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Old 08-19-2016, 02:47 AM
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I think it is likely the rusty part in front of the rear wheel has probably gone (!)

It looks like the trailing arm has been pushed inwards and has twisted round on the sub frame. The sub frame is probably damaged. To knacker that the front mounting points are probably toast too. Look under the rear seat to see if you can see any distortion. If there isn't any there take a picture of the area in front of the rear wheel and compare what you see with the other side.

If my imagination is correct and the damage I expect to see is there I would expect every insurance company on the planet to say "dead" - there's probably one heck of a lot of work to do to get that to be a safe vehicle again.
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