September 5, 2022

In Colour – Painting the 2005 Suzuki Every

The 2005 Suzuki Every has been moved from the Bridge Classic Cars body shop into our in-house paint shop for the next stage of its work.

The team have been carefully preparing the bodywork of the VW look-a-like to get it ready to be repainted.

Once primed and ready, the team scanned the paintwork to create an identical match to the existing bodywork and laid down several coats. Once cured, the paint work will be colour sanded and polished.

Full Circle – Mia from Fast & Furious Uses Her Fast & Furious Integra For Wedding

Recently Jordana Brewster, most well known for playing Mia in the Fast and Furious films, had an old friend at her wedding.

As their wedding car, her and her husband Mason used the 1994 Acura Integra GS-R which was driven by her character in the first Fast & Furious film alongside her late friend Paul Walker in 2001. Also seen are some of the other famous cars from the franchise including Vin Diesel’s original Mazda FD RX7 and the Acura/Honda NSX used in the later films.

Fresh Finish – Freshly Blasted Parts from the 1959 Jensen 541 ‘Hepburn’ in Gloss Black

The freshly blasted parts for the 1959 Jensen 541R ‘Hepburn’ have returned to our Suffolk HQ for the team to get into perfect condition for its restoration.

The freshly stripped parts were meticulously cleaned to get rid of any residual blasting material before they were refinished in hard-wearing gloss black.

The parts were then left to sure completely before carefully being packaged and put into storage to awaiting the cars reassembly.

Out & About – 1973 Triumph TR6 in France

The 1973 Triumph TR6, which was restored in-house at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ, has been out on its travels recently!

The car has been used on holiday in France by its owner and looks like the perfect companion for a countryside jaunt.

We love seeing our cars out there in the world being used and enjoyed!

Going Back Together – Reassembly Continues on the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible

The workshop at Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ have been busy getting the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible back together following its fresh repaint.

The team have been getting the body trims in place, perfectly aligning them to each other before moving on to some of the mechanical work.

The team have got the parts out of storage for the car which were taken off during disassembly to inspect further. They have found the edges of the fuel tank have corroded slightly.

The big job was to get the freshly painted engine back into the engine bay but first the team had to get the gearbox mated up to the block. Before this, our technician Scott carefully cleaned up the gearbox casing and bell housing before fitting a new bearing and clutch for the car. Once back together, the team carefully installed the engine and gearbox into the frame of the classic Morris.

Finally, the team could start on rewiring the car now that all of the major pieces were back in place.