1964 Trunk Lid Rust. Repair or Replace?

[Garret Swanson]

Hello i have a trunk lid that is rusted and i dont know if i should repair it or just make a new lid here is some photos

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[Ward 57]

Interesting. The paint looks pretty good but the rust is bad. How is the rest of the body? Lower corners, splash panels and rocker panels. It looks like somebody painted over problems and didn't solve them from the start. It's not beyond repair but a technical fix by somebody who does restoration work. Not cheap but maybe worth not trying to find a decent replacement from a donor. I worry about the rest that is hidden.

 

[biddle]

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[andrew latimer]

There is a guy on YouTube “fitziee’s fabrications”. He does tutorials on patch panel work. If you are at all handy, he can teach you to weld and to patch Panels In your car. There are a multitude of simple tools he is using to do it. I am very close to body work on my 66.
I will suggest that time snd money wise, a replacement will be the easiest least expensive and most boring way to go. Boring is easier on your wallet.
My lower rear rockers and quarters are very aerodynamic now. Lots of extra panel “ventilation”. So I am opting to try my hand at cutting and patching those, for excitement. But the rust inside my deck lid was bad. Poured out like ugly glitter. So I replaced it. I found a restoration shop on Craigslist that was closing out a substantial pile of tbird parts. I bought a trunk lid that almost looks like it came on my car, for 110.00 . No rust.
Good luck!
Andrew

 

[Garret Swanson]

Interesting. The paint looks pretty good but the rust is bad. How is the rest of the body? Lower corners, splash panels and rocker panels. It looks like somebody painted over problems and didn't solve them from the start. It's not beyond repair but a technical fix by somebody who does restoration work. Not cheap but maybe worth not trying to find a decent replacement from a donor. I worry about the rest that is hidden.

Hey thank you for responding and i will give you more info on the rust, basically the body is covered in surface rust and i have been getting rid of it with sanding it down and then putting primer paint on it. but there are holes where the rust has done really bad damage, spot is on the door, on bottom part of the body and then in the trunk is rust hole heaven.