I should know the answer to this one, but a long time ago, I adapted a glovebox dash to my 72 Comet, so my memory is a bit fuzzy. BTW, Don't try this... it is awful without swapping the upper dash, and the corners don't match up. I got to looking at my car, which has now been converted back to a dash tray. (THANKS 71Gold! ... you may not remember, but you sent me a nice one way back). Anyway, there is supposed to be a cover under the steering column that kind of nests inside the tray, right? Mine looks pretty naked when you look at it from the side right now.
here's an exploded view of the early column: http://mmb.maverick.to/threads/steering-column-part-needed.102072/ oh, and craig, i'll send you an email on the part i need, just saw your reply
Jeff ... that looks vaguely familiar .... I really should dig deep into my stuff and see if I have one buried here. Thanks guys!