Back from Vacation

Back from a great camping trip including Grand Canyon North Rim, Zion, Bryce Canyon, etc. Got the parts from Michael Coffey for the rack rebuild. Step 1: remove steering tie rod ends. Honked on on 'em for an hour or so and gave up. Need another tool. Worked on the trunk wiring instead. Got all lights on the aft end of the car working and installed what trim pieces I have for the inside trunk fixtures. Looks ok. Also started (again) working on getting the hard top off of the donor car so I can get to the roll bar and b-post hardware. Passenger side is free, but the attachment point on the tonneau behind the driver is severely rusting in place. Applied lots of lubricant and still couldn't get it to budge. Cracked chrome lever and removed it. No luck with vise grips either. May have to use a sawzall on it.