The cover was placed over the dash to check space around defrost vents. Tracy held it in place while I got under the hood and used a marker through the holes in the top of the metal dash to mark the cover for drilling.  You may notice that we were doing this part of the job back when we had the windshield out.  You can also see that we coated the area around the defrost vents with black paint.

Tracy drills one of the holes we marked for the top dash pad bolts.

But now the dash pad no longer fit in the original holes!  Installing it over the fiberglass cover moves it about 1/2" toward the back of the car. This, of course, was discovered AFTER drilling the holes in the fiberglass piece - DOH! Your author is seen here elongating the holes with the all-important Dremel tool.  At least we had the foresight to do this part of the job while the windshield was out!

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