Help? Advice?

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Anyone have any help to offer me?

My buddy has a 64 and we are trying to straighten the dash. The metal on the center speaker is bubbled out, and not amount of heat or hammer is getting it shruck down and straight. It's about 2 inches in diameter, 1/2" high. (no pics yet)

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? I've been hammering for two days and have it much better than it was, but it is still jacked up. I proposed cutting out the speaker/top vent and welding in a patch panel, but two problems with that:

1. it doesn't appear as if they are making any repops.

2. He wants to clear over bare metal, so the welds would have to be PERFECTLY worked over. I'm pretty good, but I don't know if I'm that good.