Hartge h26 project.....the long road:) Oct 2014 begins:)

[2002jm]

sell?

Maybe I should just sell mine when I get it done:) Wonder what the hartge is worth???:)
jm

[2002jm]

start up from winter

Started the hartge today. No problems and sounds good. How do you like the pictures? Not often that you see a hartge being used to assemble an m-tech 1:) Once I get the m-tech together it will be back to the hartge. Have any of you used one of those car port things you can get at Costco? It is 10x20 and it might just be the thing I need to work on my car in the spring through fall...
jm

[bradnic]

holy cr@p that 3rd pic. lol
missing my MT1 now.

[2002jm]

pretty strange looking:)

Yeh, I have the kit about together, except the side skirts need lots more love.
Still waiting for an order to finish the fog lights and other little items....order is taking forever!!
:)
jm

[portlandsteve]

Hartge

Best of luck with the project. I have an 85 323i that has become a Hartge tribute. Found the wheels in Thailand, the stipe kit in New Zealand, strut bar in Portland, and have an S52 stuffed into it as well. Hardest thing to find is hounds tooth seat material. Still looking for that.

[bradnic]

Best of luck with the project. I have an 85 323i that has become a Hartge tribute. Found the wheels in Thailand, the stipe kit in New Zealand, strut bar in Portland, and have an S52 stuffed into it as well. Hardest thing to find is hounds tooth seat material. Still looking for that.

That demands a build thread and pics man! post up..

[2002jm]

Best of luck with the project. I have an 85 323i that has become a Hartge tribute. Found the wheels in Thailand, the stipe kit in New Zealand, strut bar in Portland, and have an S52 stuffed into it as well. Hardest thing to find is hounds tooth seat material. Still looking for that.

thanks, yes the hounds tooth in black is very hard to find. If I could find front seat material , I would be just about done with my interior:).
Would really like to see your car. We come over to Portland a lot, so maybe next time we can take a look; or maybe put some pictures up.
thanks again,
jm

[2002jm]

more work on the hartge

Well, the hartge was not liking all the time spent on the m-tech, so I took about a hour and put the phone in the car:) My car had a phone, of all the strange things, back in 1985. The antenna is still in the back window and all the wiring is there. So I bought a phone that could have been in a 85 e30. Not sure if this was the exact phone. Have no way of knowing, and it really isn't that important.
Pics:)



Will be taking care of the side decals tonight. Have to talk to a friend and see if he can do them:)
Then the hvac surround comes out:)
jm

[TimeMachinE30]

Great touch.

[2002jm]

:)

Great touch.

thanks, one more part that was in the car back in 85:)
jm
Hoping to get the mono wiper next!
jm

[2002jm]

deco kit on

We started last night working on the deco kit for the hartge. Found out real fast, that you need to have someone with lots of experience if you want them to go on correctly:). I am glad I have a friend that works in the graphic business and was willing to come over and put these on:) Sat. we put the other side on and I will post some more pictures...
One interesting discovery was the remains of the old kit that was on the inside of the door.
The paper work from back in the 80's said the car had the deco kit as part of the hartge conversion...just proved that the paper work was correct.
Car looks totally different with the stripes on the side...now back to the inside.

[bostonvert]

Hartge stripes look so good!

Props on installing a car phone! I love those things, where did you find it?

[2002jm]

:)

Hartge stripes look so good!

Props on installing a car phone! I love those things, where did you find it?

Thanks; the phone was from someone on this forum.

Got the new hvac panel in today...I can't believe the number of little screws that I had to take out to get it done:)
Now on to the mono wiper next week.
Will post pictures of the interior tomorrow.
jm

[ST1G]

John, I'm by no means a pro photographer. But It would be fun to maybe get together with willy and shoot your two cars proper.

[2mAn]

It would be so cool if those phones could be made to work