Abstract: A composite lid for a vehicle storage container for use in a truck bed has an outer sheet metal member including a top portion having a first inner surface with a rim portion extending around a periphery of the top portion. The lid has an inner sheet metal member positioned in a spaced apart relationship to the top portion, where the inner sheet member has a second inner surface opposed to the first inner surface to define an enclosed interior. The lid has a sandwich panel fixedly secured in the enclosed interior for reinforcing the structural integrity of the lid, where the panel has a corrugated core bonded to the interior of both the inner and outer sheet metal members. The panel is composed of the corrugated core of a cellulosic honeycomb structure bonded between an upper paper layer and a lower paper layer.