Any tips for removing interior rear side panels?

[Pete Rutledge]

I'm preparing my car for soda blasting to remove the paint.  The only external trim I haven't removed are the belt buckle emblems on the sail panels because the retaining nuts are under the interior rear side panels.  I have removed all the screws from these panels, but they remain firmly attached around the rear vent windows.  Does anyone have any tips on how to remove these panels?

Thanks.

[brad]

The rear vent window frames have to be removed. The interior vinyl wraps around the opening. There are 9 screws hidden under the weatherstripping.

They are accessible through the "holes"  and are phillips head screws.

[Pete Rutledge]

Thanks, Brad.  That's what I needed to know.  In that case, I will leave the emblems on the car for now and worry about removing the paint under them later.  Soda blasting is Monday and I want to keep the car as watertight as possible for that, so don't want to mess up the integrity of the vent window frame seal.

[Avanti1963!]

Pete, the soda dust particles are very fine and gets everywhere.  If anything is left inside, cover it well.