Dash, Rear Seats, And Extra Bits
September 28, 2022
Our 1958 Jensen 541R has been seeing lots of progress recently. This has continued with Clinton making new air vent shutters and runners for the
September 28, 2022
Winner Of Our 1968 Morris Mini 850
September 28, 2022
When Holly Farthing saw that she could win a 1968 Morris Mini 850 through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions, she felt that she had to enter,
Be More Like James Bond – Own His Aston Martin DB5
September 28, 2022
If you’ve ever watched a James Bond film and thought you’d like to be more like the iconic spy, you now have a chance to
Building The Dash And Stripping The Brakes
September 28, 2022
Classic Car Technician Scott has been busy building up the dash in our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible. Once he had finished this, he moved
Dash, Rear Seats, And Extra Bits
September 28, 2022
Our 1958 Jensen 541R has been seeing lots of progress recently. This has continued with Clinton making new air vent shutters and runners for the car.
In addition to Clinton’s hard work, Brian has been making the dash pad metal rail and covering this in foam and vinyl.
Brian has also made the metal brackets for the rear seat and painted these too. He didn’t stop there though as he went on to make the metal brackets for the headliner front pad, fitted brackets to the front squab, fitted the rear window top trim panels, fitted the side window top trim panels, installed the rear quarter panels, and fitted the rear squab.
As you can see from this long list of completed tasks, our 541R is coming along nicely and our classic car technicians will continue to work hard until it is fully restored and back on the road where it belongs.
Winner Of Our 1968 Morris Mini 850
September 28, 2022
When Holly Farthing saw that she could win a 1968 Morris Mini 850 through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions, she felt that she had to enter, as her mum, Kate, has always loved Minis and even had one as her very first car!
Holly went on to be the lucky winner of this beautiful classic car and surprised her mum with it on the day it was delivered to her.
Holly won the Morris Mini in our September 15th draw with ticket number 2720.
We hope Holly enjoys her new car and we look forward to seeing you at some classic car shows very soon!
Be More Like James Bond – Own His Aston Martin DB5
September 28, 2022
If you’ve ever watched a James Bond film and thought you’d like to be more like the iconic spy, you now have a chance to do just that.
One of the Aston Martin DB5s specifically built for ‘No Time To Die’ is about to go on sale. There were actually eight of these cars made for filming purposes but this is the only one that will be available for someone to add to their own private collection.
It’s worth noting that the car is being sold as a collector’s item instead of being sold as a road legal car. As it has so many modifications due to the requirements of the production of an internationally successful film, it will be unlikely that you will ever be able to drive your new DB5 on the road.
However, as far as collectors items go, this is one that takes things to a whole new level. With a 3.2 litre straight 6 petrol engine, manual gearbox, and carbon fibre body panels, you will certainly get a very cool car for your money (even if you can’t actually drive it to the shops).
Speaking of money, the estimated price for this legendary car is between £1.5 and £2 million. For that, you get entirely bespoke braking and suspension systems as well as the carefully created “damaged” side panel.
At Bridge Classic Cars, we have had several DB5s in the workshop (like the one in our photo below) so we know first-hand how good these cars are in real life. When it comes to the one going on sale though – we can only imagine how good James Bond’s take on this classic car will be.
Building The Dash And Stripping The Brakes
September 28, 2022
Classic Car Technician Scott has been busy building up the dash in our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible. Once he had finished this, he moved on to stripping the brakes so he could check they were in full working order.
After cleaning, greasing, readjusting, and reassembling the brakes, he was happy with them all apart from the off-side front brakes. It was here that Scott found one of the cylinders was seized and another was leaking. A new set of cylinders has been ordered to rectify the issue.
While removing the brake line, the flexi hose was found to be corroded to the point where it broke away from the body of the car as the brake line was removed. Scott repaired the inner wing section and rewelded the bracket in place.
He also began making new front brake lines while the front braking system was apart.
