Wow would my G be considered to be a total loss?
Call around to your local body shops and find out who does frame straightening.
I've had moderate success setting up a string box like if you were going to do your own alignment then using two or more chainfalls / rigging straps hooked to trees/concrete to pull stuff straighter. Come-alongs just don't have the grunt to move metal, gotta use a chain fall.
Basically you would fab up a plate to shackle your rigging to, bolt the plate onto the frame and start tugging, do a little at a time, relax the chain fall and see what kind of spring back you're getting. If you only want to pull out one side it takes a fair amount of metal and you build a side rail that would bolt up to a couple factory points like the front crash bumper member, something structural underneath, and the rear subframe bolts. Then you can rig off that rail with 3 or 4 points to hold it steady while you selectively pull on one point.
It's more work than most people want to take on, requires a fair amount of rigging equipment that most people don't have, plus metal fab stuff and extra metal. I used a railroad tie for my side rail and welded on 4 plates to hook shackles to, rigged those out to anchor plates on the concrete floor, then used another floor anchor plate to rig the chain fall to.
Frame straightening shops will have a specialty rack already built up with all kinds of stuff like that.
First thing is to string box the car to find out what exactly needs to move and how far you need to move it. Since the rear was untouched you have a good straight edge to work from.
I've had moderate success setting up a string box like if you were going to do your own alignment then using two or more chainfalls / rigging straps hooked to trees/concrete to pull stuff straighter. Come-alongs just don't have the grunt to move metal, gotta use a chain fall.
Basically you would fab up a plate to shackle your rigging to, bolt the plate onto the frame and start tugging, do a little at a time, relax the chain fall and see what kind of spring back you're getting. If you only want to pull out one side it takes a fair amount of metal and you build a side rail that would bolt up to a couple factory points like the front crash bumper member, something structural underneath, and the rear subframe bolts. Then you can rig off that rail with 3 or 4 points to hold it steady while you selectively pull on one point.
It's more work than most people want to take on, requires a fair amount of rigging equipment that most people don't have, plus metal fab stuff and extra metal. I used a railroad tie for my side rail and welded on 4 plates to hook shackles to, rigged those out to anchor plates on the concrete floor, then used another floor anchor plate to rig the chain fall to.
Frame straightening shops will have a specialty rack already built up with all kinds of stuff like that.
First thing is to string box the car to find out what exactly needs to move and how far you need to move it. Since the rear was untouched you have a good straight edge to work from.
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