Removal of A/C Box

The heater and A/C do not work in the Mustang. As you can tell by the following picture, the unused tubing is a bit of an eyesore in the engine bay. To clean up the area and give me more room to strip the firewall, I removed these A/C box this morning.

In the first picture, you will notice there is a panel which attaches around the hoses and tubing. I plan to restore this piece and replace the rubber gasket behind it with one which covers the holes. I will then leave the A/C box out until I am in a position to rebuild and buy the needed parts to put it back into operation.