Ok, fellas, here's a little update on the deck lid situation....I could definitely use a little advice here. I'll post up some pics to show you what I'm up against...

I cut out a little section of rust from the inner framework and fabbed a little patch for it. It still needs to be finished up but it's a start. There are several more areas like this so I may resort to a different method since the inner frame will be covered with an upholstered panel anyway....
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Then I used to heat gun to remove all the bondo on the outer skin so I could see what I'm really dealing with.
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The bondo was pretty thin until I got up toward the top of the lid. You can see the multitude of dents that were hiding under it.
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Both lower corners are pitted badly and have holes in them plus there are several holes across the bottom 4" of the outer skin. Ideally, the bottom 4" should be replaced with new metal but with my limited equipment, I have no idea how I could make that big a patch panel. I discovered a sheet metal shop in my neighborhood that I may ask about making a new panel using the old one for a pattern. Heck, maybe I should see if they could remake the whole outer skin and I'll attach it to the old framework. That would probably get pricey.....but I won't know till I ask, right?
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The lighting isn't very good on this pic of the whole lid but the dark stripes from the top edge are dents or scrapes from yesteryear that were skim coated. The lower half of the lid is pretty straight but pitted pretty badly on the lower 4" like I said above...
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So, I'm open to suggestions......