Nuje,
RexNICO, who kindly sent me the console, he graciously refused payment other than to suggest a donation here to Fred
and tdiclub, has warned me that I may need an angled Ebrake handle. Any tips or links to a "how-to" installation guide
would be appreciated. The plastic is a bit brittle, and will have to be treated with care to get it into place. Once in I'm sure it'll be fine. Essentially it appears to have 2 front side mounting screws, and 2 in the rear. Took me a while to figure out how to access those rear holes.
I'll be keeping the functional in dash holder, but as some have commented, it's not a very robust or secure position for any cup of substantive capacity.
Siracha,
I've done a bit of research on the wire removal tool, looks like a modified hairpin or tweezers will do it. I'll bet my guru has the radio removal blades. If I run out of things to do around the house, (like that'll ever happen!) honey-do list goes on forever, let alone dealing with a house who had the renovation done in 1852, lol, the original back of the house is probably around 1750. Console first but.
Cheers gents!