Progress on the rear wing. The 040 has a beam wing that intersects the rear crash structure. I have the rear crash structure but not the beam wing. I did have an R&D 070 and 080 beam wing. The 080 outer end plate attachment holes lined up with my end plates so unfortunately that was the chosen one and got chopped in half! Some aluminium and a bit of 3d printing and I made it fit as close as I could get to the 040 from photos
Now back to the rack. The spline was welded on. That meant I could now drill the hole for the wiring loom and solder the connector for the wheel. Once that was done I also fitted a carbon shroud to help it look a little more original.
Might spot in those pictures there is now a seat. Its a Williams FW29 seat that I had to trim a bit. Seems a good fit though.
A decent ebay find popped up, a 6 point Willans harness.
As you can see it is for a track car so the belts are too long. I have had a tailor shorten all the belts down and a few other attachment changes to make it fit and more like the origianl.
With the rack connector wiring/loom finished I was very happy the wheel wiring worked. The display powers on and the switches can change the gear number and switch on the rain light.
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The cockpit how it currently stands. Photo with wheel powered on and modified belts fitted
I will post steering rack pic tomorrow, just waiting on a coat of paint