I was able to find a video on West Coast Classic Cougars that demonstrated how to find the practically hidden bolts that holds together to 2 pieces of the grille housing. It took a little while for me to find a wrench that fit, but I finally was able to take the left side off. VICTORY! The right one came off much pretty quickly.
The hideaway lights are run on vacuum hoses and a canister. My dad let me know that there is likely a leak or a problem with them, so my cousin also wanted me to remove that. The canister was locate behind the driver's side fender. Besides some rust falling in my eyes, (I know, I know. Always wear safety goggles...) it was pretty easy to remove.
I spent the majority of my day removing the rest of the carpet and liner, and cleaning out all the rust to get the floor pans as clean as possible. I found about a dollar in change, but no gold. It smelled terrible in there! Probably could have used a mask. The soggy cardboard like floor liner definitely did a number on floor pan and there are some parts that I can see right through. Floor pans aren't that expensive though for this car, so we'll patch and replace where necessary.
My brother came by later in the day to lend a hand. He was able to remove the wheel trim, some door trim, and pop out the tail lights as well. There's still lots of trim on this car to remove. Taking time with it though, because all of the trim is in great shape, and I have all the pieces. I don't want to break anything.
