Well hey what do you know, I found some time and got something accomplished. The cowl has been removed and boy was that not a fun task!
I will be doing some modifying to the passenger side where the blower fan sits as I will no longer need it. I am going with the vintage air setup and so I think I will turn the pull vents into speaker boxes. I hope my plan works out. Here come the pictures...the last one is my new daily driver.