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On my lid, there was dum dum or black wads of sticky stuff placed around between the two panels. Most of it was hard and dried out. This is to keep the skin from popping up and down on the finished trunk lid. I couldn't tell if yours had it or not but I thought I would mention it anyway. If yours had it I would be sure to put it back in. It seems like the natural crown of the sheet metal would prevent the flexing but I guess GM felt it needed to be there.
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My lid did not have anything other than the nest inside.
Since some of you seem to be interested in the trunk lid restoration so I will post pictures as I go, but this really isn't very interesting stuff.
Here you can see the rust removal by using a wire wheel. This isn't perfect since it doesn't get all of the rust out of the pits, but it's a good start.
Here is a close up showing the pits after using a wire brush.
This is the under side of the skin. I did go over the entire panel with a wire rush, but the area near the lock cylinder hole just has more surface rust the the rest of the lid. I was only able to get a single wire brush on my way home so by the time I got to this area the brush was almost worn out.
The goal is to get as much rust out of the pits as possible, since Naval Jelly works really slow. However since I'm out of wire brushes I decide to coat the surface with Naval Jelly and call it a night.
I then cover the lid with a sheet of plastic to help keep the Naval Jelly from drying out.
