Hey Ryan, unfortunately, I didn't pay him with Paypal. I mailed him a check. He doesn't like Paypal. Now I think I know why!
As for using the inner structure on my old one, that won't really work. One of the reasons I decided to get another lid instead of fixing my old one is because of the way my lid was repaired many years ago. The inner structure was welded in with too much heat, etc and now it's very solid but also very wavy. My dad & I were learning back then. :eek: I'm still learning!:) Anyway, I had a fairly thick coat of bondo on the lower portion of the old lid, which smoothed it out ok but I was trying to avoid that this time.
I'll sand the "new" lid down to bare metal to see what I really have then make some decisions from there.
In the meantime, I think I'll send some of these pics to the seller and see if I can guilt him into refunding some of my money!
Thanks for your suggestions!