Now that the trunk had hinges and a strut to hold it up, it needed a latch. Not wanting to invent everything on this car, i cheated and raided the corvette parts bin for a late model electric latch assembly. unfortunately, the "latch" part could in no way be mounted to the underside of the trunk lid. that started another little "diversion"... here is the factory trunk latch with the "adapter plate" i cut out of 16 gage steel.