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The TM is built like no other trailer (see their web site) and it's highly unlikely anyone other than the TM factory can repair body damage. We were at the factory in the fall of 2002 getting a couple of upgrades and there was a late model hail damaged TM sitting in the next stall. I asked the mechanic about it and although I've forgotten the exact repair estimate he mentioned, I do remember that it was most of the cost of a new trailer. Since the TM you are looking at is not a late model, it has likely been totaled and cashed out by an insurance company. IMO it's probably worth no more than the value of the fun you can have with it as long as you own it. It's like buying a car with one side bashed in -- really cheap transportation if you can stand the stigma. I'm assuming of course that it is mechanically functional -- that is; the tops go up and down and the beds slide in and out Ok, the door fits and the frame is not bent. It'll be a handfull to tow if the frame is bent.