Here is a good video of what it is like to be a "Big Dog" in the collision repair industry. If you ask me... that car should have been considered a structural loss. Insurance companies don't see it that way. It's all about $$$ to them. I would have used an impact socket though. lol
I had to stop watching the video the guy is full of **** how could you be welding next to an exposed dash without covering it up.
Old car frames are the same from one side to the other so a tape measure or tram gauge works good but new cars are different.
You bet Bodyperson throw the car away and next time use an impact socket. and that clean of a shop! Really not in my world.