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We all knew this day would come. I'm accepting applications for adoption of the Hartge. Its been a lot of work and a lot of fun but its time for something new. Most of you are familiar with the car. I've had it for a little over a year and its come a long way. Here is most of the story,

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthr ... ght=hartge

The car is one of the 5 H23s imported through Performance Plus in Florida during the 80s. It is the only Hartge they imported in Burgundrot Metallic. Out of the 5 that came in, I can only guess how many are still around. I hear there is another in San Diego. Scott Epstein formerly of Performance Plus was able to verify that my VIN was in fact one of theirs and also provided me pictures of the car when it was brand new.

The car was ordered with just about all of the Hartge options.

- Hartge cylinder head and valve cover
- Hartge header and exhaust
- Hartge Oil Cooler
- Hartge suspension including sway bars and strut braces
- Hartge long range fuel tank in the trunk
- Hartge steering wheel, shift knob, extra gooahj cluster
- Hartge Mono Wiper
- Hartge Valance, rear skirts and decklid spoiler

The car has 171,000 miles on it. It runs very well. I wouldn't hesitate to drive it anywhere. Over the last year I sourced Hartge sideskirts and 15" wheels from our wonderful R3V community. They aren't correct for an 83 but they look great. The originally came with BBS RAs and no skirts. The car received a nice complete respray a few months ago as well. Glasurit was used all the way from primer to clear. I also swapped out the very tired tan cloth interior for a beautiful grey cloth interior out of a Baur. I still have the original Recaro seats as well.

The car has had a lot of money thrown at it over the last few years. I have probably $8,000 in receipts from the previous owner. Thats before all that I put into it. With a little bit more the car could be truly incredible.

With that said, I'll admit the car isn't perfect. It isn't going to to sweep the Concours circuit just yet. It could use some underhood detailing. Some of the trim could be better, the wheels should be refinished or swapped with the correct BBSs, the exhaust isn't correct although I still have the original muffler and tip, the trunk carpet isn't that nice, the sunroof sucks, and so on. Nothing serious. I have a big box of tune up parts and misc. stuff for the car that will be installed in the next week or so. I'm hoping to dig up a set of fog lights as well. All and all its still very very nice.

As for the price. I have been thinking about trying the eBay route with some professional photography along with it. I think it could do well. Honestly I'd rather sell it to the right home for a reasonable price. I'd like to see $10K for it. I think that is more than fair considering. I'd also trade for a nice hot rod 2002. If you are seriously interested please ask questions. I know a lot about the cars history and previous owners. I know I'm forgetting a lot but this is a good start. Thanks for your time,

Ryan

wkohler wrote:Damn, that car has come a LONG way from the first photos I saw. Nicely done. Should make someone really happy.

Eric Q wrote:You had me going for a second. I thought it said "Hartge E23"...

wkohler wrote:Me too! I was expecting a thread about the Lapis car.

leadphut wrote:this is the car that i had asked you about a week or two ago. Anyway...glws! I'm waiting for you to put your e28 up for sale.


Troy

Minotaur wrote:Bump for a cool car and enthusiast.