So there was some good and bads in today. I'll start with the goods just to keep the glass half full. The good part about today is the steering column is all done and we started on working on the firewall. Here are pictures of the entire steering column assembly (I didn't restore the steering wheel)...
And of course here are some pictures of the firewall and how it is now. We're planning on wire wheeling around the new cutout and bending a new piece of sheet metal to replace the old one.
Now for the bad news. Taking a better look at my disc brake assembly at the very least, my pads and rotors are way gone. The rotors are way glazed over and have this little notch/crevace on them that made the pads stick to them. You can even see in the picture how bad the pads are. At the very least my calipers may need a rebuild and who knows if they are even rebuildable or worth rebuilding/replacing. I'm wondering if I should switch to bbp now or what I should do... Anyways, here are pictures of the carnage.