Have you changed the carpet? The cubby hole is from behind the handbrake on early cars. Pre 1999 with blue carpet.
in the picture your carpet doesn’t have the cutout for it to fit.
I still have a few Pumas one roadworthy, but ongoing. Another in the unit going eco boost, another as a rolling shell. Day to day I have been in allsorts in the past few years, currently a Toyota C-hr