Spent most of the day today working on the passengers side floor......I got a bum new pass side Taiwan floorpan.....it was 1 1/2 inches too long. Had to cut a trim it. What a poor stamping. Oh well.....I'll make it work.
On your original trunk lid.....seriously try to resurrect it. The new Ricks lids are Camaro stampings that dont have the underside frame spaces/holes the Firebird lids do for the Pontiac letters and 400 emblem.
I purchased a repro trunk lid or Goodmark Taiwan lid a few years ago......It actually fits very well. I am surprisingly happy with it. But the underside does not match the Firebird lid. So I plan to resurrect my original lid in the near future.....use it for an original look and put a spoiler on the Goodmark lid.
My original lid had some rust holes in the bottom corner near the 400 emblem and was actually quite rusty.
Here is what you can do to maybe resurrect your original lid.....the top of the lid is a skin like on a door and The bottom portion is a frame.....what you can do is remove the skin or top portion.....clean all the rust off of the underside of the skin......fix any holes etc. Then you can do the same cleaning/rust removal of the frame portion. Once you get all the rust off of the two components then you can weld (via bending the skin's metal tabs back over the frame portion then make a series of tack welds of the metal tabs to the frame) the skin part back onto the frame.
I'll post a pick of my original trunk lid....Ive already removed the skin portion from the frame part. I did it a few years ago and didnt do the best job but I think it is salvageable. My pics might better illustrate how I got the skin/top portion off.
Post a pic of your original trunk lid......and I will see if I can give any ideas.
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