What's in the trunk?, Wouldn't know, I can't get mine open! Options

[MadeRight]

Friends,
I just got my 914 and cannot get the trunk open because it was rear ended. It does not seem that the wreck was severe enough to make the trunk stick, but I still cannot open it. I have stuck the key in and can turn to the left and back to center, but nothing else.

What can I do? Is there another way to get it open? Once I get it open, I will begin to bang ou the dents.

Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

[MadeRight]

Well, here's what I did. I tried SirAndy's trick with the coat hanger and it did not work. Not sure what I was suppossed to be hooking.

So, because the passenger tail light was crumpled and cracked here and there, I removed it from the outside with every imaginable tool.

Once I got it out, I reached in the trunk and still could not open it, so I stuck in a ratchet with a 10mm and unscrewed both bolts on the latch bracket and viola', open she did.

And there was very much rust - especially considering the very thorough paint job this car had several years ago (PO).

Here's a few pictures of the trunk when I opened it, how I began to straighten it out, and what it looks like now. I will start a new thread for advice on how to continue the trunk project.
First look (cannot tell that the passenger rear light is moved forward about 2-3 inches.)
(IMG:http://www.maderight.com/andrew/images/914/first_trunk_3.jpg)
How I moved the rear back out (there's still more to do)
(IMG:http://www.maderight.com/andrew/images/914/trunk_repair1.jpg)
Days end progress:
(IMG:http://www.maderight.com/andrew/images/914/trunk_partway.jpg)

Any insights, please let me know.