Howdy Folks,
Well, with Linda S's continued encouragement and Sunny '79's, my son and me replaced the shredded piano hinge that works the rear hatch.
It took 2 hours. We bought a replacement hinge from McMaster and my son took it to his shop and predrilled all of the installation mounting holes.
We drilled out the old pop rivets and popped in new ones. Mighty glad this big job is over.
Now its time to get rid of 40 years of spider webs and road gunk!
Happy trails.