Posts by Craig Ranson

A great day for our good friends at Ransome Van Centre in Ipswich with it’s three firsts in one day! They were the first Commercial EV Dealer to visit the world’s first full electric service station by Gridserve, Braintree Electric…

We recently shot with local race car driver, engineer and enthusiast, Mike O’Connor, who took our amazing custom built Jaguar E-Type for a spin. These supplementary visuals go hand in hand with the shots we captured of the car itself…

Grey Jensen gets furnished Our trim team has been fitting the rear centre section in place, cutting out sound deadening and glueing it to bodywork behind where seats go. The rear squab section has also been fitted in place, the…

Thanks to a recommendation from Alex and the guys at AW Smart Repairs we have recently been approached regarding a possible future project for Kath and Brian in our trim shop. Ordinarily we do not do too much work on…

We are currently on the look out for new door closures for our Jensen 541S. Unable to source them from our comprehensive book of suppliers, we will look to manufacture them new.

For the keen-eyed viewers among you, you may have seen teasers of this beautiful red beast on our socials. This 1979 Chevrolet Corvette C3 will be a competition car in the near future. It’s having a pre-delivery service to ensure…

We are currently on the look out for new window rubbers for our 1972 Peugeot 504. Proving quite tricky to find at the moment but we will!

Congratulations to our latest Mini winner!  James Colwell won our beautiful 1979 Mini Clubman with his lucky ticket number 850! We’re delighted that this beautiful car has gone to such a good home and will be a fun experience for…

Join us on the third instalment in our new series: Behind The Scenes. Although we give frequent behind the scenes updates on our workshop, we wanted to show you some of the processes that go into our visuals. With every…

Join us on the second instalment in our new series: Behind The Scenes. Although we give frequent behind the scenes updates on our workshop, we wanted to show you some of the processes that go into our visuals. With every…

Congratulations to Sam Holmes from Cheshire who won our stunning 1998 Jaguar XJR Supercharged. We delivered Sam’s new Jaguar XJR to him this weekend. What a superb win! Sam bought just a single ticket, winning with ticket number 134. We’re…

Its another Monday and the 5th instalment of our Meet The Team series! This week we meet Adam, our electric specialist. Adam is our youngest member of the team however he comes with a vast amount of experience in the…

Join us on our new series: Behind The Scenes. Although we give frequent behind the scenes updates on our workshop, we wanted to show you some of the process that goes into our visuals. With every competition car and for…

Our 1994 Range Rover TDI has had all its dents repaired, corrosion sanded out and treated. Its also been masked up and sprayed with filler primer over the weekend. It now has satin black door frames and bumpers as well….

Congratulations to the winner of our 1999 Mercedes 280SL, Robert Read! Roberts lucky ticket number was 131. We rang him live on the draw night and his reaction was priceless, he literally couldn’t believe it. Robert’s first was to exclaim;…

Another busy week was flown by again, with lots of new drop-offs to the workshop and big progressions on current projects! Grey 1957 Jensen 541R Our trim shop expert Brian has been working on our grey 1957 Jensen 541R. He’s…

We’ve been repairing the hood frame on our 1977 Triumph Spitfire. This involves straightening out the linkages and then drilling out old pop rivets. Once these steps have been completed, we ensure it fits back on the car without any…

Many of the jobs that are done on our cars seem like very small insignificant elements but if you look at the bigger picture, every single detail is just as important as the larger parts. The black 1960 Jensen 541R…

Our trim shop expert, Kath, has been busy making multiple covers for the magenta Triumph TR6. The hood and tonneau now have covers that have been created out of black vinyl. Velcro has been sewn on and all the individual…

Two bilge pumps have been added to the Amphicar. The original bilge pump remains in its original position in the engine bay and is still in working condition. The old pump still has its wires connected and can be connected…

The Nissan is on the home straight in its restoration journey. It should be done before Christmas all being well! It has just had its wheels refurbished, new wing mirrors, a thorough clean by Viper Auto Valets, the exhaust manifolds…

We welcomed another new car to the workshop yesterday. This 1984 Lada 1200 Estate was brought in with signs of rust in the sills and floor. A paint job and some fabrication work will be in order to address the…

We’ve just welcomed this beautiful 1934 Austin Seven Nippy into the workshop for some engine repairs. The current diagnosis is that it needs an engine rebuild as there seem to be some oil issues. Our aim is to troubleshoot the…

Our week has been very busy with two photoshoots at the start of the week and new projects arriving in the workshop. Tr6’s new hood cover Our trim shop has been fitting the frame to the TR6. This includes riveting…

“Bridge classic Cars are doing a fantastic job by brightening up our lives with the chance of winning something amazing. I buy tickets for your competitions now rather than wasting money on the lottery as the odds are far better….

We’ve been discussing which modern cars we think are going to age like fine wines and which might fade into the history books. There are a whole host of current cars from run-abouts to super cars that have what it…

Last week, we had a hat trick give away! Three cars and three winners certainly kept the live draw exciting. A big congratulations to James Colwell for winning our 1979 Mini Clubman with his lucky ticket number 850. The Mini…

The original water pipe on a Lotus Esprit is made from Aluminium and over time the Aluminium starts to deteriorated creating very small holes in the pipework. Water and holes tend not to agree with one another so a new…

We’ve been very busy this week with winners and photoshoots as well as ongoing works to our current projects! Check out the news section of our website for in depth exclusives on our current cars. Live Draws and Winners This…

Although we’re a classic car company, sometimes we get our hands on other unique transportation devices, such as this late Victorian bath chair that Gordan has purchased! We’re not sure of the exact history of this wheelchair, however, we know…