[esahlin]

Finally got some pics of my original trunk lid.

Pictures of the underside of the trunk lid frame and the underside of the top skin.

Doesnt look too good does it.

I was very surprised when I saw how rusty it was in there. With some hard work I can definitely salvage mine.......but Ive got to get the bigger projects done before we lose our warm sunny weather here.

I also checked the fit of my new Taiwan trunk lid again and it fits surprisingly well. The gaps are actually good. This was with no weatherstrip though.

At one point a year ago, I installed a new trunk lid weatherstrip and bolted my Taiwan trunk lid up. The new weatherstrip would not let the trunk lid sit low enough so that the lid was "flush" or level with the tops of the qtrs. So I went over to www.camaros.net and found alot of posts there about guys having problems with new trunk lid weatherstripping and it not letting the trunk lids sit flush. I gave up on trying to research more about a solution (I had more important/more difficult bodywork to work on)....just something I thought I would mention before you got to that point.


On my original trunk lid......I didnt do the best job seperating the two pieces......so if you think you want to seperate yours i know of a place you can ask the question (an online internet forum with some professional body/restoration guys) and receive some professional feedback on how to do it properly. I wouldnt follow the procedure I used. If you decide to do it....I dont want you to potentially damage your original lid based on my advice.