Yesterday I pulled the dash; I'd removed the console some months ago, so it took a couple of hours less work to get the object out of the car.
No clever comments for the following pictures, other than the statement of the obvious that the dash is made from pressed fiberboard.
One pleasant surprise: the heater core, common to a bunch of VAG vehicles, costs less than twenty bucks.
The next task will be reconditioning the dash; please stay tuned.
Kind regards, John