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These cars are actually easy to steal. Get a picture of a door with the panel off so you are familiar with what you need to pull. Then a coat hanger should do it.
If you can get the windows down, with the use of a long, flat bladed screwdriver and a flashlight, you can reach down from the top and strike the lever in the door latch that the arrow is pointing to in the picture below and the door latch will release.
There is no need to hit it with anything more than a sharp blow from the palm of your hand.
Go thru the top of the window and unlock the T-top. That's the way a locksmith did mine. He had a small flat stiff wire. He did it about as fast as I could unlock with a key.