Good to see you are around Scott.
Yes that would be a great idea but just the way the set up is it would be a pain with all the different curves I am going to do and the top section goes back on the top of the head just to add a little more against the hinge idea. I will be having no fuses or buss bars behind the dash, just wiring. All circuit boards and such will be on the other side of the head which has a built in cupboard for hanging clothes in which is being turned into a switch board with easy access.
I started making the plywood shell this afternoon so its starting to take shape. Still a few hurdles and hoops to jump through getting it right but will work out in the end.