Been following this thread since page 1 great work! Which sound deadening material did you use? Did you remove the old tar-like goo that was in their from the factory? I'm doing that now on my 1980 4x4 and it's not hard, just kinda tedious. A heat gun and small scraper work great...
Not sure about whether the column cover is still available. My go to guy for Toyota parts is Mike Bingham at Cabe Toyota in Long Beach. Very knowledgeable about older Toyotas.
Column covers aren't that hard to find, but old ones are very fragile. All the sunlight beating down on the plastic...
Yeah there's some interesting "fixes" there. You can still get the OEM dash pad brand new from Toyota. They're a little pricey but better than any of the covers (which you can't use, as you have NO dash pad). However, if you want to go that way, I'm about to replace the pad on my '82 and I'd be...
Speaking from experience, go and get a large roll of vacuum hose (you can't get the actual metric-sized hose Toyota used, and the size currently eludes me), and go one by one and replace every single piece of vacuum hose. All of it. Since you live in Kalifornia you'll have to keep the stock carb...