Featured – Our 1965 Amphicar is on the Top Gear Website!
October 12, 2021
Our 1965 Amphicar that is currently up for auction with Car & Classic Auctions has found its way onto the Top Gear website! The team
October 12, 2021
Moving Forward – Update on the 1977 Honda GL1000 Goldwing
October 12, 2021
It’s been a little while since the last update on the 1977 Honda Goldwing. This is Gordon, our director’s, bike. Last we wrote, the carburettors
Featured – Our Bridge Classic Cars / Norwich City Community Sports Foundation Lotus Elise on the Lotus Newsletter.
October 12, 2021
Our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition which is being given away to support the important work that the Norwich City Community Sports Foundation
House of Cards – Fitting the Door Cards to the 1970 Dodge Charger
October 12, 2021
Our in-house trim expert Kath has been fitting the door cards to the 1970 Dodge Charger we have in here at Bridge Classic Cars. Kath
Back in Place – Installing the Rebuilt Injection Pump on the Land Rover Series IIA
October 12, 2021
When work began on this 1970 Land Rover Series IIA, there was a slight bit of confusion. Originally it was thought to be a Series
More Than a Mouthful – Wiring Issue on a 1974 Triumph TR6
October 12, 2021
This beautiful 1974 Triumph TR6 arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop this morning for John to begin looking into an issue with the wiring.
Featured – Our 1965 Amphicar is on the Top Gear Website!
October 12, 2021
Our 1965 Amphicar that is currently up for auction with Car & Classic Auctions has found its way onto the Top Gear website!
The team here at Bridge Classic Cars painstakingly restored this car over countless hours into a full working, fully certified Amphicar.
Check out the article here or check out the auction with Car & Classic here!
Moving Forward – Update on the 1977 Honda GL1000 Goldwing
October 12, 2021
It’s been a little while since the last update on the 1977 Honda Goldwing.
This is Gordon, our director’s, bike. Last we wrote, the carburettors had been sent off to be media blasted and now it’s time for the rear swing arm to be serviced and rebuilt. The progress on this classic Honda (mainly believe to be from golden age of Honda motorcycles) is steady and we are looking forward to having her back and being enjoyed.
Featured – Our Bridge Classic Cars / Norwich City Community Sports Foundation Lotus Elise on the Lotus Newsletter.
October 12, 2021
Our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition which is being given away to support the important work that the Norwich City Community Sports Foundation do was featured in the latest online Lotus email Newsletter.
The Lotus is still up for grabs to one lucky winner. And all the proceeds will go towards helping the work that NCCSF do with young people of different abilities and backgrounds to get involved in the amazing world of sport.
You can enter just by clicking the link below!
House of Cards – Fitting the Door Cards to the 1970 Dodge Charger
October 12, 2021
Our in-house trim expert Kath has been fitting the door cards to the 1970 Dodge Charger we have in here at Bridge Classic Cars.
Kath carefully put together the two-piece door cards which are a key feature on the interior of this glorious Mopar. Kath went through each component to check its fit and finish before anything was put on the car, painstakingly marking out any points that would need a skilled hand turned to them.
The door cards themselves needed the openings cut into them for different handles and fixings so Kath broke out the tape measure. Each of the cuts made was a case of measure 10 times and cut once as with all of our interior work. The best way to get the perfect finish is to work with the car and that’s why we have a world-class trim shop.
Piece by piece, Kath put together the parts onto the door itself with all its bright work. The clips that fix the card to the door have to be eased onto the door as to not become deformed or move out of alignment so clip by clip the door card was installed onto the car.
Work on the interior of the 1970 Dodge Charger will continue in the Bridge Classic Cars trim shop in our next update on the blog
Back in Place – Installing the Rebuilt Injection Pump on the Land Rover Series IIA
October 12, 2021
When work began on this 1970 Land Rover Series IIA, there was a slight bit of confusion. Originally it was thought to be a Series III but thankfully, we have Scott who drives a Series II every day to work.
The other bit that had us scratching our heads somewhat was working out what engine it. The last MOT certificate stated it was petrol, but once Ady opened up the bonnet he was faced with an Injection Pump and Glowplugs. Meaning that sometime between then and now, a diesel engine had been put in its place.
Either way, we need to get the Series IIA running. So, our in-house engine wizard Ady had the injection pump sent off to a nearby specialist to be rebuilt and tested. Within a couple of days, the pump was back here at Bridge Classic Cars.
Next Ady had noted some wiring that didn’t quite make sense. A positive cable leading from the glowplug to the frame, in the same way a ground would be routed. After looking into the matter to be double sure, Ady removed the old wiring and rewired up the glowplug to the correct set-up.
Now, it is time to prep the engine for its first fire-up since being with us. Which you will see very soon here on the Bridge Classic Cars blog
More Than a Mouthful – Wiring Issue on a 1974 Triumph TR6
October 12, 2021
This beautiful 1974 Triumph TR6 arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop this morning for John to begin looking into an issue with the wiring. The issue is that a mouse has managed to eat through part of the loom causing the car to have some issues.
The customer has told us that it was being stored in its Carcoon when he went to go and start the car but nothing would work.
So, our workshop manager and wiring guru John is having a look into the issue. Because of the damage done to one of the cables, as soon as the car was powered on, it melted several wires. Now, John must try and get access to the back of the dashboard to follow the trail…
