The trim will have to be removed to repair the dents sucessfully. The dents are pretty easy to work with and can be very sucessfully repaired. If you have access to the Fisher Body assembly manual it gives very good detail for the removal of the trim.

Tim john---

i saw a post you made offering advice for restoring the stainless trim. i've got a 67 lemans, buffed and and sanded the stainless around the windows and drop rails. looks good forthe most part, but there are a few dents. I dont have the slightest clue as to how to remove to drop rail trim to tap the dents out. is there a way to do this on the car?
C