Ready To Go
April 14, 2023
Our 1981 Triumph TR7 V8 has, once again, been in the care of classic car technician John. He has been fitting a new core plug
April 14, 2023
Press Release: Drive It Day – Sunday, 23rd April 2023
April 14, 2023
Join Bridge Classic Cars In Celebrating National Drive It Day As well as raising funds for the NSPCC, National Drive It Day celebrates the epic
Wingham Improvements
April 14, 2023
It’s no secret that our 1937 Vauxhall 25 Wingham Cabriolet is a very interesting-looking vehicle. If you add its rarity to the mix, then you
Interceptor Repairs
April 14, 2023
Classic car technician Monty has been completing more repair work on our 1975 Jensen Interceptor MK3. This time, his attention has been on the floor,
Priming Our AMV8
April 14, 2023
Al has, once again, been working on our 1976 Aston Martin AMV8. This time he has been applying epoxy primer to this eye-catching classic car.
DB5 Repairs
April 14, 2023
Our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 has come back into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop as its handbrake has broken. Classic car technician John gained access
Trim Work Begins
April 14, 2023
Classic car technician Brian has begun the trim work on our 1929 Riley 9 Tourer. The first step of this was to remove the front
Ready To Go
April 14, 2023
Our 1981 Triumph TR7 V8 has, once again, been in the care of classic car technician John. He has been fitting a new core plug and he also put coolant back into the car.
After passing its MOT, our TR7 is now ready to leave the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and be returned to its owner very soon.
Press Release: Drive It Day – Sunday, 23rd April 2023
April 14, 2023
Join Bridge Classic Cars In Celebrating National Drive It Day
As well as raising funds for the NSPCC, National Drive It Day celebrates the epic journey undertaken by 65 cars in 1900. These driving pioneers attempted to drive 1000 miles from London to Edinburgh and back again with the goal of proving the viability of the motor car.
Bridge Classic Cars are joining the celebration by hosting Drive It Day 2023. Beginning at The Hangar, in the impressive grounds of Bentwaters Air Base, there will be time to admire the wide range of vehicles in attendance. After a hot drink, we will travel, In convoy, to our main workshop in Pettistree. The route will cover approximately 7 miles.
Once at the workshop, you will be able to take a closer look at some of our current restoration projects as well as enjoying live music from local band, The Buskateers, food from Otis Breading and Suffolk Fried Chicken, and our fully licensed bar will be open too.
Drive It Day, hosted by Bridge Classic Cars, gives you the opportunity to get behind the wheel of your special vehicle, take in the sights of the picturesque Suffolk countryside, and raise vital funds for a very important charity.
National Drive It Day is on Sunday, 23rd April. We will be meeting at The Hangar, Bentwaters Parks at 11 am with the drive to the workshop beginning at noon. You can then enjoy all the food and entertainment you like until things come to an end at 3 pm.
Commemorative rally plates can be purchased to help raise funds to support the NSPCC’s Childline service. With 90% of the charity’s income coming from donations and each call costing £4 to answer, the charity and the children and young people it helps, need our help now more than ever.
More information can be found on the events section of the Bridge Classic Cars website.
Wingham Improvements
April 14, 2023
It’s no secret that our 1937 Vauxhall 25 Wingham Cabriolet is a very interesting-looking vehicle. If you add its rarity to the mix, then you have a very special classic car that we have in the workshop.
Classic car technician Lydia has been working on our Wingham lately by making and binding the carpets. She has also made the cover for the spare tyre.
Lydia also made the corner covers for the bonnet of our Wingham.
Interceptor Repairs
April 14, 2023
Classic car technician Monty has been completing more repair work on our 1975 Jensen Interceptor MK3. This time, his attention has been on the floor, the inner sill, and the doors.
Repairing the metalwork of our classic Interceptor has been a long and challenging process but, both Monty and Christian have been doing a great job of keeping things moving in the right direction.
As the restoration of our 1975 Jensen Interceptor continues, we are looking forward to seeing the improvements being made until it is eventually ready to leave us and get back out on the road.
Priming Our AMV8
April 14, 2023
Al has, once again, been working on our 1976 Aston Martin AMV8. This time he has been applying epoxy primer to this eye-catching classic car. After prepping and priming the body, Al stripped the remaining components back to bare metal and prepped them for primer too.
Parts of our AMV8, like the bonnet, also went into high-build primer as it continues to move closer to new paint being applied in the near future.
DB5 Repairs
April 14, 2023
Our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 has come back into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop as its handbrake has broken. Classic car technician John gained access to the mechanism so he could remove it and make the required repairs.
As the seat had to be removed in order to fix the handbrake, while it was out, John noticed that the fixing was cracked. A plate was made to reinforce the mounting to avoid this becoming an issue in the future.
Our other John has also been working on our DB5. He replaced both rocker cover gaskets and carried out a flush of the cooling system. He drained the existing coolant before stripping, cleaning, and refitting the nearside rocker cover with a new cork gasket.
Once the nearside rocker cover was complete and reassembled, John went on to refit the lower radiator hose and fill the system with water. He removed the lower hose and drained it again whilst repeating the process on the offside rocker cover gasket.
Trim Work Begins
April 14, 2023
Classic car technician Brian has begun the trim work on our 1929 Riley 9 Tourer. The first step of this was to remove the front seats and base boards from the car. Brian then removed the rear axle cover so that it could be used as a pattern to make the rear seat base board.
These were cut out before Brian went on to remove the rear floor board to trim the sides in order to allow for the side panels to fit. The rear seat board was then fitted into the car and the backboard was cut out.
Brian made the pattern for the rear seat top edge and then cut this out. The rear seat board was trial fitted and the back edge was cut in line with the curve of the car body.
Rear quarter panels were the next focus of Brian. He made paper patterns and used these to mark out the panels on plywood. These were cut out and then fit into the car. The axle cover board was re-fitted before the rear base seat board was re-fitted too.
Brian went on to cut slots out for the rear squab board brackets and then fit the brackets in the car. He fit the squab board into the car before moving on to the door of our classic Riley. Once the door handle was removed, Brian made a paper pattern for the door panel and marked this out on wood. The door panel was cut out and a hole was made for the lock handle.
Brian fit the door panel to the car door and cut out the slot at the back for the lock. Paper patterns were made for the passenger side door panels.
