The part of the resto I've been dreading! I'm putting the dash back in this weekend. I have all my manuals, and I know it's not that difficult, but it still seems to intimidate me a bit. The new interior has been in the spare bedroom long enough!
Wish me luck!

Good luck,don't let it get the best of you ,you da man !

Take your time... you can do it!

Thanks for the support guys! Dash is back in, I found it was easier to go ahead and take the column out. Those wires don't give a lot of room for reconnecting. The back of the dash is marked for wire color and the lengths dictate what goes where. Awkward, but doable.
I did however run into one glitch. In the power window circuit is an orange wire with 2 black stripes. According to the assembly manual, it goes through the firewall. Just doesn't say where it terminates. Anybody have a clue?
By the way, dash back in, starting to look like a vette again!