Posts by Craig Ranson

Craig Ranson is the Managing Director – Bridge Classic Cars at Bridge Classic Cars.

Fabricating the Jensen’s front grille surround

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We already hold the tooling to re-produce the front grilles themselves but now requiring the front grille surround it was back to design mode for Dave as he got to work fabricating the surround edging. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Bonhams London To Brighton Veteran Car Run Supported By Hiscox – 2018

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bridge Classic Cars at London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23649,23650,23651,23652,23653,23654,23655,23656,23657,23658,23659,23660,23661,23662,23663,23664,23665,23666″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Source: Veteran Car Run As an unseasonably mild London was still covered by darkness, nearly 400 pioneering veteran cars, their intrepid drivers and plucky passengers gathered in Hyde…

Our 1969 Pontiac Firebird is now leaving Canada

We can now confirm that our 1969 Pontiac Firebird is leaving Canada for UK shores. A huge thank you to our good friend Bud for arranging the transportation over in Canada. Now over to Schumacher Cargo Logistics for the shipping scheduling.

Recommissioning our 1939 Packard 120

In our workshops today we have our stunning 1939 Packard 120. Having been in the showroom of world renowned classic and vintage car dealers Vintage and Prestige for over 3 years she has had little to no attention with regards to…

Planes, Trains and Automobiles – We Cover Them All!

Today, we took a trip to Manchester, to visit the Runway Visitor Park, a unique venue surrounding the world’s most iconic plane, the Concorde! It’s the perfect venue that caters for product launches, gala dinners, team building events, exhibitions or meetings….

Collecting our 1939 Packard 120

Here is our 1939 Packard making it’s way to our workshops having spent some time with the guys at Vintage & Prestige in Grays, Essex. We’ll look to carry out a full re-commission of the car to ensure everything runs as…

Fitting the new Jaguar 240 wheel hubs

As part of the re-commissioning of our 1968 Jaguar 240 the customer has decided to fit the vehicle with a set of multi-spoke Jaguar wheels. In order to carry out this task firstly we need to replace the existing hubs…

Great British Bake Off’s Manon Lagreve out in London

Source: Instagram @manonlegreve Great British Bake Off‘s Manon Lagreve enjoying a day out in sunny London when she comes across this 1991 Nissan Figaro. We followed Manon‘s progress throughout this year’s show and she did amazingly well, reaching the quarter…

Undersealing our 1998 BMW 840Ci

Some very questionable repairs have been carried out to the underside of the spare wheel carrier so we’ve stripped the entire area back to reveal exactly what needs to be done to put it right. Fibreglass had been applied over…

Work complete on our 1933 Talbot AX65

Work is now complete on our 1933 Talbot AX65. The rear boot panel and door have been repaired and painted. The rear wing has also been blackened once again and we have carried out various sympathetic touch ups around the…

The newly rebuilt BMW shocks have arrived in the UK

Rebuilding the BMW 8 Series shocks are a very specialist skill so we called upon the experts over in Poland to help us out on this one. The results are incredible. The Nagengast company is a Polish enterprise operating on a European…

Fitting up the newly refurbished radiator

As always, Sheldrake & Wells have carried out the rebuild work of our SL’s radiator and oil cooler beautifully. The final piece of the puzzle in the re-commissioning of our 1985 Mercedes 280SL before she can head home.

Carrying out necessary repair work to sills

Due to a recent MOT failure we have our 1989 Ford Granada in our workshops for some necessary repair works to both the inner and outer sills. The majority of the corrosion issues can be found on the nearside with…

Chassis’s and Parts ready for media blasting

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The chassis’ and parts are now ready to go for media blasting. We expect these only to be away for a short period of time. 1957 Jensen 541R – chassis 328[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24177,24178,24179,24180,24181,24182,24183″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s every restorer’s nightmare – spending £1000’s returning…

Audi 100 Coupe S arrives back from chemical treatment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We’ve collected our 1974 Audi Coupe S from the guys at Prostrip who have successfully completed the chemical treatment on the body shell to remove all paint, rust and filler The shell has now been treated with a coating of primer…

Jaguar E-Type Sofa off to the blasters

We’ve not spent much time on our Jaguar E-Type sofa of late but today we’ve pulled it out in preparation for the blasters to work their magic. Next time we see her she’ll be primed and most probably (based on…

Replacing the worn wheel bearings

Peter is busy replacing the worn wheel bearings on our 2008 Range Rover Sport.

Replacing the side steps

Our 2008 Range Rover is up on the ramp today having the existing side steps changed for new ones. We are unsure how the previous ones became damaged but never-the-less, we have an exact replacement so our first task is…

New MGB sills have arrived

The new MG B sills have arrived this morning from Rimmer Brothers. We are not yet ready to fit them on but they are here, on the shelf, ready for the day Tommy requires them.

Experimenting with plastic welding on our spare Capri dash

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Due to his fantastic connections in the motorcycle world our man Brian has built up some what of a reputation for himself as being the go-to man when it comes to motorcycle repairs using the specialist skills of plastic welding….

Work begins on the body of our 1960 Jensen 541R

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The preparation of our 1960 Jensen 541R body is now underway. To get the body shell into an acceptable standard to paint requires a lot of time and effort but in the end it will end up better than the…

Unveiling our newly built MG B engine

Here we have the first photographs of our newly built MG B engine. The project is progressing very well now and once the carbs are complete we can marry them up to the engine to carry out our first test…

Running up the Jensen engine

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are now fine tuning and running up our Jensen 541S engine. The engine has been removed and detailed but has not been rebuilt. We carried out various tests when we original received the car and with all running and…

Work continues on our 1975 MG B

Having recently had the body sandblasted and primed, we are now preparing old repairs and cutting in new metal prior to re-fitting certain areas with new heritage panels. The wheels are away being refurbished so we should expect them returned…

Unseizing the Jaguar 240 Brakes

Our work is almost complete on our Jaguar 240. On our first test run we found that the brakes were binding ever so slight. Enough for it to be frustrating and not a very pleasurable drive. Back on the ramp…

Cleaning up the inlet manifold

Under the bonnet the engine bay was already looking beautiful but whilst the inlet manifold is removed from position Pete has blasting the casing to remove all grime and debris before reapplying the unit. Here we have the images of…

1960 Jensen 541S Nearing Completion

We are now days away from the completion of our 1960 Jensen 541S (the prototype). It has been a long restoration journey but hugely rewarding as we revive one of the very first prototype 541S’s to leave the Jensen factory….

Gabrielle Caunesil and Riccardo Pozzoli and their Jaguar XJS

Combined, models Gabrielle Caunesil and Riccardo Pozzoli boast over 1,000,000 (1 million) Instagram followers and here they are showing off their new purchase, a classic Jaguar XJS. Check out their amazing photos as they document their travels and adventures…  

Repair work to our 1968 Jaguar E-Type

Whilst repairing the accident damage on our 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5 we have uncovered more areas in which we need to tackle to ensure we complete the job to our very exacting standards. With the body preparation now complete our…

1975 Triumph Stag in for routine maintenance

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today we welcome into our workshops our stunning 1975 Triumph Stag. In for some routine maintenance we will look to give the engine a full and thorough service, flush out the coolant and replace, identify any oil leaks and to…