OK - I've been officially busted. Dang. I was going to post a flurry of activity here and have you all believe I'm some kind of restoration super guru. More like the Wizard of Oz. Oh well - the show must go on.
I started with the deck lid, as it seemed pretty straight. I had an annoying pimple dent to deal with.
Hard to see in a picture, but obvious in person.
I also want to square up the left rear corner:
Compare it to the right side:
Notice how the left side has kind of a wedge shaped gap. The infamous paint chipping problem is obvious, but a new latch striker and chassis stiffening should fix that.
As for the latch striker, the early cars had a really weak affair with no lateral support; I don't have a pic of it handy. Here is where it goes:
I also have one broken strut mount support:
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