Removing remaining trim

This post should catch us up to where I'm currently at with the car.  The only thing remaining is to remove the suspension.  The plan is to roll the car out of the garage so I can clean my garage bay really well one last time.  Then I'll roll the car back in, put it up on jack stands, and remove the front and rear suspension as well as the bumpers.  At that point, it will be completely disassembled and will be ready for the cutting wheel.

I looked through my pics and found that I didn't really take any pictures for the majority of the trim removal.  Much of it has studs and nuts on the backside.  This includes things like the rear fin trim, license plate trim, and turn signals.  The drip rail molding was removed very carefully with the rounded side of a bottle opener.  The quarter window trim is held in with four screws on each side.

Quarter window lower and vertical trim

The vertical quarter window trim can be gently pried off.  Expect many of the retainers to break when you do this, but the trim won't be distorted.  The side trim that runs from the fender to the rear quarter can also be gently pried off, as well as the front badge.  The rear badges have clips holding the studs tightly in the trunk compartment.  I used some needle nose pliers and a small flat blade screwdriver to get them off, but they can be very stubborn.