As much as I didn't want to take the dash out I knew it needed to be done if I was going to properly replace the drivers side inner cowl panel. Here is a shot of the dash after it was removed.
A shot of the bare dash area.
With the dash now out of the way I was able to completely remove the inner cowl panel.
An inside shot of the removed inner cowl panel.
All of the areas that will be sealed back up were cleaned, prepped and primered. I used weldable primer so it wouldn't just burn off whenever we welded the panels back together.