What am I missing from '99 Mountaineer center console?

[tinman_72]

This is the center console in my '99 Mountaineer. It is the one that was in it when I bought the vehicle. It looks like there should be a parking brake handle there but it makes no sense to have one there blocking the cup holders. What am I missing?

 

[Snoranger]

Tissue dispenser.

 

[tinman_72]

<Smacks head> Of course!

 

[Dirtman]

Technically it could also be used to dispense individual slices of mayonnaise as well...

 

[tinman_72]

Tissue dispenser.

I thought you were joking. I just saw a video on YouTube of a guy who put one in his Ranger and also said it was for a tissue holder.

 

[tinman_72]

Technically it could also be used to dispense individual slices of mayonnaise as well...

Mmmmmmm..... mayonnaise. ARRrrhhggahrh

 

[Snoranger]

I thought you were joking. I just saw a video on YouTube of a guy who put one in his Ranger and also said it was for a tissue holder.

I wasn’t joking... it is a tissues dispenser. I worked at a dealer in ‘96. The Explorers came with a box of tissues for the console. It wasn’t a common size, you pretty much had to go to a Ford dealer for a replacement.

 

[1996xlt]

Can confirm with @snoranger my 96' Explorer had it as well. When my mom owned it she used it all the time and found a tissue box refill at a local pharmacy; I used it to hide my iPod cord run from the back of the aftermarket head unit, under the console and out through the tissue slot.

 

[fastpakr]

I've wondered for years what that was for!