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Here is a shot of what’s shot on the other side in the trunk. Since there is no aftermarket sheet metal available
for this car that I know of or a price that wouldn’t put this project on the back burner and me in the poor house we
had do make every part by hand the best we could . That gray stuff is a high end seam sealer I have used over the years for
body panel work, it helps keep the elements out to help prevent blistering on paint and a home for rust to move in.
The home made hide-a-hinge that I made worked and the price was right in the ball park, I used some square stock I had
left over from a job. The part that took the longest was figuring out the pitch, angle and pivot. Other than that they work
fine. Now we are into about our 4th full week "time wise" on this project and we haven even scratched the surface "we DA'ed
it " but now I can see this isn’t going to be a walk in the park by no means.
Just when I though the deck lid job was done I found more things to replace in that area. The gutter like rail that goes
up the sides and the lower part of the lid it’s self was in need of some sheet metal in stead of the bondo and flashing
someone at one time had patched it up with. I just got to do one piece at a time, gee, every time I take a brake and look
what lies ahead I have myself wondering if we will make the date of the bet for the car to be on the road.
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