There are two studs on the roof that two clips on the back of the badge slip into. You need to tap the badge up. No, it won't come off easy. I wish I had a picture to show you. I'm talking about a '69 but pretty sure they are all the same.

 

You're thinking of a 69-70. They are not the same as a 67-8.

As others have stated the 67-8 roof pillar XR-7 emblems are held in place with two nutted studs per side. To get to the nuts first remove the rear seat, both sections. Then remove the interior rear side panels, this will require removing the window cranks, the little triangle corner trim pieces, and the edge windlace. Now remove the upper windlace, this is the trim piece that edges the headliner going above the quarter window and the door glass. You will need to remove the coat hook here too. Once the side panels are removed you will be able to see the bottom edge of the headliner material. Grab the material and pull it gently straight down, this will release it from the barbs that hold it in place. The headliner material wraps around the metal at the rear of the quarter window. You will need to loosen it from that edge. Be careful here not to tear the headliner if you are not planning on replacing it. With the material loose from the quarter window edge and the lower barbs you should be able to carefully lift it up. It will still be wrapped around the rear edge behind the rear window so do not pull too hard on it. You should be able to lift it enough to see the two access holes for the nuts. You will need to add an extension to your rachet to reach the nuts. You might want to add something sticky inside your socket or just be very careful as when the nuts come off they often will fall out of the socket and down into the wheelwell, where they can be a real PITA to get back out. Good luck with the project.

Randy Goodling
CCOA #95

 

...you have to go under the headliner, and they are held in place by two washer-type nuts ( 67-68 XR7).

 

evidently 67/68 is not the same as the '69s.

 

I'll have to get outside to look closer, but does that mean I have to remove the headliner?? That's the only thing in good shape on the whole car.

 

The nuts are 3/8.

 

While you're in there, you may want to consider installing some barrel nuts like the deck lid emblem uses so you can remove the emblems from the outside whenever you want to wax the car.

 

I thought barrel nuts were the original fastener. I gotta double check the assembly manual.

 

For some reason, I was thinking that I removed the rear panel lights, and was able to get at the emblem nuts this way..... but I could be mistaken...

fastmerc

 

You are.

So do what I did. Take the blade off a hack saw, slide it behind, and saw off the 2 studs. Problem solved. I'll use some kind of adhesive or space-age polymer, which would have been unavailable to folks some 40 years ago now, to re-apply. Maybe gum.

I gotta give 'em credit though, they put those things on with the intention that they would stay (barring all that other braindamage just to get these things off such as replacing the entire headliner? Wha..? or cutting it? Wha-hut?). There must have been an almost palpable fear of a rash of XR7 emblem thefts coursing through the minds of the engineers at FoMoCo that compelled them to make those (and none of the others oddly) so difficult to get off. Well done. It wasn't easy, and I cut my thumb a little...