FIXED!
I need to recalibrate my eyes. Simples!
I went back to basics with the texture configs and the manifest; It turns out I switched a . with a , in the latter an was a . or two short in the texture.cfgs
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I had a brainfart during the community folder shuffle and loaded an older version.
Thanks for all your help and patience. I now have a black leather VC with some German placards.