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I also had the same prob when stripping my frame a few months back. In the end I went out into the street looking for a suitable street anvil with the frame sans front wheel, a big ball pein hammer and a block of wood.
Soon found a good'n in a the form of an old bench with massive cast iron arms/legs, perfect width to slide inbetween the forks. Seated the crotch of the forks on the arm with wood between them and commenced hammering.
Took about 10 or 12 good hard hits and then it finally began to come free. Got all sorts of strange looks from passers by as I was right by a bus stop at 7pm on a week night. Then took it all home, threaded the bars back through and twisted the stem out.
Brute force and ignorance can work well at times :-)