Posts by Craig Ranson

Final stages of the welding ready to go into final prep and paint of welded areas. We are not painting the car as it is important to keep the patina. Paint is now complete and returned to the workshop to…

The heater control would not go to hot and the dash had been replaced with an incorrect wood fascia. We have now removed the centre console and the heater control panel, reshaped the heater cable, replaced the fascia and replaced…

Some weeks at Bridge Classic Cars we have a workshop full of customer’s car, other weeks we have a workshop full of our own competition cars. No two weeks are the same and heading into the final week of 2024…

Our recent competition winner Phil has opted for delivery of his Porsche 911 rather than the cash alternative which we are thrilled about. As the car only had 5 months MOT remaining it will arrive to Phil with a nice…

Nigel and Richard over at Coltec Engineering are currently working their magic on our Maserati BiTurbo engine. We are very much looking forward to the engine returning to our workshop for it to be fitted up. An exciting competition for…

Removing the paint, exposing the corrosion and starting to rectify the issues we face on our 1977 Triumph 2500TC. As a part of the projects, the customer would like to upgrade his dashboard to the newer MkII version. We have…

Well, fun and games were had today getting the final body rusty bits repaired. Pete started the day by doing some final grinding on the rear quarter and getting that ready for primer, once that was done he moved on…

2000 Peugeot 306 Cabriolet It’s been a while since my 306 Cabriolet has had a nice fresh service so today Steve carried out a cambelt, and at the same time, a water pump change. 1987 Maserati BiTurbo Meanwhile, Chris was…

Our beautifully unique Ford Thunderbird had had a little knock on the front and rear bumper at some stage of it’s life so Mauro has carried out a lovely repair to it to make it look good again. The front…

Chris has been busy preparing the Land Cruiser panels with epoxy panels ready for filler work to commence. All the filler work has now completed on the car. Chris has now stripped the parts to bare metal before priming the…

Time for us to take a closer look at our Daimler 250 V8. First up, we need to carry out out a full and thorough appraisal. The spare tyre needs inflating so we’ve done that as well as all 4…

Steve has carried out an appraisal on our Mercedes Pagoda to report back findings to the customer. Meanwhile John is attending to a leak on the gearbox. It seems to be coming from the gasket so the sump pan was…

Today, Pete has fitted the DAB antenna, hands free microphone and made adaptions to the way the stereo cage fits in the dash using some hand made rubber spacers. He has made a minor repair and location change to the…

John and Jon have been at it again. They have successfully built up and fitted the new rear vents. They have also managed to fit and align the door mouldings. John has then got to work on rebuilding the front…

We have so much going on at Bridge Classic Cars Competitions right now; cars coming in, cars going out, cars finding new homes, cash alternatives flying about all over the placed. It’s difficult to keep up! So I thought I’d…

1998 Rover 200 Coming in to Bridge Classic Cars HQ with a heater issue, John is already on with finding the fault and hopefully being able to rectify it so it’ll be back to it’s owner in no time. 1998…

Run up and listen for the exhaust blow. Jon has then blocked the tailpipe and traced the blow to the front joint. We’ve slackened the clamps and sealed back up before re securing the clamps and leaving to set. We…

A relatively successful trip was had heading up to The Pavilion in Buxton for the H&H Classic Auction last week. We came away with 4 cars ourselves and a 5th made it’s way down on our car transporter for some…

It’s a busy Mini today in the workshops as we prepare for our Cooper S to be delivered to Geoff later in the week. We’ve carried out the pre delivery inspection and noticed a fuel leak from carb float bowl….

We continue to polish intake pipes. We finish all pipes and place in the boot ready. The radiator has been removed for painting and all parts have been taken to the bodyshop for painting in satin black. We’ve fitted new…

At 4pm tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd December 2024, we reveal the winner of one of the most exciting new EV’s on the market right now, the MG Cyberster. We have one of the very first to arrive in the UK and…

Lydia has completed our Dino dash ready for install. I think you’ll agree, it looks sensational.

A few little electrical issues have occurred on our 1936 Riley Nine so we’ve welcomed the car back in to look at the problem. Turns out, a mouse has made it’s way in and has chewed on a few wires….

Mauro has not only been busy taking photos but he’s been working on perfecting our Rover P4 corrosion. The interior has been completely and the welding on the bottom of the A and B pillar, along with the chassis bracket…

The wait is over. Our 1987 Maserati BiTurbo has been in The Hangar for some time now but work has finally begun on getting the car back on the road. Although, the car has a genuine 11,000 miles on the…

Arriving to us for storage over the winter months is our lovely little 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider. The car is now safely tucked away in a CarCoon

A simple plate change shouldn’t take too long right? Our Defender plates caused a bit of a headache for Jon today as the existing plates were quite happy where they were.

Our 1956 Bristol 405 has been with us for many many years but this week we bid her a fond farewell as she heads off to a new home. We made the decision recently to sell the car as the…

Parts have arrived for our 1970 Fiat 500 so we can now continue on with the repairs. We’ve taped up the cut wiring in the engine bay and neaten the whole area. Adjusted the pedal heights via the stop on…

Our brightwork has returned from the chromers/polishers this week. Wyatt Polishing have done an incredible job as always on our Aston chrome work. Tony has photographed and sorted through all of the pieces and stored them away safely ready for…