Trunk lid tension rods.

[camarojoe]

Yes, the trunk latch was also pre-installed and painted body color. You will often see the latch left natural or even phosphate plated on restored cars, which is incorrect. As for your original paint, look at the edge of your decklid around the various punched out holes along the back edge, and its likely you will see a smudge or 2 in the paint, usually on the right side, from the painter pulling down the decklid with a finger to paint the top... This was pointed out to me by Brian Henderson a long time ago and since then, i've witnessed this on nearly every original paint 69 camaro I've looked at.