Cowl patches almost done

 Left side done, right side fit and tacked. I  ran out of argon so I called it a day.

Cowl Repairs

 I was hoping I was done with rot, but I sort of expected the bottom of the cowl to be bad.  Sanded the paint off and sure enough, bondo again.   First pic is the  right side, second is the left side cut out,  third is the inner brace cleaned and primed, and last is the new panel being fitted for welding in place.

More Rumble Lid

 After removing all the tar undercoating from the rumble lid I could now weld up all the cracks around the hinges and in the center.  Someone had  converted this to a trunk lid at some time past and  in order to put in a latch they cut out the inner panel in the bottom center.  This let the deck lid flex so it cracked right down the center.  Today I reproduced the piece they cut out and welded it in and then welded up all the cracks.  A little finishing touches and the rumble lid will be ready for primer.  First pic is the missing piece, next is the replacement, then a  welded crack by the hinge. 

Rumble Lid

 After finally getting the rear quarter panels spread apart to fit the rumble lid, I decided to strip the lid and see what kind of shape it was in.  Somewhere in time someone decided that some tar undercoating would be a great thing to spray on the inside of the lid.  I tried paint remover, acetone and Lacquer thinner but it only cut the top layer.  So I decided to scrape it off by hand.  Two days later it was all off.  There is a quite a bit of welding required to fix the lid so I had to remove the tar or watch it burn up during welding. Where the tar was thick it came off easily but the thin stuff took work.  As you can see it looks like this car was a trunk lid car before it was a rumble seater so someone welded up the trunk latch holes. I took off the hinge brackets  and cleaned up around them as metal fatigue has caused some cracks that need welding.  Overall this lid needs less work than all the other body parts so I'm happy with the results.  Last pic is the outside with all the bondo and primer removed, ready for some welding.