Steve
Thanks for the grille pix. Yours didn't look that bad.
Mine has some bent vertical supports as well as a couple of rips/holes in the horizontal bars. The truck took a hit on the LF fender which had been replaced without straightening some of the underlying metal, such as the inner fender which had a nice crease in it. Both the upper and lower radiator aprons were bent pretty badly, but managed to straighten them to be acceptable (since they're not really visible).
If my grille was in the shape yours was, I'd definitely persuade it back into shape, but mine - not so much. I may re-evaluate as it hasn't made it to the recycler yet. If I were to tally up the hours it would take to straighten it, a repop would be cheap (assuming i paid myself
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