[s-cars] whacked a curb

[Edward Estabrook]

Last night (in 6" of snow and freezing rain) I managed to whack the driver's
rear wheel against a curb. An SUV couldn't stop at an intersection I was
pulling thru and the only way to avoid impact was to accelerate out the way,
towards the curb.  Tried to pivot the car away from the curb and pivoted too
far.  Rotated into it going maybe 10mph.

Destroyed my wheel, tire and allignement.  More worrying though, it drives
really wierd, like the rear end wants to swing out every so often (when I'm
driving straight, not accelerating).  Is this 'normal' for the car being way
out of allignment, or is there something else wrong?  I pulled the rear
wheel and everything looks OK... no obvious cracks or bends, everything
tight.  With the wheel on it looks like the top of the wheel is every so
slightly out further than the passenger side wheel (makes sense I guess, I
hit the bottom of the wheel).

I'm tempted to try and get it alligned and see if it goes away, but I
obviously don't want to ignore damaged parts.

Also, where does one aquire a used 16x7.5 avus wheel?  I'm not concerned
about the cosmetics, just the roundness.  Or is there a manufacturer that
makes knock-off avus's (I've seen highline wheels, but only in 17")?

I'd to have the bent wheel fixed, but I'm worried this may not be possible
since a good chunk of the lip was ground off on impact.

Thanks!
Ed