Hartge H27 piccies while the sun is out !!!

[Cook318IS]

Excellent stuff mate. I love it

[bss325i]

Looks awesome Steve!

Look forward to some more pics!

[oakey]

Looks excellent!

[Dezzy]

That's a proper motor that mate. Really really nice.

[he30]

Great work Steve, can't wait to see her in the flesh

[Royalratch]

Well done dude! Great to see Resto's finished and the final result looking great.

Props.

[Francisco]

I'm having the centre cover's stickers reproduced, can you tell me if the original colour of backround is beige/tan or is it silver and has became tan with time?

[dano0]

nice car been reading this from the start really well done but your well chuffed

[gooner1]

Top work Steve

What,s the next project going to be

[goosiegander]

Very well done!

Looks awesome

[TPS]

Thats superb, bet it sounds magificent, well done

[adit]

looking good steve
(oh, except for the boot spoiler, personally i think it should have a tech1 on there )

[spook]

Nicey nice

[95-540iLE]

Beautiful work. Love the Hartge livery on silver (in fact, I haven't yet seen a colour where the livery doesn't dramatically improve the look).

And in answer to the question above, the original colour of the Hartge sticker on the centre caps on the rims was silver.

Regards
David

[e30topless]

Cheers for the nice comments guys

to say I am happy with the finished result is an understatement ,I can't stop looking at it , looks awesome from every angle.
it must have been something else if you were in a position to buy a brand new one back in 1989

I will try get better pics up , when the snow has gone and I dare to let it out of the garage again !

Top work Steve

What,s the next project going to be

starts in 'M' and ends in '3'

looking good steve
(oh, except for the boot spoiler, personally i think it should have a tech1 on there )

behave Adi, I love my council looking Hartge ironing board

there's still a few odd jobs to do , just tinkering and stuff, OBC retro fit and poss electric windows, (I'm too old for these keep fit versions) just noticed in the pics the brake light is stuck on !!

I have just found out it's still MOT'd so tax tommorrow in place for the first drive, for me that's what it is all about

does anyone know how long /many miles I should carefully run in the engine ?

[The_Diddler]

Arrr...... so that what they look like in one piece

Lovely, Steve, just lovely

[Dezzy]

What work has been done to the engine. If it's new then you need to work the rings in. Careful driving will carbon the bores.

[e30ata]

just been to ste's tonight, got to say it looks AWESOME, even Chip Foose couldn't do better

Well done Ste, just finished in time to start mine

[e30topless]

What work has been done to the engine. If it's new then you need to work the rings in. Careful driving will carbon the bores.

yes it's all new.. bores were Honed.. all shells, rings, complete head re-build and cam ect,

so driving it carefull is not a good idea?

[Dezzy]

No neither is leaving it on tick over.

Danthe and Ant at A tech told be to fully open the throttle from 2k to 5k in second gear, then engine brake back till 2k. Do this over and over for 20mins or 30 miles. This beds the rings in. Then normal driving right throughbthe rev range up till it's done about 100 miles. Drop the oil and stick sone good synthetic gear in.

[Geoff]

Well done dude, that looks EPIC!! Very very jealous man. If your ever daaarn saaarf i would be very pleased to bagsy a ride in it...for memories sake of course!!

[B7]

I'm liking that. well done.

[Lukai]

Looks spot on Steve, I look forward to seeing it in the flesh!

[dom-1984-320i]

Stunning car!

[inlovewithRWD]

That is the dog's b*****ks!

[AC_S]

great thread and great result
you've got yourself 1 hell of an e30 now.

love it, well done

[StuBeeDoo]

I'm looking forward to seeing the car Steve.
Will you be trying my chip?

[magpie]

good work Steve,love it

[jlb]

Looks well that Steve!

Did you manage to sort anything with the old style Hartge badges?

When are you next down at Pete's? i'll have to pop round and see this!

[Blitz]

Looks great. Must sound amazing.

[Felix79]

Blimey top draw work there buddy.

[e30topless]

Looks well that Steve!

Did you manage to sort anything with the old style Hartge badges?

When are you next down at Pete's? i'll have to pop round and see this!

the Badges have been done just need to fit them

James, I will be down in this next weekend if your about?,

done quite a few miles on the back roads today,
the old turd is bedding in nicely, and I'm enjoying every minute.

I was going to fit the Cd ect today but the noise from the donk is superb, it has lots more grunt over any B2.5 I have driven

I also gave it it's first wash since collecting dust in the garage...as you can probably tell I am crap with a camera






I can't get the bacbox to sit right in the rear apron will have another go at it when i get it up on the 2 poster,

[Theo]

Looks great, well done mate.

[bss325i]

Fantastic Steve! Look forward to seeing this at some of the shows this summer!

[e30topless]

cheers guys, I plan on doing quite a few miles this year, gaydon, pod the usual suspects I also want to get to the german show in july