Glad you came out much better off than the bike!
I can't get over the amount of frame damage resulting in contact with a curb - particularly as the fork looks undamaged and you've stated the rim only ended up with a ding in it (and it can't be that big if you think it can be repaired - right?). I think the frame was rusting big-time from the inside out, too. I mean, the frame even crumpled at the BB end of the downtube. Wow.
Too bad - she looked like a head-turner.
DD