I'm at a loss

[Wvumountaineers1]

Normal as long as they have a frame straightener machine/table.

Gotcha. I've got a couple in places in mind but I'm not dreading the price now becuase of what another member or two said on here and some research I had just done on the cost. I'm actually dreading going to these places becuase they want everything turned over to insurance first off and secondly they will probabaly say well we really need to do a full diagnosis and charge ridiculous amounts for that

 

[429CJ-3X2]

I'll offer some unrelated advice that I'm surprised no one else has yet - get rid of that ball hitch on the bumper and get a real frame mounted hitch. There are just 4 bolts holding the bumper on. My '01 Sport Trac has a ball a previous owner added. It's rusted on, and I don't know if I can get it off so someone doesn't hook onto it. All 4 bolts are there, but only 1 is tight enough to hold my bumper up in proper position. If I jumped up and down on the bumper, it would sag back down like it was when I bought it. I added a frame mounted hitch, but this truck gets driven by others in the family. Yes, the bumper mounted ball is rated as an acceptable hitch, but really shouldn't be used except for very light duty towing.

 

[RandomNerd2000]

If it got turned into the insurance company, probably, they'd want to salvage it, it's my understanding that some insurance companies are actually paying more than the full mint condition value because these things, if you hit something like a modern Hyundai, it just caves them right in due to frame height, just like these did in the 90s, always been my understanding these were abnormally dangerous in head on collisions due to that, and besides that, it's old, they're buying them off the roads over that too.