Thanks to Vintage Speedsters - I purchased the new deck, cut out the parts, adhered the halves together, shaved / cut, and prepared for mounting, sanded, primered, sanded more, and painted, ... phew.
No more zit on the speedsters butt.
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Good job! Doesn't yell kit car any more.
Pretty good job there, Loren! Now got out there and drive it like you stole it! Have fun, be safe! 
Looks great, and nice work! Was there originally an engine installed that needed the lump for clearance?
Thanks, guys --- Regarding why there was a lump: No clue. I asked the seller, but the reason was lost to him or he wasn't willing to say.
I think the popular theory is that he had a turbo setup like the following.
Putting a turbo, which generates a lot of heat, in a (basically) sealed air cooled engine compartment is nuts. 
Putting a turbo, which generates a lot of heat, in a (basically) sealed air cooled engine compartment is nuts.
I don't think it's nuts to have an a/c engine with turbo in a VW/Porsche, but there are heat issues that must be managed. After all, Porsche produced the a/c twin turbo 993 from 95-97, producing about 400 HP. Additional engine air is a must. Porsche designed side vents and fender cooling. We now have technologies that weren't used much in 95 or thereabouts, being ceramic coatings and turbo blankets that help keep engine heat n the exhaust system, and not the engine compartment. Challenges like the above keep lots of us car nuts interested in new approaches to old problems.
I didn't say it was nuts to put a turbo on an air cooled engine. I said it was nuts to put it in a sealed engine compartment that relied on the air around the engine for cooling. As tom mentioned, CB's turbo kit mounts the turbo below the engine tin to keep the turbo heat out of the engine compartment.
When I ordered my CB fuel injection kit I discussed the turbo kit with Pat Downs. When he found out my car would be mainly used for highway driving and longer trips he recommended I not go with the turbo.
