The plastic console is a bit beat up. The worst part was a hole in the bottom of the storage tray, and the light that had been added by cutting a big hole in the side.
I decided to try fixing it with some bondo. First step was to clean it up a bit and Put masking tape over the damaged areas from the inside.
Then I put bondo on from the other side…
…and peeled the tape off when the bondo had cured:
A little sanding, and ready for final clean and paint.
I want to put the carpet in, but first…I have to get the console sorted out.
This car was not originally a console automatic, and PO did a quick eyeball of the shifter location and nailed it down with a mig. The console was not attached, just sitting on top.
I got the bottom half of the console located properly using the factory floorpan dimples, and that dictated where the shifter needs to be mounted. New hole locations show it used to be about 1/2” too far left, and crooked.
