I picked up a new Cowl and fire wall on E-bay. This one has the sills under the front doors still attached. Structurally it's also very good. The rust down the bottom of the cowl is only the outside skin and not the structural part behind. The original one was completely rusted through down the bottom.
And the Mortein can? I started cleaning the back of the fire wall and found an ants nest in it!

Front End

Starting to try and set up the front end. The L200 stub axles are in. I had to put some old ford rims on as the Dodge 20" wheels wouldn't fit as the central hub is too big. This is another one for the research file.
The original mounting brackets on the front end will need to be cut out as the chassis only sits half way over them. Also the front end needs to bought up about another 40mm. I can't go any higher as the original front cross member won't let it.

The original bonnet strips were extremely rusted and in need of replacing. I made a paper template of the original, drew it up in autocad, had it laser cut then folded and I finished it off with rolling the top edge. Total price to fabricate. . . . $16

Front Seat

Front seat in place with the original timber floor in front of it. The floor will be replaced with ply down the track. The hole in the middle of the seat is for the "tool box". On the original dodges, this is where all the tools were kept, e.g jack, etc.

Some woodwork

The engineer told me I had two choices for seats for the Dodge.
1. Any seat from a production car after 1971
2. The original seat

I bought a pair of bucket seats from a Toyota MR2. They were pretty small and I figured they should fit. I was wrong. With the seats pushed up against each other, the corner of the seat was actually pushing on the back of the outside door skin. I've decided to go wit hthe original seat. Rebuilt of course.
I was fortunate to have enough bits of an original seat to use as a template to start making a new one. The photo above is the old rotted seat and my attempt at a new rebuild. This is just the base support piece

I guess stepping away from the Dodge for a while allowed me to think about it a bit clearer. Things have started up again! I've pulled out the L300 Stub axles and replaced them with the L200 stub axles. The discs and calipers from the L300 fitted straight on to the L200 stubs. The commodore rack and pinion appears to be about the right length, so hopefully no modifications needed there. The only thing I need to do now is ream out the holes on the steering arms to suit the commodore tie rod ends.

Last bits for the dashboard found

Picked up a couple of bits and pieces for the dashboard on e-bay:
Amp meter
Dashboard light housing
Light and starter switch

The photo above shows the items as they were advertised on e-bay, my refurb of the light switch (now works perfectly) and as they now sit in the dashboard!