It is indeed, a bastard of a job start to finish.
When I first went in there it took me ages at so many points as I kept thinking 'it can't be like this' and 'I must be doing it wrong' and 'it won't possibly come out this way, I must have to go in from the back, (eg. remove the dash) etc. LOL!
A baptism of fire in terms of fit and form.
Love the last pic, says it all:
At the time I substituted it for a Coopers Pale, I needed something with a lot more bite: