Console clean up

I'm talking about the base.

The top plates if they are majorly pitted will be a pain in the *** to repair. My dad had that issue on a 1 year only 1966 Coronet 500 trunk trim panel, we ended up just buying a damn near perfect one for $1k. He had 2 of the trim panels and both were pretty pocked. He tried to them stripped, copper coat and fill but the pot metal just warped. With re-pops of the consoles covers I'd just get new ones, which is what I did but I have a manual and the console I bought was an Auto.