The panel under the windshield can be accessed by pulling off the fenders. You will see a drain hole that is about 1ö high by 2ö wide. You should be able to get a bar in there to pull against.

That panel can be cut out with the windshield removed and the fenders off. It will require cutting a lot of spot welds and a hand held spot welder to put a replacement back with. The best way to remive the spot welds is grind the top part down flush.

A donor part can be gotten from a salvage yard vehicle by cutting below the weld line and grinding the spot welds apart. The job is involved but not impossible. Its similar to hanging a new ? panel but you donÆt have a seams to blend.

My first restoration I ever did I hung two new ? panels, a tail light and a trunk floor. It came out all right. My guess is it would take about two days to change that panel out.

The tricky part is priming the seams when you are done. The factory dipped the entire body and you should have them bare when you spot weld them back.

Good luck,

Kevin