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

[ST1G]

This is unacceptable. You need to bring it! :)

[e30austin]

not bring the hartge:(
jm

This is unacceptable. You need to bring it! :)

[2002jm]

thanks for the posts

Yes, if you build that hartge you will be throwing every penny toward it:)
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Next projects are rear valance and rear tails:)
jm

[2002jm]

maybe:)

Wow! Great looking car mate. You've done a lot since I saw it last. Are you planning on doing the e30 picnic drive?

We are thinking about it. Might just drive up to see all the cars, but not bring the hartge:(
jm

[Bimmer_man]

Dang man those are awesome. Car is beautiful man. Makes me want to throw every penny I have at my project.

[bradnic]

already looking amazing.

[ST1G]

Wow! Great looking car mate. You've done a lot since I saw it last. Are you planning on doing the e30 picnic drive?

[2002jm]

wheels

In the last part of March, I was going through every post I could find that said hartge and I came across someone that needed some 16" hartge wheels. I went down through the posts and found someone over in the Portland area that had some...but the post did not say they were sold? So I contacted the guy over near Portland and made a deal. He was nice enough to send them up to Portland so I could pick them up on the way to my daughter's house. We were going on a little trip, so it worked out great. The place where I picked them up was only 15mins and on the way to my daughter's:). So we brought the 16s back put some tires on them and that was the end. I looked in the German paperwork, and found that my car came with 16" wheels with 205/50/16 tires. The car now has that tires/wheels combination and it even has a 16" spare:)

[2002jm]

same car

Yes, your car looks the same as mine, and I believe you are correct the 87 will be a plastic bumper car. Your kit has to be made for a euro bumper or you may have a hard time getting it to fit. Some of the hartge fronts are one piece which includes the bumper under a plastic cover. This I believe is for the h27 and 35. I am getting one for the h26, so that it will fit correctly on my valance and under the front euro bumper.
jm

[_kanon]

Thanks a lot :):)

Can't wait to hear about it. I believe we have the same front valance. Here's a pic of mine - they look identical :)

http://imgur.com/CKyXNvJ

I'm trying to source a kit from germany. I believe I've found one but it's confusing because he says it's made for a h27 after 87 (so im thinking plastic bumper) but the list of cars that it says it fits includes prefacelift. Hopefully pictures clear that up.

[2002jm]

And here I thought you were running on the OZ 15" Hartges and only had the 16" spare ;D

Would you be willing to PM me how much it cost you for the steering wheel and badges? I'm starting to slowly collect stuff as well hah....There's a steering wheel on eBay but I feel like it's a tad over priced. Let me know :)

Looking forward to seeing more.

ALSO

Can you help me identify the difference between the early/late (prefacelift, facelift) models of hartges? I'm seeing h23,26,27 all on the early model cars...what models were used for the facelift cars?

Yeh, I skipped over a bunch of projects, story of the 16" wheels, that I have done on the car:). I will go back and cover some of that later....like the interior that was replaced:). Will pm you with info. on Hartge parts. Raul and Barron are the guys you want to talk to regarding early cars. I have seen both also. My valance is the curved one that allows the h26 hartge spoiler to fit....which is going on the car in a few weeks:)

thanks,
jm

[_kanon]

And here I thought you were running on the OZ 15" Hartges and only had the 16" spare ;D

Would you be willing to PM me how much it cost you for the steering wheel and badges? I'm starting to slowly collect stuff as well hah....There's a steering wheel on eBay but I feel like it's a tad over priced. Let me know :)

Looking forward to seeing more.

ALSO

Can you help me identify the difference between the early/late (prefacelift, facelift) models of hartges? I'm seeing h23,26,27 all on the early model cars...what models were used for the facelift cars?

[2002jm]

thanks

The car looks great. Good to see it being put back in such nice shape.

Will be replacing the rear tails soon back to stock, and then the rear valance goes on....more later.

[2002jm]

Thanks for the picture

^ this. here's a pic of Levent's old vert Nina with the side markers retrofitted (car is now in Canada, back in Winston's posession).


what a great thread!! and incredible progress very very fast. SUB'D.

Yeh, was sort of doing too many things that day. Have them on backwards:(.
Well, will have that fixed this weekend:)
thanks,
jm

[B6guy]

The car looks great. Good to see it being put back in such nice shape.