Another crash pad question

[KTnKT <ktnkt@cape.com>]

   Greetings folks,
           I need to replace the passenger side lower crash pad on my
'76 TR6. Looking at the Bentley manual, I saw, to my horror, that the
entire dash has to be removed in order to accomplish this. Surely,
someone has devised a way to "beat the book" and put it in without the
complete dash dissasembly. If so, could you please share it with me?
Otherwise, I may be forced to use a patch kit. It appeared so simple at
first glance! Like so many other things on these cars.
   TIA
Kevin
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