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Originally Posted by LifeTech
The radiater support will be the hurdle for sure and to replace it ,it must be carefully spot welded to specs. Depending how perfect yu want this car is a personal opinion. Since it is a total loss as yu describe, Yu might be able to rent a frame puller and pull most of the original radiator support close enough to spec. Must be no more than 1/4 inch off in any dimension.
The rest yu can do. I did some light damage to my 88 corolla and did exactly this. Ironically it was totalled out by crash estimate guides. But I was in the A/B business for some time and borrowed some of the tools and used the facility for several hours here and there.
But yu can do it. I was able to use the car for many years later. No it was not perfect and anyone with a keen eye would notice it was repaired.
But it was just smart transportation in any event. Car lasted me 18 years in all. Bought new.\
Good luck
LT
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Cheaper yet- if you can get come-along and secure it to something solid like a large tree, gently put traction on the parts to be straightened, and use a dead blow hammer to shape, with the pressure applied. That is very similar to what a frame machine does. I actually straightened the frame on my neices car by doing this after she got t-boned by a hit and run driver.