To me the transition from the body to the dashboard doesn't look right...The leading edge of the body is not bull nosed and is too shallow. The original car had the aluminum body shaped around the round cross tube.

Has anyone mounted the dashboard behind the square tube to give the distance between the body and dashboard some depth? I mocked up my idea. I haven't put the body on but my pictures from when I received the kit show the lip of the body completely covering the square tube. Let me know what you think. Would I run into any aesthetic problems? I do not have a glovebox or heater so I will still have room behind the shortened dash for the wiring.