Along with smashing my driver's side taillight assembly and shearing
off the gas door, a snowplow tore off the driver's side exterior door
handle on my 1990 740 GL. Thanks guys.
I have a replacement handle and my lackluster Chilton's 72302 (p 10-7),
which claims to apply to  almost every car Volvo put out between
1990-1998. Predictably, it sucks. The diagrams which detail removal of
the inside door panel don't apply to my model.
-- I tried to pull off the plastic release handle 'nub' from the end of
the lever, at first with hand pressure and gradually more aggressively
prying with a screwdriver. The screwdriver, a cheapo, bent, so I was
unable to remove the nub. I moved on to other areas and figured I'd get
back to it.
--  The speaker grille/cover was considerably different from that shown
in the book. The book's appeared to be some sort of mesh stretched over
a frame, whereas my car's was black metal with a hard plastic frame. No
visible pry slots or screws.
-- Removed the trim panel beside the arm rest. In the book, the panel
covered two retaining screws. There were no retaining screws behind the
trim panel in my car.
-- In the book's fig 32, there are 5 retaining screws at the bottom of
the door panel. Not so on mine. The book's photos don't appear to have
a magazine slot, which leads me to believe that the demo may have been
the car's rear door.
Can anyone help me get the interior panel off so I can install the new
handle? I'm getting a little weary of having to open the rear door to
reach through to the front door's interior release handle.
TIA.

Scott