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RonP, that is just awesome.

Will we see it on B-J?

I'd love to, and intend to eventually, get mine to that level, then drive it while keeping it there.

Thanks for the inspiration...

RonP wrote:

w soo clean!!! What did you use to paint the under body with?

Factory paint color that my paint store puts in a rattle can for me.

quick question - are you driving this or putting it on a trailer? almost seems too nice to drive now

I don't ever trailer my cars. I hope that answers your question.

lookin good ron! what tires sizes are on it now?

Took off the 235s and 255s and are now going with 225s and 245s.

Looking really good Ron, although you didn't pull the dents out of the frame rails

Are you effin serious? Out of all the time, energy, and hard work I puit into the underside of this car, I am sorry that you couldn't find something positive to say. I did look at the pictures and then looked at the actual car on the rack after your comment and they look much worse in the photos.

I saw that too but did not want to point fingers.

Thanks, Duke.

Rattle cans? Don't you have a paint gun?

It would cost less money and take less time to spray it through a gun!

Sweet, nuntheless

It's ALIVE!!! We are packing the car now and headed to Monterey!!!!!!

Ron you are up early. Car looks fantastic and best of luck to you in the show.

Looks good, Ron. Nice to see the detail work. My only comment is about the originality of the body colored underside. To the best of my scrutiny, after cleaning and inspection, all of my E28s have the majority of the underside in cream/tan colored undercoating and only certain visible areas are painted in either body color or black (like the spare tire well). But I am not sure making it factory correct was the goal here, given some of the other changes/improvements.

RonP wrote:It's ALIVE!!! We are packing the car now and headed to Monterey!!!!!!

congrats and good luck!

RonP wrote:It's ALIVE!!! We are packing the car now and headed to Monterey!!!!!!

well done....now go expose this bad boy

Vey cool, good luck!

See ya in about 13 hours, just bring something to wipe down the car every 15 minutes, lots of ash in the air from the Santa Cruz Mountains fire unless the wind steers it away from Monterey/Carmel.

Ron,

Car looks amazing!!! good luck in Monterey.



Sean.

Can I have my car back now?
Looks amazing, better than when it was new.

HartgeM5 wrote:Can I have my car back now?

Hey, Scott - get in line!!

HartgeM5 wrote:Can I have my car back now?
Looks amazing, better than when it was new.

How cool is this!

Scott, you should buy it back!

L_N_Love wrote:

HartgeM5 wrote:Can I have my car back now?
Looks amazing, better than when it was new.

How cool is this!

Scott, you should buy it back!

I'm sure the opportunity will present itself.

If only I could see it live...

While RonP is on vacation (if you consider driving for seven hours, checking into the hotel, then spending the next five hours cleaning every nook and cranny of the car, going to bed late and waking up at o'dark thirty the next morning to spend four more hours re-cleaning those same nooks and crannys...as opposed to nookies and grannies...a vacation) back here at the shop there is about four days of cleaning to do. Restoration shrapnel and tools all over the place. As of this writing we await most impatiently to find out how the car was received. It would be impossible to overstate the importance of all the people who came to assist with this project. Without them the Hartge would absolutely not have made it to Monterey. Matt, Jeff, Paul, Darin, Phil (the other Phil), Jesus (as in the Spanish pronunciation), Devon to whom we gave the crappiest jobs and who always came back smiling and asking for more (truly a sick person), and Ron Inchausti of Coast Motor Werk who spanked the bad boy to life. Thank you all and also for the support from the E28 community at large. Now that that damn car is out of here maybe I can work on my race car.

glad to help! what is the next project?

(this is proof i am perhaps disturbed in the head)

So, yesterday was the 14th and I can't wait to hear how this car fared!

I re-read the whole thread a couple of times and am still amazed at the transformation of the car.

wkohler wrote:So, yesterday was the 14th and I can't wait to hear how this car fared!

I re-read the whole thread a couple of times and am still amazed at the transformation of the car.

I already know, but I ain't saying. Damned fine car.

CSBolger wrote:

wkohler wrote:So, yesterday was the 14th and I can't wait to hear how this car fared!

I re-read the whole thread a couple of times and am still amazed at the transformation of the car.

I already know, but I ain't saying. Damned fine car.

argghh!!! I'm dying to hear!

Mr. Bolger is pure evil.

I too will not say anthing...it's not my soapbox....so let's wait for Ron to give me the OK.

alpinass wrote:I too will not say anthing...it's not my soapbox....so let's wait for Ron to give me the OK.

ditto, just going to say the car looked AWESOME

Any pics form the show?

Damn that baby was beeeeeeeautiful!

Pictures people! Pictures!

japandrew73 wrote:

alpinass wrote:I too will not say anthing...it's not my soapbox....so let's wait for Ron to give me the OK.

ditto, just going to say the car looked AWESOME

Give it up! If you know then it's already public,

alpinass wrote:I too will not say anthing...it's not my soapbox....so let's wait for Ron to give me the OK.

Soapbox? Uh oh, I hope the pics and show were saga-free?

I have LOTS of pictures, but it's not for me or anyone else to burst Ron's bubble (so to speak)
I'll just wait until he gives the go ahead, sorry.

I have to tell you though, Mike's (murfinator) 535 was awesome, even more (by far) than it was at 5er Fest Reno, I'll get those pictures up later too.

You guys are turds...

Ok. I know the answer but had to post on another board to find out. Someone buy Ron P's car so the boy can afford a laptop.