Posts by Craig Ranson

The time has come for us to wave goodbye to the white primer finish we have seen for so long on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type Race Car. Next week we will be putting our body shell through the paint shop…

Coming soon we have two fantastic classics for sale. Firstly, we’d like to introduce you to our 1974 Rolls Royce Shadow I. Covering just 63,000 from new the car has had 1 previous owner. Although the log book does read…

The engine is now in and the components are now being fitted up by Ady. Meanwhile Brian and Owen have been working through cleaning and polishing the light clusters and bright work. The parts have been cleaned and blasted and…

The owner has supplied us with a brand new fuel tank for his 1937 Triumph Dolomite so having gone through our paint shop to be prepared and painted we have now fitted it to the car and tested.

The Morris wheels have now been built up and stripped back layer upon layer until the imperfections have been corrected. The wheels are now in prime and ready to paint.

Mauro has now started to re-fit the brand new wiring loom to our 1972 Jaguar E-Type. The new wiring loom has been manufactured for us by our good friends at AutoSparks.

In today we have our 1967 Jaguar Mk II 3.4. We are looking to fit a brand new stainless steel exhaust system along with some remedial works to carry out. The handbrake is not holding properly and we require Pete…

We welcome into our workshops today our 1974 Jaguar XJ6 for some bodywork correction. The car is in exceptional condition all round and is an absolute credit to it’s current owner. We have a couple of very small blemishes that…

Our 1974 De Tomaso Pantera is in our workshops today for a full service.

Brian and Owen have been busy this week perfecting the existing bright work for our 1956 Ford Consul ready for the rebuild to commence. Whilst the bright work has been worked on Chris has been busy next door in the…

Our 1936 Riley Merlin Nine Briggs Body has returned to the workshops for a full re-wire. The full loom has been manufactured to order by our good friends at Autosparks The old loom has been fully removed (apart from the…

With our Austin Healey restoration nearing completion Dave has added the finishing touches to the beautiful engine bay.

I have passed this magnificent machine many times whilst visiting Bentwaters Parks, thinking to myself, ‘one day, I’ll find out who owns her, see whether they’ll part with her and let me restore her.’ So I go on my holidays…

Our V8 engine is now back in the car and Ady has successfully run up for the first time to check out for any abnormalities.

More images of our Jensen 541R body shell.

Santa’s been and delivered our assortment of classic tyres ready to be fitted on our fantastic selection of classic vehicles. Santa of course being Graeme from We Fit Any Tyres AnyWhere and the fantastic selection being: 1955 Austin Healey 100M,…

Final stages of our 1975 MGB Roadster rebuild now and the interior fit out is taking shape with the brand new hood being fitted up too.

In order to carry out the annual MOT we are having to rectify a few age related issues on our 1987 Rover Vitesse.

Our Morris J hood has now been recovered and due to the sheer size the very best way to transport it is with our covered vehicle transporter.

Our 1964 MGB Roadster is rebuild is now complete and the car is now ready for resale. MGB Roadster 1964. This car has been sympathetically restored by us here at Bridge Classic Cars including a full strip down and re-spray….

Our 1972 Jaguar E-Type is now back on it’s wheels having completed the re-fit of the front suspension and back axle.

Exciting delivery today and we welcome our brand new custom built hot water tank for cleaning the engine components. We also have our new benches for the welding and trim areas.

Work begins on our new trim shops built within our Pettistree, Woodbridge workshops. Donna Ross is due to join the Bridge team very soon and brings with her years of experience in this specialist field. Donne will head up the…

Final moments of preparation before Chris puts our 1967 Jaguar E-Type race recreation into prime. We are hoping to have the body shell in colour in time for our Classic & Sports Car & Bike Show on Sunday 28th July…

We are now connecting a power to our bespoke rear storage compartment of our 1971 Jaguar E-Type convertible. The double USB will be capable of connecting phones and smart devices for charging as well as options to connect up refrigeration…

This week, the sun was shining so our good friend Hilary popped by with his wonderful 1955 Austin Healey 100M. And whilst out on our travels to Bentwaters Park we were greeted at the entrance by this incredible TE7870, one…

“I write to thank you for allowing me to see the wonderful skilful work that is done in your plant. I am so impressed with what is achieved by the great work to these beautiful cars back to life. On…

Our 1981 Triumph TR7 V8 is currently in the workshops having the engine rebuilt. Unfortunately, due to the wrong piston rings being fitt originally this has resulted in the piston rings breaking. We are now in nearing completion on the…

Our selection of wheels featured on We Fit Any Tyres AnyWhere‘s Instagram story.

Our 1959 Morris J Type is now sporting it’s brand new blue and white exterior.