Update;

I've been doing a lot of sitting in my shop and staring at my roadster. I've been bogged down by difficulties with small things like kool mat install, gap filling the foot boxes, waiting for my pedal box, deciding on speakers and speaker placement, dash height, etc. It seems every decision at this point demands another decision commitment that I'm either not ready to make or haven't figured out yet.

In the meantime, I've been buying gear. Box of dynomat extreme for further insulation of the panels, which apparently goes under the koolmat. After reading some other build threads, I think I'm going to use the JB weld option in the gaps around the foot boxes. Since we silicon the panesl together, I was just adding some extra silicone in the gaps. It's getting to the point that I have gobs of silicone in some larger gaps that may see some heat. I need to remove that and use metal tape and JB weld to properly seal these areas. Then I will dynomat, followed by contact cement and koolmat.

As a side note, I definitely powdercoated too many of the panels. Since I chose black, I decided to look for a reflective material to decrease radiant heat to the foot boxes. It seems I'm covering both sides of most panels with some sort of material, sound deadening, carpet, etc.

I have decided on a stereo configuration. Morel virtus carbon nano 4" integra speakers in the dash, and 6" speakers in the rear. Not sure if I'm going to place these just below the seatbelt holes or behind the seats themselves. I'm also adding a JL audio 8" sub where the cubby goes. Because of this, I may abandon the rear cubby for the subwoofer. It's a town car, not a grocery getter anyway. I'm using a JL audio 1000.5 5 channel amp to run it. I'll keep everyone updated on how that all goes.

I still have to design and form my drop trunk. I would like some extra room here because I'm likely giving up the cubby and much of the trunk space. My Gas'N pipes and headers look like they're going to ship this week! Another fun part to take possession of. I haven't fully decided on seat vinyl, but I ordered Wenge wood laminate for my dash. It turns out Constantine is closing their physical shop and may be going out of business.

I ran my wiring harness and temporarily zip tied in in place for now so I can see where things go. Just received the rest of my flexible fuel lines because I gave up on the hardlines for this build. That should reduce fuel leaks. I also bought some DEI hose shields for heat resistance for the fuel lines.

Questions for the group:

I'm working on dash placement. I've searched around the forum and I'm trying to find a picture of the dash in its correct position with the edges bent and folded behind the hinges. I'm just not sure what's going on here. I would like to keep the dash as low as possible and the 3/4" curved frame is exposed about 1/4" on each edge. I understand it does not fit the frame well. My steering column is at the top of the oval hole, although I did put two washers under the pillow bushing to raise the steering wheel a smidge.