when it rains it pours

I didn't mean drive it without the panel now. I was only saying it can be done without putting everything back together first. The dk blue with a white tracer goes to the alternator, the ignition module, voltage regulator, ignition switch, instrument panel, and the fuse box in some models. It will have a welded splice inside the taped harness just below the where instrument panel connector is taped out.

And a 68 dash harness wont help you. The dark blue with white trcaer in that harness ( and others ) are a smaller gauge wire.