Post 195 dealt with the retainers for the drivers compartment panels. It is not necessary to remove these panels to service the car so the release mechanism is “sealed off” by 4 small screws. These screws will have to be removed in order for the release to work. Then a small stainless steel handle, The Pickle, with a 3/8” square end will rotate the mechanism and the pins will retract from the panel. There are two of these releases, upper and lower, on each panel. The first foto is the unfinished drivers compartment skin for the left side.
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The left side release mechanism is in the locked position. The skin is actually being held in place in this foto. The chamfered hole is where the retaining screw is inserted. The square hole is where the release handle, The Pickle, is inserted.
The Pickle
Close-up of the retainer.
FREUD