Correct name for an auto body panel ?

[John Buchtenkirch]

What is the correct name for the panel between the back window (back-light) and the trunk lid (deck lid) ? Years ago I saw it listed in a hot rod magazine as a “Tulip panel” but with over 50 years in the collision business I’ve never heard any body man refer to it by that name probably because now a days the deck lid ends at the back window with no panel between. I recently saw a video where Voodoo Larry was referring to it as a “cat walk panel” and that just got me wondering again, what really is the correct name for that panel ~ John Buchtenkirch

[DarkLightning]

Yup. I know it as a tulip panel, as well, which I learned in the '60s. Reproduction company Goodmark Industries calls it a deck filler panel, along with (tulip panel) in the ad.

[Rick Mullin]

I have always referred to it as the rear cowl. That was the accepted terminology when I was writing insurance estimates. At least no one said otherwise. In the UK it might be called the rear scuttle.

[hot rivet]

I have only known that part to be called a "decker panel" , a scuttle in my understanding is the vertical bulkhead dividing one area from another. Does USA automotive terminology include the "parcel shelf" or is that european nomenclature?

[DarkLightning]

It's known as "neck-breaking projectile" in the days before headrests, if in an accident. All kidding aside, we call it the "package shelf", here.

[John Buchtenkirch]

In the USA the package tray or package shelf is the horizontal panel in front of the rear window, not behind it. ~ John Buchtenkirch