Taking a few days off to work on the car...
Got the dash back in and all the gauges, ventilation and stuff installed. Everything actually works including that damn annoying key in the ignition buzzer!
Of course now there's more stuff I'm missing - the two ducts that go under the steering column and behind the console. These connect the main heater/ac box to the driver's side of the dash. I actually forgot that I needed to hunt those parts down after all these years. I guess its ebay time.
I'm keeping the crappy steering wheel in there until the car is finally back home for good. Don't want to risk damaging it when it goes back to the body shop.