Crushed 64 V200

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I'd get out the cutting wheel and just cut where its still straight and then see what I had to go find metal for.
It's the rear deck/window sil,trunk, rear upper panel to the door.
Anchor it to the ground in front of the damage and jack it up at the tire/corner to straighten it 3/8 it looks like.

Amazing the glass was spared.

Too nice to abandon imo.
 
JDMopar said:
Looks like the right front fender has been changed between the first pic and the smushed pic. Has a 65 fender on it now.
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No body work Done (other than what the tree just did) in the time I've owned it.

I did put a right side Mirror on it and put 5 on 4 to 5 on 4.5 wheel adapters on it then some jeep liberty wheels and 16" tires... they tuck BEAUTIFULLY with out rubbing and got the speedo correct again being nearly the same O.D. and the original tall and skinny 13's
 
Dan Potts said:
No body work Done (other than what the tree just did) in the time I've owned it.

I did put a right side Mirror on it and put 5 on 4 to 5 on 4.5 wheel adapters on it then some jeep liberty wheels and 16" tires... they tuck BEAUTIFULLY with out rubbing and got the speedo correct again being nearly the same O.D. and the original tall and skinny 13's
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My apologies. I went back and looked at the smushed pic again, and there is a reflection from the snow that makes it look like it has a 65 fender on it. If you look really hard, you can see the body line of the sideways V in the 64 fender is indeed still there. Dang 64-year-old eyes! :BangHead: LOL
 
Walk away, it's a parts car. Everyone can say "easy fix" until you actually dig into it and realize how much needs to be replaced or totally beaten back to shape, only to never be the same again.

Even if it were a 2 door car, I'd say the same. When you have a warped package tray that is pushed down away from the glass, that is NOT a simple repair. The entire *** end of that car is going to be bent or warped in some way.

Bail, mayday mayday.

Sorry to see it happen though. I have grown fond of 4 door A bodies and that hurts.
 
I think this is a very individual thing. For some people, that is very fixable. My buddy is an AMX nut and has three of them. One he bought after a tree fell on the roof and he redid the car. It was much worse than yours, but he has been repairing cars all his life and is a wiz at it. So, I think the question is not, is it repairable, but do "You" want to repair it, or have it repaired.

Really sorry for your misfortune, and good luck.
 
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