Take off Door Handles..How??

About 7 months ago, i taped off, and masked my doors with plastic garbage bag so i could spray my handles black, then do a clear coat.

Now, i want to do it again, but i want to take off my door handles to do a much better job (sand/prep etc..). How is this done? I already took off my door panels, and there is no access to taking off the *outside* handles.. Am i missing something?

Please help if you could, thanks.

97's are held on by two blind rivets. Lift up on the handle and look up behind it. Prop up the handle with a 1/2 inch by 4 inch dowel and knock out the center pin of each rivet. Then use a 1/4 inch drill to drill out the rivets being careful not to enlarge the holes in the door skin. Replace the rivets with Ford part number N805945-S102. Check to see if this part number is the same for your yearBird.

Thanks 97bird, last nite i just taped off the both sections, and did a decent job of spraying/clear coating them.

Now that i know that, about the rivets, i'll give that a try in about a couple months when the paint looks non-new again.