Thanks Ken. Yes, I'm making progress, but it's very slow, I just can't commit big chunks of time to working on the car unfortunately. I ended up removing the old trunk floor as it was just too rusty to salvage. Around the same time I started cleaning up some of the other rear panels and found more metal damage (dents vs. rust) than I'd anticipated, hiding under filler. As such, I've come to the conclusion that I'll end up getting the whole thing media blasted, but unfortunately still manually need to pull off the old filler otherwise the blasting will just be so long and intense that I think I'd have a high probability of warping panels. Long story short, I've got a VERY long way to go and am just trying to work my way through the bulk of the metal work prior to going to the blasters so I can get it well sealed immediately afterward. Oh boy.
Hey, back on the subject though. I'd be curious to know what that area of your trunk looks like on the under side. What I found on mine was that the replacement trunk panels don't fit the earlier cars well, so I had to fabricate corner pieces to get it to fit snugly up against the wheel arches. Kind of a pain in the butt, honestly.... Would be curious if this is basically what you are seeing, or it they were truly installed for increased strength.
