No significant structural contribution. It's just a thin panel to mount the rear reflector to. In fact, the early cars have nothing here.
The crack is likely from a previous parking lot tap that didn't get full repaired.
But since I can't see where it is exactly, I can't say for sure. That area where the quarter panel meets the latch panel is leaded in, BTW.
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'69 911E coupe' RSR clone-in-progress (retired 911-Spec racer)
'72 911T Targa MFI 2.4E spec(Formerly "Scruffy")
2004 GT3
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