Yes the entire tach/speedo dash comes out, and it's a super PIA....remove all the covers underneath, and the wiper/vac switches....pull the kick panel...loosen the metal sill plate, the steering wheel on the kick panel/firewall needs just LOOSENED, the wheel up under the cover has two bolts 9/16 headed 3/8-16 about 1.5 inches long...removing them will allow the wheel to flop down,
at that time remove all the phillips screws from the door jamb, top of dash pad, and cneter cluster side....remove the access panel off the side of the console with that single screw.....
at that point, carefully slide your hand up there when it's to the rear a bit, and remove the speedo/tach cables they greatly restrice the movement, aftar all that you can start removing the headlight switch plug, then the panel lights....must be 50 of the little bastards, you maybe want to replace them at this time
tip of the hat.....I got tired of redoing my lights while 1/2 way in/out of the car....screw that, I put a radio shack molex plug on the wiring, so all the lights are rewired to ONE plug, that way I just unplug it and pull the panel out....easy.....leaving the lights mounted, that way I can play with it the way I need to on the bench before installation again....
the speedo/tach are another post....