So the work begins =P
I apologise i really could have taken more pictures, but once you get dirty and start working you sort of forget to do so.
First things first, time to remove the parts of the whore car =P
Next, spend hours looking for just the right size piece of metal to pull from
9,500 pound winch should do it... =P and 4 blocks of wood for wheel chocks. We soon needed two extra on the nav
Countless time spend looking for another piece of metal the "perfect" size =) you can see the bottom is getting straighter. It still needed some more work but we got there in the end =P
At this point using the top support panel of the wreck car as a guide, we were able to work out how far it needed to be pulled.
By changing the position of the NAV and angle of pull we could pull each side out at different rates to get it straight.
There was a few hairy moments where your watching the seams (where it was bent) and thinking should i go one more click on the winch, scared of tearing the metal =P It was geared pretty coarsely so each click pulled at least 20mm. We worked out if you put some body weight on the cable you could bend it out that little bit extra, rather then going another squirt on the winch.
All in all for a first attempt i was pleasantly surprised with the results. Using the top support bolt holes as a guide, it soon lined up perfectly. I mean perfectly! =P
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