Posts by Craig Ranson

With our Mini shell now in its beautiful Surf Blue finish, we bid farewell as we hand the car over to Team C to be fitted up. An exciting journey awaits as we can now exclusively reveal that after refit,…

A crazy busy week at Bridge Classic Cars HQ this week; lots of exciting projects on the go, cars coming in, going out. The truck and the trailer have been up and down the country. Mauro has been our designated…

Before we look to cut the frame, alter the overall appearance to a cafe racer and start to piece together the bike with brand new components, we have taken the basic set up to our very good friends at Demand…

It was debatable whether we could rescue the original headlining of our 1982 Porsche 911. This was the preferred option by the customer so we set to work seeing whether we could repair the tear and keep the original headlining….

The new owner of this Fiat 750 has asked us to inspect the vehicle and asses the amount of work needed to get it back on the road. Ady and John have made a list of all of their inspection…

Normally, the quieter of our locations, today Mauro, Freddie and Craig spent the day at RAF Bentwaters at our Hangar Showroom. Mauro was looking over the cars we have in our facility to ensure they are all up to standard;…

Statement from Cooper Colchester BMW Big News – suffice to say we are Buzzing! “Cooper Colchester 2020 Motorsport announcement. We mentioned yesterday that we had a big announcement for 2020, and here it is. This morning we met with Carl…

Arriving to our workshops very soon we have our 2009 Nissan GT-R Black Edition. A couple of remedial bits and pieces to be done, mainly the 4 wheels are requiring a refurb. None of them are bad but as the…

Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist has serviced and cleaned up the leaking carburettors in our 1971 Range Rover. He has replaced the seals and gaskets and re-installed into the vehicle. This has massively improved the engines running. Ady has…

The next job for Paul and Chris to tackle is the wing mirrors of our Nissan 300ZX. Paul removed the damaged wing mirrors from the vehicle and has passed them over to Chris in the Paint shop. Chris firstly prepared…

These chrome items have been completely transformed and are shining bright once more. The first step in the process of re-chroming is the stripping process. Grease, paint and rust that has accumulated on the car bumper over the years is…

It seems like an endless task for Antony at the moment as he continues to work on the body repairs of our 1963 Morris Minor 1000. More panels have been cut out and more new panels, whether they be replacement…

This gorgeous TR3 has arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars Workshop. It joins another TR3 which is being looked after by Ady in the Engine Shop. This TR3 is in for a full service, thorough inspection, MOT and new fuel…

Kath has been hard at work on our unique Jaguar E-Type Racecar. The interior is going to be very different to any other E-Type. The stripped out, lightweight interior will be functional, sleek and stylish. Kath has made door panel…

Darren has now completed painting our Austin Mini. He’s now completed the external painting in ‘Surf Blue’. This colour choice works so well on a Mini of this age, simply gorgeous. The cream roof compliments the blue superbly. Wonderful work,…

Brian has been making some superb progress on lots of smaller jobs on our Jensen interior restoration. He firstly stripped down the scuttle air vent covers ready to retrim. Brian has also stripped down and recovered the main Jensen dash…

Another milestone has been hit in our 1960 Jensen 541R restoration as she now has a doors and a floor! Paul has installed the newly painted doors onto the vehicle. We’ve also now installed the floor into our 541R.

Brian and Dave have been making up the Jensen door pockets that intrude into the door card, providing storage space. Using the original wooden pocket as a template, Brian has cut new wooden inserts and handed them over to Dave….

Work begins on the testing of our spare Jaguar V12 engine. The Arrow Ferrari Daytona has arrived with us with a blown engine and with it came a spare Jaguar V12 taken from another Ferrari replica. The engine is believed…

The MGA seats are now fitted. Paul has repaired the seat rails and fitted both seats. The rails were angled in slightly which caused issues sliding them back and forth. They are now perfectly aligned for our seats to move…

Scott has continued work on the corrosion repairs needed on our Peugeot 504. There just seems to be more and more areas of corrosion the further we go into this Peugeot. Scott has discovered some fairly poor repair work after…

Coming for sale soon is this beautifully presented Jensen 541S, we will inspect the car and check everything is in top condition before it goes online for sale. Here at Bridge Classic Cars we are very familiar with this beautiful…

Another classic car win this week at Bridge Classic Cars. Congratulations to Andrew Oswald, winner of the 1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500. The Live Draw for this competition was held on Friday 29th May 2020. Before delivery Mauro, Ady and Scott have given…

This gorgeous little Mini has just arrived at Bridge Classic Cars. It is in need of minor recommissioning work to get her back to her best. Although mechanically it looks very good, Mauro is now giving this Austin a thorough…

Ady has found a broken ‘O’ ring which is causing a fuel leak, we’ll fit a new ‘O’ ring to fix. We’ve also found the issue with the speedo, the bearing that rotates the speedo pin is no longer fully…

Scott has been working on our MG Midget. He’s replaced the clutch and release bearing before the car is transported to it’s new owner. As with all of our sales vehicles we’ve also given it a full 12 months MOT….

There has been plenty of progress on our Corvette powered Jensen 541R restoration. Dave’s gearbox mount is now in place. Dave has also welded in seatbelt mounting brackets in, ready for seatbelts to be installed. Dave has also fabricated Metal…

This 1971 Range rover is in our workshop for a service, improve how it runs and to fix a few niggles. The speedo gauge flickers and the clutch is reportedly very light. First up, Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist…

Huge thank you to Alchemy Motorcycle Parts for their assistance on this design modification. Our 1984 Suzuki GSX400 Cafe Racer/Bobber now has it’s new headlight. We have been searching the market for a 6 inch LED with black surround and…

With his daughter’s wedding coming up in November 2020, the owner of our lovely 1971 Rover P5B has asked us to bring the car in to the workshops to get it ready for the big day. The car has not…