Like I said earlier...the restoration manager is finishing the car himself. He is sticking to his origonal estimate even though the estimate was low. He had to put his guys on other "billable" projects.
One thing that had been on my mine since the beginning was the use of a 70-71 trunk lid. For some reason I couldn't stop thinking about all those extra holes on the inner structure. I had picked up that trunk lid years ago...long before the new lids came out. I also had another 72-74 lid but the rear lip was rusty. I sent both lids out with the car.
I asked if it was possible to remove a section of the 72-74 lid and use it to fill in all the extra holes that are found in the earlier trunk lids. I got an e-mail back saying that it would be cheaper just to buy a new trunk lid but if I did that...the new lid would have to be re-gapped. I had forgotten that he had already welded rods to the trunk lid to adjust the gaps. I told him not to worry about it...that if someone said anything like,"You know you don't have the right trunk lid on the car don't you?" that I would just tell them to mind their own buisness.
Well, I got another e-mail on Saturday and found out that he is filling in all the extra holes afterall...for free. He said it was the least he could do for making me wait so long to get the car back. Here's some pics.
Rusty 72-74 lid with section cut out.
Section cut out of 70-71 lid...some other holes already filled.
New section being installed in 70-71 lid.