Looking at the parcel shelf under the dashboard and noticed there was a cardboard cover screwed to the shelf (is there usually?

I then noticed that the bar that supports the front of the shelf had been cut behind the steering column and a metal brace put across it to hold it back together.
Don't know why I didn't notice this before and haven't a clue why anyone would want to do it.


The cover that was screwed to the shelf covering the butchery:
