Job done, all working fine, handbrake warning light comes on at the first "click" position. 
I made a small mounting plate out of thin fairly-rigid plastic - from the lid of a plastic takeaway food carton as it happens.
All I did was cut a small rectangle to fit under the handbrake stop (about twice as big) and made two suitably-located and sized holes in it, one for the locating peg of the stop, the other for the reed switch which just feeds in (leads first) from the top behind.
The switch just sort of hangs down behind the stop towards the passenger side of the slot; I needed to cut back very slightly (maybe 2mm) a bit of the trim edge under there so that it was snug and vertical. I also rounded off bits of the plate to keep it clear of the handbrake cover.
The reed switch needs to be pretty tight up against and behind the stop to be secure and not foul the handbrake or cover.
The plastic handbrake cover needed a bit of minor trimming (not visible) as on the inner passenger side there's a vertical return edge about 3" long and 3mm wide that catches/rubs on the plate and reed switch where they can't be trimmed.
The magnet slotted vertically into this cover, again after a bit of trimming with a hot knife so that it didn't protrude and jam against the metal handbrake lever. It's just a small magnet inside a lump of plastic so no issues doing that.
I fitted the magnet with blu-tak so that it could be moved, but didn't even need to adjust it. I had checked the operating range beforehand so had a good idea where it needed to go. If it's still good after a few journeys I'll reattach it with something a bit more permanent.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 25th October 2014 at 03:47 PM.
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