Beating a dead horse IVR QUESTION

Bought my current 67 B'cuda out of Seattle 2006. 4 differnt plane rides to get there on Oct. 8th. 2854 miles, from his driveway to mine, 3.5 days. Nothing but gas and a lot of coffee. Perfect time of year to be on the road. Heat on high with window down all night long.
Years ago we drove our 1st 67 fish for about a month without the instrument panel while I was working on it. Headlight switch and wiper switch attached to screw holes with plumbers strap. Heater control tied up with stiff wire. It can be done.
That brings back memories. My neighbor Darrin and I went to Uniontown PA to get a 67 Barracuda convertible for Karrin. We had his old beat up Dodge pickup and an enclosed car hauler for his dirt tack car. If you want to take a trip with no scenery this is the one. 10 hours later we were in the middle of Yogi Bear State Park looking for Moparker's house. Down a very steep but nice concrete driveway was a nice garage away from the house. It was dark out but there he was waiting in the garage for us. We got it loaded with all the extra stuff he had for the car...which was a lot...again thanks to you Moparker. I offered to take Darrin for a nice steak and lobster dinner, a few beers of course and then the nearest motel Moparker could recommend. Nope...Darrin opted for a Kentucky fried chicken dinner to go ,turn around and back to Illinois we go...LOL The car had great bones and was EXACTLY how it was described. Someone had painted the dash (before Moparker) a hideous purplish/blue and changed all the original Mopar gauge faces to the white ones on EBAY. Thanks to 67Cudman we have a super nice Canadian replacement woodgrain dash. Someone else here had a a 1968 150 MPH speedo retrofit with 67 guts for the screw on cable. We found a nice working original tachometer at the Indianapolis swap meet. I havent driven the car without the dash...Redfish...but I would. LOL We did drive it a bit before I tore all the dash apart but we could only go about 10 blocks on the peanut jar gas tank Moparker had rigged by the radiator. He was in the process of putting rear quarters and the dual cutaway rear lower valance on the car when we bought it so the gas tank was in the trunk! Anywho we made it back to Illinois on 16 ounce Mountain dews from the truck stops along the way as they were the only thing open. I have 3 dashes torn apart on Karrins dining room table right now making one out of 3. NO WHITE FACES! I could have never done all that plane hopping like you did Redfish but never try and keep a Mopar guy from getting a car home even if it is on the other side of the country.