Good to hear from you, Jimmy. The Blue Funk is a '51, also. Chevy. I had the dash all apart, playing with the gauges and speedometer, putting in a new headlight switch, putting in speakers, and putting in the electric wiper motor. Having to make some modifications in such a finite space, like moving the manual choke control, I was concerned that my rigged job might prove to be stumbling bolck in the end. HOWEVER, everything is back together and working fine. Sounds like you had to do quite a bit of work, but yours turned out well, also.