66 Bonneville hardtop door trim pad assembly removal
 

Hoping someone here can help me.
I own a 1966 Pontiac Bonneville 4 door hardtop. I am trying to remove the rear door trim pad assemblies to troubleshoot the power windows, but the top of each trim pad assembly will not release from the from the top of the inside door assembly – and I am certain I have removed all the screws. The entire top section of the trim pad assembly seems “stuck” to the top of the inside door assembly.
The top of the trim pad assembly is slightly different (larger) on the 1966 Pontiac Bonneville 4 door hardtop (due to the lack of a center pillar) from all other 1966 Pontiac 4 door B bodies. But I do not see why this slightly different trim pad assembly configuration would make it so difficult to detach the top of the trim pad assembly. What am I missing? It almost seems as if the top of the trim pad assembly was glued to the top of the inside door assembly - but this makes no sense.
Ideas welcomed.

Try pulling out the bottom slightly while lifting up. While doing that smack the side of the top with the palm of your hand pushing the top towards the glass. That should unhook it from the inner door panel.

Goatracer1 - I will be using your suggested approach this weekend!! Thanks for the suggestion.

Do the rear windows need to be in the fully down position to remove the trim pad assemblies? After looking more closely at why trim pad assemblies are not releasing from the top of the inner door panel it seems that the window itself may be preventing the pads from releasing. Since the car has power windows which are inoperable, I would have to figure out to force the windows down to release the trim pad assemblies. Any suggestions????