Looks pretty severe to me. I think you will need to take out the interior skin and replace the affected ribs. Probably put on new end segements. Might depend on how many wrinkles you can accept.
Second look it looks worse than I thought. Ribs, segments, roof panels a and probably interior skin on top half. I tried pushing a small limb drop out and it did not do well at all.
That damage looks way past what you are asking. I would expect a large amount of interior and hidden damage. Meaning $$$$$$$.
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Thanks all.
I'm not too concerned with the ribs. I have done a lot of metal framing with custom radius work. I believe the aluminum ribs can be fabricated by a few different metal shops in my area.
I'm more concerned about the stretch formed panels on the end. Anyone have experience with them?
I was planning on replacing the vent that was damaged also.
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