Posts by Craig Ranson

Our Aston Martin DB5 is now back to her best and running beautifully. Don, Pete and Ady have overhauled and rebuilt the carburettors. replaced the spark plugs, replaced the fuel filter, set up carburettors on the car and tuned the…

We have replaced the clutch slave and master cylinder on our 1978 Mini Clubman. The car now drives beautifully and is ready to be returned to it’s owner

Recently acquired by us here at Bridge Classic Cars with the intention of carrying out a full and well deserved restoration. Our car features in the Riley Motors V Twins article Source: Riley Motors V Twins “Also in the Register …

A new windscreen is required on our 1973 Triumph TR6 as the sun’s reflections are showing up all the imperfections in the existing screen. Slight scratches and a glaring fog is visible when the sun is shining so a new…

As with all of our vehicle sales, our ’71 MGB Roadster went through a full pre delivery inspection. The exhaust and manifold didn’t meet our high standards so we have replaced the entire exhaust and manifold with a new stainless…

Paul and Scott are both working on our 1957 Jensen 541R restoration. Today Scott is fitting in the headlights while Paul is installing the handbrake lever. Paul has had to shorten the realise button rod to perfectly fit. It’s now…

Visiting our workshops today we have our 1994 Mini Mayfair. Having been painted in 2010 the car started to suffer from a few rust issues which the customer attempted to tackle himself. The corroded areas seem to have been kept…

Pete has been busy this afternoon assessing the damage to our 1973 Triumph Stag after an unfortunate encounter with a deer. The deer has torn through the underneath; dislodging and damaging the radiator, oil cooler and fan. The front valance…

The fuel tank is now going through a full transformation as we remove the badge housing, blast the tank and prepare for paint. The end result will be a flush, smooth finish in a high gloss colour, TBC.

We’ve carried out a remedial repair on our 1971 MGB Roadster where the paint looked a little less than acceptable. Colour match was a little challenging but we got there in the end and the results look fantastic.

With our 1960 MGA nearing completion on it’s restoration journey with us it was time for the final photo shoot. We wanted a nautical theme for our shoot as the owner has a keen interest in boats and with so…

Chris has been working on our beautiful HMC Mk IV. He has repaired chips on the rear quarter panel corner and repaired the fibreglass on the bumper mount hole. Top work, Chris

Scott has been hard at work preparing our Peugeot 504 for Darren and Chris in the paint shop. Scott has finished repairing the offside reinforcement rail and repaired the rear floor under the rear seat support. To do this Scott…

Tom has been making superb progress on our Jaguar E-Type Race car. The ethos of this build has always been to keep weight to a minimum, delivering the rawest possible E-Type racing experience whilst highlighting the incredible skill of our…

Mauro has been making some great progress on our TR6 restoration. Since the last major update he has now fitted the door locks, installed brake and fuel lines, fitted rear brake lights and the gorgeous stainless steel exhaust.

Reading through the service history we came across some good ol’ fashioned printed photographs.

It will be lovely to see the return of our 1967 Jaguar E-type into the workshops on Tuesday next week. Having now been on the road for some time with it’s new owner it is time to go over the…

Arriving in our workshops this week we have our 1973 Rover 3500S. We are awaiting a full assessment in order to decide the next steps for this project.

Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist has got our Series One Land Rover fired back into life. After several years stood still, she is in need of some TLC to get back to her best. To get the engine running…

Our 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe is starting to take shape in the beautiful, original Cherry Red finish. Darren has now completed the priming stage of the entire shell and has given the underside it’s first coat of Cherry Red. Next…

This week we see the return of our absolutely stunning 1957 Triumph TR3, Mille Miglia approved classic. We are even more excited to announce that very soon this car will be made available as a competition prize for some lucky…

Mauro has sent a load of components needed for our TR6 restoration through to Chris in the Paint shop. Chris has now painted all the metalwork and it is ready for Mauro to continue assembly on the car. Great work…

We’ve completed work on the lovely little ’33 Austin 7. The brake shoes have been fully refurbished and relined and installed back into the vehicle.

Pete has been working on our 1971 Rover P5B. He has completed a full service which includes plug leads, distributor cap. Rear wheel cylinders, new master cylinder, new front callipers and hoses. The car will then be sent through a…

Darren has completed the bodywork preperation on our Morris Mini restoration. He’s also completed the first coat of epoxy primer. This will be sanded back to a smooth finish before moving onto base primer coats. Lovely work, Darren

Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist has got our E-Type fired into life. Ady has noticed an occasional misfire. He has stripped the 45 Weber carb as there was a misfire on cylinder 6. Upon closer inspection, the tiny mixture…

This gorgeous 1962 Triumph TR4 is in the classic car workshop today for repairs to the paintwork. It will be heading into the paint shop where Darren and Chris will be taking care of her.

This lovely ’81 Triumph TR7 is in the classic car workshop today. Pete and Thomas have been tasked with identifying an oil leak coming from the front of the car. They have found the source of the leak. The power…

In preparation for the upcoming live draw of our 1994 TVR Chimaera 500 in the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions we have decided to improve the look of our already stunning TVR Chimaera by removing the few stone chips on the…

I think it’s fair to say Oscar is pretty pleased with the recent addition to his garage. Hello guys, just thought I would send you a few pics of the car, it’s still super weird to go downstairs and see…