Owen
Thanks for the advice
Ihave mocked up possible dash boards and photo 1 works for me with chroming - I have used chromed sticky back plastic for the mock up which works
2nd is a mock up with chromed back plate from mini spares - this woudl mean choke and heater could be moved to the dashboard,which would give somewhere to hang the handbag - but doesn't work for me so I'm off on option 1.
I also found some burgundy vinyl which matches my original leather which should help with other repairs on my budget interior refresh - I can't afford the 5k pro-job