That's good news, thanks! It is not a trick of the light, however, I reached in and felt it.

I have yet to put the car up on a lift, but the remaining questions are:
1) Inside the trunk, there is some rust in the spare wheel well (just surface for now), and also along the inside of the bumper as seen from the spare wheel well.
2) The cruise control stalk is loose and cruise doesn't work, so will have to look into effort required to fix it.

Other than that, car is in relatively good condition and I'm considering the purchase.