Hartge touring replica

[bobgil67]

Well, after nearly 18 months, my Hartge themed touring is finally finished.

The whole project has had it's ups and downs, but, with the help of fellow zoners and friends, we've overcome all the obstacles and built a beauty.
The car started off as a 320i Auto Touring, then.......they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so enjoy.


G88 after picking it up.








The work begins.






ABS retrofit






Clio master cylinder and servo




Spax adjustables with -40mm springs, all new bushes






Engine arrives, M50 from an E34 525i




Cast manifolds off and E36 mounts added


Tubular manifolds, ready to modify to clear the steering column


Quick check over, not bad for 191k


Rewiring C101 to suit E30 plug




And, as if by magic..








More wiring, this time, the ECU and relays




To be continued.....

[snoops]

[sparco]

come on come on, continue hehhehehe way to go dude

[tylerma]

sparco
kindly resize/remove your avatar please
its a little big

[NatDJ]

That's magnificant! Well done that man!

[aj_mckay]

looks niiiice.

[Alex]

looks like a brill project

[shedrool83]

Hats off to you sir.Great work

[bobgil67]

Part 2

This is where things take a big leap forward. I've no pictures of the stripped floorpan that's been painted white, the complete overhaul of the rear end including all new bushes, bearings, backingplates, new fuel tank, 3.91:1 LSD, all new fuel and brake pipes, the list goes on.

We'll start off with a few shots of the interior bling.






Then on to the next stage, the full Alpine White II respray.




Note the underseal's been removed from the rear valance for a nice, smooth look.


Outside while the doors and tailgate are painted.






Smooth front panel too.


iS lip spoiler fitted.


Ready for the finishing touch....




...the stripes.












At last, ready for MOT and the road.

[Alex]

looks awsome, keep up the good work

[bobgil67]

Quick update. MOT passed, just waiting on insurance documents so I can tax it and go playing.

Still need to change the clutch and flywheel though, I've used an E30 318iS gearbox, clutch and flywheel, but, there is some serious clutch slip. Got an M20 flywheel and clutch assembly to fit before I can really enjoy the experience.

[MAJ-POWER]

how difficult was it to put the engine in, and the wiring?

looks

[bobgil67]

The wiring was done before I fitted the engine, which made things a lot easier. The wiring was the hard part, luckily I have a mate who's pretty handy when it comes to this, he got it all up and running without any problems, using a quick guide from Brianmooore which can be found in a thread on here.

Fitting the engine was pretty straight forward, it's a tight fit though, which is why I did all the underbonnet work first before fitting. Again, there's a cracking 'how to' on the Zone regarding the M50 retrofit.

[1bash]

Good work that looks the awsome

[Blitz]

Looks great.

[95-540iLE]

Looks fantastic. Where did you source the hartge badges?

Cheers

[daimlerman]

Inspiring,just starting my conversion,but my base is a rust free LHD shell...soon to be RHD,I hope!!

[Jhonno]

Uber cool! I like that alot! Fresh white paint looks lovely

[bobgil67]

Looks fantastic. Where did you source the hartge badges?

Cheers

hi i have 2 sets of originals of which i took a set to a graphics place and got copies made up. the ones on the car are the copies as it is only a replica anyway.
bob.

[SilverShadow]

Awsome!!!!!!

[e30bmlover]

stunning car mate!! stunning!!

[bobgil67]

thanks for comments guys, just hope it goes as well as it looks

[SilverShadow]

Can you get some more grapics made up?

[bobgil67]

Can you get some more grapics made up?

i don't see that being a problem as they should still be on their computer.
what colour would you want and i'll phone them for a price as mine were
made about 15 months ago.

[SilverShadow]

white please.

[bobgil67]

just phoned and they are going to check computer to see if they are still there and get back to me.

[SilverShadow]

Thanks mate!

How much did they cost when you got yours done?

[bobgil67]

i'm not a 100% sure think it was £60.00, but at the time i got a set made for cotty and gcorky.

[SilverShadow]

Damn should of ordered then!

Anyway keep me posted

<-----Do you think white will siut my car shown in my avatar?

[bobgil67]

na mate white will ruin the look of your car, look at cotty's thread in photo gallery ooooh stripy, they are the same colour as mine anthracite.

[Hyperion]

[SilverShadow]

na mate white will ruin the look of your car, look at cotty's thread in photo gallery ooooh stripy, they are the same colour as mine anthracite.

They look gorgous!

Makes sense if I go anthracite.

[bobgil67]

i think the anthracite will go nicely on your car while white would look cheap and nasty. do you know any body else looking for stripes as the more there is the cheaper it would be.

[SilverShadow]

mmmm a while back a started a Hartge register in the general chat maybe we could put something up there or even the group buy section?

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... e+register

Depending of price I may take 2 sets

[bobgil67]

no problem as soon as they get back to me i'll get a price for 1 set and see what they can do for buying 2 or more.