More of the do-it-yourself alignment questions

[ggehrke at gmail.com (GGehrke)]

So I had been told that the auto hobby shop on the naval base here had
an alignment rack, turns out they dont.
I think I've archived all the stuff about alignments that we've
discussed recently, but here's a question:

My suspension is shot.  I remember Dan Bubb mentioned at one point
that I really don't even need to bother doing an alignment because of
that.  After my recent mishap, though, I think I've got a pretty bad
toe problem (car is really jumpy, steering wheel isn't straight, and
my drivers side tire squeals on every turn, no matter how slow I'm
moving or how small the turn is - think: highway lane changes, tire
squeals).  Am I going to be ABLE to do an alignment on it or would I
just mess things up more?  Suspension shot means that my shocks might
as well not even be there and all my bushings are old and tired.  Tie
rods might be damaged but  I don't even want to begin to think about
that possibility right now.  I'm not even really worried about camber
and such, but does anyone have any suggestions of what to do and what
not to do or what not to worry about?

At the moment I'm swinging more toward the hate side of the classic
love/hate relationship with this stupid car :(

-Grant-