I worked pathetically slow...but managed to get the harness and Rallye dash installed today.
looks so much better!
Terry dropped by and hung out for most of the day, helped a little...and treated me to ribs for dinner.
The biggest slow down occurred when I realized I need to drill holes in the firewall for the tach wire and hideaway sub-harness.
So....I dropped the column again, removed the fuse box and drilled from the inside of the car.
Had to go to Home depot to get a hole saw for the hideaway harness hole.
Found out my dash frame is pretty "hammered" around the steering column. The previous owner installed it "all wrong"
Now the interesting part. The dash pad fit was poor. I think the pad frame is bent.
With much more effort than should have been required...I got it mounted. Managed to bugger up the passenger side lower corner a little.
Overall...it looks nice, but the grain is definitely off. Woodgrain heat/ac vents do not sit flush. I will have to work on that again later.
I bought my pad from Superior dash in Ohio......but it was in a "ultimate rides, El Paso TX box.
I managed to totally overlook that when I got the pad a couple years ago.
On the plus side....I had enough 57 bulbs on hand to put all new bulbs in the dash and managed to find my new tach harness quickly.
Even found a few JY steering column capsules in my barn to replace the broken/missing ones on the car.