider is if the frame is bent. If so, that's beyond even a well equipped backyard shop. A frame straightening machine costs between 30 and 50K as you know.
If it is cosmetic damage, I would want to rebuild it unless there are reasons you have to get rid of it. Body work is often a fun change of pace and always rewarding in the end. At least if it ends well... ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Stansifer To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] requiem to a hotrod Hi folks, First of all I would like to thank Phil, don, don and tom for their contributions. Many times when stumped by an issue of accessibility I would ask myself, How would a list member perform this task? If I couldn't come up with a good answer, I would post it to the list and get a good answer. Now for the bad news. Last night at about 7:10 PM while returning home from work Carol and Evil Camino were struck by a 2007 Ford F350 pulling a 35' goose neck trailer loaded with irrigation pipe. Thank GOD Carol is fine other than being highly pissed. The El Camino however is a different story. The entire right side of the vehicle is destroyed. She was sitting in the left hand turn lane when the truck and trailer failed to negotiate the turn. The 19 year old driver lost control as a result of excessive speed and The trailer began to fish-tale and slammed both the pickup and trailer into the El Camino. Currently the El Camino is sitting in my shop with a car cover over it and I am trying to decide what to do. As I have ended so many messages to this list, "any suggestions would be greatly appreciated." Larry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
