Bent downtube - rectifiable?

Morning comrades
My girlfriend had a head-on with the back of a car and managed to bend the Swinnerton's downtube (and thus, i suspect, the top tube to a lesser extent) to the point where the wheel now presses against the downtube and wont spin.

does anyone know if a) the frame is likely to be a write-off? and b) any recommended london shops of framebuilders who'd be a good go-to for a quote on a fix? frame has sentimental value etc.

weirdly enough, the wheel itself is still true and spins fine. Pics below.

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Will need new top and down tubes.

Perfectly do able by most framebuilders but cost of repair (will also need full respray, decals etc) might outweigh value of frame.

...And have the forks checked out too.

thats fubard im afraid.. get a new frame, hang it on the wall for the sentimental value.. the costs of getting everthing repaired and respray as said earlier doesnt make it worthwhile..

And the lower headset looks like it has a problem. And the forks are probably curved differently to what they were originally.

...And have the forks checked out too.

Actually yeah, second from bottom image looks like bent steerer tube.

forks unfortunately look bent to me.

wall art from this day forth

I think from your account she rear ended the car rather than had a head on collision.

Btw, frame is fucked.

As above, pretty much unless its something rare or valuable to you as an object its muchas cheaper to get another frame.

Needs both main tubes + forks, likely £275-300? Then paint/chrome £100-200 = excuse for sexier frame ;)

ah, quite right james. and as i feared all round, thanks all. new frame it is!