my van (blue 84 gl) has sort of a dent/crease put there by the previous owner. had a red streak on the sliding door. until it got painted over (i was repainting other parts of the van and used leftover paint to fix the scratch) i'd say the wheel well smashing is pretty common. only damage i ever did to the van myself was to clip the end of the bumper against a wall, trying to get out of a tight spot. tore off the bumper endcap and made the bumper (old metal ones wiht plastic caps) kind of 'wavy'. this was at school, when i was entirely too tired to be driving, but sometimes you just gotta make it. luckily one of my freinds there had a rubber mallet which i used to bang the bumper straight again. I got a new endcap from the bus depot.
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