How bad is this?

MexDartSport said
Really hurts me to post this, but I want to get a better idea of what I'm up against.

Last night some drunk moron clipped my bumper and tried to flee. The police and I eventually caught up with him, but that doesn't help the fact that my car looks really bad. And I just spent all summer getting it in good running shape, too.

I hate even looking at it right now, but I took a picture to see what you guys thought about my chances of getting it looking normal again. It's a '74 Dart Sport. I understand there's probably more damage that I'm not able to see, so I'm ready for that much. I plan on taking it to a local body shop to see what they say (I'm in Dallas/Fort Worth area), but any help or advice would be much appreciated.

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With the way that the quarter panel is buckled by the tire, I would recommend having the frame checked to make sure it hasn't bent... Most likely it bent/buckled the frame on the top of the curve where it goes around the rear axle... If it is bent, a good frame shop can pull it straight...

There is a frame shop around here called Frame Tech that specializes in frame pulling, that's all he does, he doesn't do body work.... He's so good that he usually has a two week back log... If Ernie can't pull it - it can't be fixed.... Many of the body shops around here bring their frame work to him as they don't have frame pulling machines... Then the body shops do the rest of the work after he gets the frame straight again...