Thread: How to build a trunk lid for any early coupe

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Tonight I dug out an old scrap book (pre digital camera) and found a good pair of pictures for a "before and after" comparison . What you see is my 27 roadster that I built about 10 years ago, with a glass body. In the one picture there is no trunklid at all--just molded in. In the other picture is a trunklid I built using the above "how to" method. I cut out the opening in the fiberglass rear deck, framed in the opening with 1/2" plywood and fiberglass, and effectively created a "trunk". I then built a trunklid exactly as described in the thread and popped about 90 louvers into it. I used a pair of light compression springs as "door poppers" and the solenoid from an old Volkswagen starter for a hidden push button latch. The solenoid was powered by a push-button inside the car that only received power when the ignition key was turned on, so no-one could open the trunk unless I was there with the key.