Removing the rear deck.

Given the likely issues with the rear deck I decided to strip the rear panel with a wire brush (on my angle grinder). Unfortunately the passenger side of the rear deck was quite a state. A number of holes (from rust) meaning that both the deck and the extension from the deck to the B-post on the passenger side needed replacing. So this meant removing the panel. So using the angle grinder I sliced down the side of the inner wing and then drilled out all the spot welds that attach the back of the panel. You can see these on the picture below (the shiny dots on the piece of steel going across the car)

 Leaving a big hole :-(

Now all I have to do is weld in a new deck and front extension.. not much then!