Yesterday's update that I apparently forgot to post...
If you look closely at some of the interior photos of the R25 you will see that something is amiss with the cowling around the steering column and the stalks.
Aside from bugging my OCD, it means the wiper and indicator stalks aren't quite where they're meant to be, and the back of the wheel scrapes the plastic when turning.
Given I've seen prior evidence of this car having been broken into (passenger front window has obviously been replaced and I've hoovered out a bunch of cubes of glass), I had a hunch that was likely connected.
Yep!
Someone has had a really good go at breaking the steering lock - no idea if successful or not. The whole top of the column has been rotated to the left, meaning the ignition barrel isn't where it's meant to be.
That's a job for further down the line. I suspect a whole upper steering column from a breaker is going to be the way to go and bash the mount back closer to the right shape when the dash is apart. I just wanted to take a closer look today to see if my hunch was correct. If anyone knows of someone who might have a donor steering column floating around I'm all ears.
Was far too cold for doing anything much more in depth!
