We’ve had an amazing weekend at Olympia Historic Automobile Fair and Auction. With our 1956 Jensen 541 taking pride of place beside the auction area, our 1972 Jaguar E-Type V12 attracting the largest crowd, our 1972 Fiat 500L seemed to get the most photographic attention and our 1959 Austin Healey Sprite getting the best feedback from auctioneer Guy, the weekend […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Apologies to anyone on Norwich Road in Ipswich this morning as we unexpectedly slowed down the traffic whilst loading our fantastic classics ready for the trip to Olympia, Kensington for this weekend’s Olympia Historic Automobile Fair and Auction. It was lovely to see so many people come out of their homes to take a look […]
Now that the car has undergone a full valet Lauren has refitted the newly covered front seat.
It’s a real pity that both the driver and passenger’s front seat has small rips in them when we picked the car up. We contemplated repairing the existing holes but in the end we thought it was best to strip and recover the seats with new seat covers and it was very much the right […]
Mechanically, our lovely little 1972 Fiat 500L is spot on but as with everything in life that has been used and enjoyed, the engine could benefit from a little attention…cosmetically that is! Lauren has spent the day cleaning, polishing and repainting the engine to freshen up the look. We’ve kept to the existing colours but […]
To ensure we keep some of the originality of the car we decided to freshen up the look of the existing fuel tank. From new back in the 70’s, and also if you were to purchase a new tank today, it would be finished in black so we decided to clean up our red tank […]
The new rear bumper bars have now been fitted. …as have the new rear lights. It’s amazing what a huge difference small changes can make to the look of the car. The front bumper bars made the car look tired but now with the brand new bars fitted it has completely transformed the look. Although […]
Under the bonnet is looking a little tired so we have decided to remove the leads, tidy the bonnet area and refit the wires in a much neater and presentable fashion. We’ve gently removed the debris and grit that has built up over many years on the engine. Lauren has applied one coat of red […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We have just taken delivery of our newest project, our 1972 Fiat 500L. This beautiful little machine is already good to go and, as it was so rightly explained to us before we collected, it is very much a usable classic. As with a lot of the cars that come through the doors at Bridge […]