Thanks, Sid & Doug,
Not a lot of time to work on it lately but here is an update.


So after not getting anywhere with the gaps I decided to remove the brace from the inside of the trunk to get the trunk lid to fit better.


This would be the offending brace.


With the brace removed things are looking better.


I used this end (slightly modified) of my small trim hammer to get the bottom corner to fit like it should to the trunk.


Kinda went crazy on it with the hammer which caused some cracks that will need to be welded up but the fit is much better to the trunk lid.


Gap is not too bad now. Looks about the same as the passenger side which doesn't look like it was ever damaged.


With all the cracks welded up the fit is pretty good now in the lower corner.
Next project will be to get the rear bumper off to repair the slot in the body where the bumper brace goes through and get the body to fit the fender better at the bottom. I will need to make a template of the passenger side fender shape so I know if it is the body or the fender that needs to be re-shaped or a combination of both. Eventually the tail pan will need to be replaced as well to fix the rust but for now I want to get everything to fit pretty close before that gets cut out.
Brian