After I got the reverse light holes made, I moved on to the trunk latch bracket. This is after a week soaking in Evaporust to soften the black paint sprayed over the spatter and the spatter itself. During test fitting, I discovered this was still twisted from the crash too and had to bend it around to fit straight.
After shooting with SPI epoxy.
I was able to spot weld the top to avoid welding and cleaning that in the seal channel.
Threw some sloppy welds on the bottom, to mimic the factory ones I cut out...
Then I cut off the rusted right rain gutter...
Went at it with the crud thug for an hour and chewed all the rust off.
Bought a set of Dynacorn gutters.
Cut it down to fit what I had removed.
Cut the flange that would have gone under the roof to fit below the existing flange for mounting.
It fit and followed the roof very well.
This will get butt welded after the panel bond cement cures.
I forgot to take a pic with all the clamps on. I had 9 clamps holding it in place. It is very sturdy after curing.