jtolbert said

Okay guys, I need your help.

We got the engine out tonight. Not hard; it wasn't even really bolted in and nothing was hooked up.



I took some pics of the damage that leads me to believe the car is bent. First, the tear in the firewall.



Second, the package tray brace being bent.



These two things, plus the panel gaps being larger on the left side of the car, make me think something bad happened. Thoughts?

I found some pretty egregious hacking on the k-member once we got the engine out.



Not such a huge deal since I'm going to be swapping to a later k-member anyway, but it's exemplary of the butchery that seems to have taken place on this car.

So...What do you all think? I could use some advice here. The car is amazingly rust free; there's a bit of rust behind the right-side rear wheel---not even into the trunk extension---and the front floorpans are shot, but otherwise...That's it. But, the potentially-bent car worries me. Is this realistically something I should worry about? What can I measure to figure out whether or not the car is in trouble?

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