Since removing the rear seat, I began tearing at more of the sad remains of the headliner. It's at that point that I began to see the way the trim that wraps around the back of the car top is mounted.
These pieces of trim (three all told) are held down with the same sorts of hardware that the slender moulding on the doors is attached - with metal/rubber washers held down with a nut. There's close to a dozen of these spread out across the back of the compartment. Some are easy to remove - others are in very tight, annoying spaces. I end up borrowing a couple of socket attachments, including a flexible one, to have any hope in getting some of those nuts off.
Now it's a matter of tugging the trim away gently. It's been in place for 52 years so it doesn't budge right away, but a bit of pushing on the posts from behind helps.
The trim is in three pieces - two smaller pieces on each end. Here's one piece seperated. They're held together with one of the mounting pieces, which has an extra-wide rectangular backing that both trim pieces slide onto.
Done!
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