Posts by Craig Ranson

After spending many years stored under a tree before arriving here at Bridge, we continue to uncover rust and corrosion throughout the 1987 Mercedes 500SL. One of our welders Toby has completed welding work in the boot this week. “There…

Mauro, our master mechanic here at Bridge has been completing work on the doors of the 1973 Triumph TR6. Along with getting all the mechanisms working on the handles and windows, Mauro had been busy finishing up other bits. “I’ve…

Our classic car Technician Dave has repaired a couple of damaged driveshafts on our lovely 1947 MG TC. “Originally, the car came in with differential problems” explains Dave, “but once the differential had a complete overhaul we realised then that the…

Our trim shop duo Brian and Kath have been working wonders on the 1973 TR6 interior. Brian started by making this centre console cover, pulling the leather around the edges and gluing it to the rear. He’s then made the…

The 1926 Riley Merlin Nine Briggs came to us with a rigid exhaust pipe. Eventually, the natural movement of the engine would lead it to break. Our specialist classic car technician Dave has built her a new, more flexible, exhaust…

Bridge Classic Car’s Directors, father and son team Gordon and Craig visited the British Motor Museum this week on one very specific mission – to learn all about their 1905 Riley 9HP. The museum is home to what is believed…

The 1953 Ford Transit van that arrived with us yesterday has spent the morning with our expert classic car technician Pete. After five years of back and forth trips to mechanics, this unique Taunus Transit still wouldn’t fire up. But,…

Pete, one of our specialist technicians here at Bridge, has successfully removed the 1979 Arrow Ferrari Daytona gear box ready for testing. Once it’s restored, it will be married up with the new engine currently being worked on by our…

Our 1989 BMW M3 E30 was left gleaming this week after a full valet by Viper Auto Valet, following the paint job we carried out on her recently. So happy was her owner, he just had to share the news…

The 1963 Morris Minor 1000 has already had a ton of improvements made including the engine restoration work having already started. Our expert paint technician Chris is already making great progress with the entire respray of the car after all…

Our classic car technician Mauro has got himself this wonderful 1954 Ford F100 Truck. It’s come into the workshop today for the team to start a full engine restoration project on it. The truck was imported from the US in…

An exciting delivery arrived at Bridge Classic Cars this afternoon. The team got to meet one of the first ever Ford Transit Vans, introduced originally in 1953 as an FK 1000 but later as a Taunus Transit from 1961. It’s…

A predicted £1m worth of classic cars has been discovered in an old garage belonging to Bristol Cars Ltd, according to an article by The Daily Mail Online. Amongst the discovery was a 1982 Bristol Fighter, a 1964 Bristol 409…

Classic Car Technician Tom has been rewiring the indicator relay on the 1936 Riley Merlin Nine Briggs. “I had to remove the old indicator box as the wiring was unsafe” says Tom. “I’ve redone the wiring and restored the flashing…

The 1979 Arrow Ferrari Daytona has had her engine removed this morning by our expert technicians Ady, Mauro and Tom. “The engine is the heaviest we’ve ever dealt with here” explained Ady, our engine specialist. “We’ve had to source a…

The Bridge paint team Darren and Chris were excited to get their hands on the beautiful 1989 BMW M3 E30 last week to give her a full body paint job. “She was in for a tidy up” Darren described. “She…

The very special 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 race car has had Kath’s magic touch today receiving a bespoke leather gear shift gaiter. “There was no original gaiter there for me to go by” explained Kath “I had to design…

Our trim shop team were in for a real treat last week when we received a request for a full interior transformation on a 1973 Triumph TR6. “We’ve stripped it all off” explained Brian. “The seats had lost their spring…

The 1957 and 1960 Jensen 541R’s were treated to custom made bonnet supports last week. Along with this, they had their recently restored wings and sills re-fitted. “Both cars have had their sills and wings completely restored, including a fresh…

Work continues on the full nut and bolt restoration of the 1960’s Jensen 541R. Replacement air filters were fitted by expert technician Paul last week. “The original inlet manifold and carburettor didn’t fit” he described. “I’ve replaced them, so she should…

Thank you to Unusual Cars UK for sharing our 1962 Jensen 541S to their 144,000 followers.

Dave, one of our expert technicians, discovered a faulty temperature gauge on the 1966 Reliant Scimitar last week. “The sender unit needed replacing” he describes, “and the wiring was a mess, there were lots of splits and poor joins”. So,…

The clutch on the 1960 Jensen 541R hasn’t been working properly. So, our expert technician Dave has built his very own easy-bleed component to get it back up and running. “You can buy these parts online.” Dave explains, “but I’ve…

Both the 1957 Jensen 541R and the 1961 Jensen 541S have been treated to fully repaired bonnet grilles this week, courtesy of our expert technician Dave. “These aluminium hooks can be flimsy and snap off”, Dave explains, snapping one of…

Derek, the proud owner of the 1961 Jensen 541S came along to our workshop this week to choose the colour scheme for the restoration. After some careful deliberation, Derek finally decided on peony red coupled with kelvin grey for the…

Brian in the trim shop here at Bridge has started rebuilding the seats on our 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe. “I started by fitting new rubber straps” Brian explains, “then added foam around the bottom edge”. “I added hessian to the…

Because of the launch of our 1963 BSA Trials Bike competition, we decided to invite self-proclaimed motorcycle addict Deimante (AKA Tomboy-A-Bit) over to our Bentwaters showroom and track to give the bike a little test ride. After riding our BSA…

As so often found when restoring classic cars, many components simply cannot be sourced and need to be fabricated in-house.  Mauro, one of Bridge Classic Cars vehicle technicians has today been fabricating a new window bracket on our Triumph TR6…

We’ve got an interesting project underway here at Bridge Classic Cars. This gorgeous 1973 Triumph TR6 is having a full restoration but, we don’t actually have the car in the workshop… The owner himself is working on the car at…

Two, yes TWO of our lucky classic car winners took their new cars out to local car show at Stonham Barnes on the 16th August 2020. We absolutely love being sent images like this. It’s wonderful to see these classics…