The tach cut into the dash was the one thing that almost caused me not to buy this truck. In retrospect, though, it is very functional, and pretty well done. I might take it out and repair the hole if I were to do a real resto someday.
One of the carefully saved parts that I appreciatively installed was the original AM radio and speaker. I've since aquired another better-condition speaker that I have yet to install. It's only ball games and traffic reports anyway.
It would be pretty cool to find an AM modulator so I could use it with an IPod.