[SpookyZalost]

so good news, I managed to pull the crossmember mostly straight, accidentally straightening the frame at the same time, and get the radiator free.

which leaves me with testing the engine.

unfortunately I start my 3 month stint on night shift tomorrow so I'll have to work around my sleep cycle but progress is progress.

also, I'm going to post images of the accident and damage.

I'll try to post pictures of my current progress.



that's what caused the damage... stupid ice spots  

here's a few weeks ago after I managed to remove the grille, but before I pulled the bumper, and radiator, and straightened the crossmember.



I'm going to be checking out pick and pull's soon, but I want to do a manual crank of the engine first to make sure nothing in there got damaged, order a new radiator, and try starting it up.

if all goes well I'll visit a pick and pull to start gathering the salvage replacements and order the AC condenser and Transmission cooler.

the worst part about all this is that a few months back some idiot backed into me and his insurance company paid to have all that redone!

now I'm doing this solo because my insurance company are idiots who charge too much... you know like every insurance company.