Its hard for me to write about an accident which happened in June 2024 inside my garage as it was such a terrible experience... to make a long story short - I crashed into a massive wooden shelf while backing into my old garage. The broken shelf completely damaged the perfect trunk lid... See pictures...

I now had to source a new trunk lid and found one in Arizona on Craigs List.
As we were planning to travel Route 66 this summer anyways I contacted the seller and we visited him in his warehouse in the middle of nowhere.
The lid looked great and rust free and it was advertised as a 68 lid which is completely identical to 67.
Getting it over to Europe was another challenge...

The seller was nice enough to transport it to Las Vegas for a smaller amount and deliver it to a shipping company which would put it in a custom built crate to avoid any damage during transport.
Still it cost a fortune to ship it to Europe - I have paid less for shipping whole cars in the past...

It was delivered directly to the paint shop where my car was done a few years ago and the paint shop did a fantastic job matching the paint once again. It's a 100% perfect match I would say.

When my friends came over to install the new trunk lid we discovered that the original lock and wrest did no longer fit. It turned out that I got a 69 trunk lid and there some minor things were changed...
So 1 had to find a 69 lock and cover which looks identical from the outside - so when installed luckily there is no visible difference.
When I got everything we then installed the new parts and the car is now looking like before the accident.

This stupid accident has cost me a fortune and many sleepless nights and I still suffer from PTSD when I think about it...

After the accident - beyond repairable

After the accident - beyond repairable

After the accident - beyond repairable

The trunk lid I found in Arizona

Preparing it at the paint shop

Preparing it at the paint shop

Preparing it at the paint shop

Preparing it at the paint shop - getting the edges right

Preparing it at the paint shop

Reinstalling it

Reinstalling it with my friends

Reinstalling it with my friends

Original trunk lid from 67

That's what they changed for 69 - you need a different lock and cover - cover is one year only - hard to find…

Tags:1967 Cadillac Eldorado Repair Tip, 1967 Eldorado, Trunk lid, Restoration, Repaint, Bodywork, Accident