Love the build so far.. great craftsmanship and some real innovative ideas!
As far as the dash is concerned.. I thought that you said somewhere in the last 29 pages you were going to keep the stock look but improve it.
For anybody who is keeping the stock look and hates those dim stock bulbs... I think the solution is in the links I added above.
The dash construction is similar on 1972-1993 Dodge trucks and I think some of the fixes listed above would apply to A body dashes.. The tech section on the Diesel Truck Website (All Dodge, btw) has a lot of good ideas one can use for other vehicles as well. Especially the Electrical section.