Best way to change a Series 3 dashboard into a 2A dashboard?

In article , Simon Oates writes

I think the reason the headlights moved out to the wings was for legal reasons (they have to be within a certain distance of the side of the vehicle), so you might have problems if you stick them back in the middle.

Adrian

True, but a vehicle first used before Jan 1, 1972 does not need to meet the 400 mm maximum distance requirement from the side of the vehicle that applies thereafter.

'Tis asking a bit much for Simon's to be a 1972 model year vehicle first used before 1st January 1972 .... but you never know.

They were moved to the wings before 1970, so later Series 2a vehicles had them there. It was only the early ones like my 1968 model that had them in the grill, possibly because they had some parts left over from the Series 2 press run?

There's nothing to stop you installing a pair of worklights in the grill, though....

It was first registered in July 1972, so I doubt I will be lucky enough to find that it was built/used before the end of 1971, but I could live with the Series 3 outer headlights by adding a 2A front panel and wiring the inboard headlights as additional main beam only driving lights. The more important question is what I can do with the bulkhead/dash panel to get the interior back to the earlier style with the centre-mounted instrument panel!