Posts by Craig Ranson

A couple of areas on the underside needed addressing whilst the car was in with us so we carried out the necessary repairs. We also stripped back the remaining areas, cleaned and removed all service rust and debris. Once we…

Our 1968 Jaguar 240 has returned for the annual check over with some remedial work to be carried out. A full service and MOT will also be completed whilst in our workshops. We have a couple of electrical issues to…

Our 1965 Amphicar is now ready to leave the paintshops and return for refit. The red colour has disappeared to be replaced by the original Beach Strand White finish – Ditzler Code 8703=DAR offset 90113. Supplied by PPG Industries who bought…

Today we had a visit from one of the members of the Region 12 Porsche Club GB with his beautiful 2000 Porsche GT3. Source: Wikipedia The “GT3” nameplate was introduced in 1999 as part of the first generation of the Porsche…

The underside of our 1985 Mercedes 280SL has now been successfully stripped down, cleaned up and under sealed. Just in time for the new exhaust system to be fitted. And thank you to William for spotting the exhaust rubbers pulling…

Our trimmer is now ready for work to commence on our 1975 interior re-trim. The seats have been stripped for some time but due to other work commitments they have been safely stored away until now. We have everything now…

We received a box of trim relating to the interior of our 1934 Austin 10 but unfortunately the majority of it was beyond repair. Having said that, it gave us great templates to re-produce the trim we required. It would…

On the very rare occasion we get to work on the more modern vehicles. Today, we have our 2013 Mercedes E230 Coupe in the workshops for the full routine service, a MOT and 2 rear tyres. Thanks, as always to…

Our Jensen 541R interior is now out of the car and in the hands of Kim our trimmer to be fully refurbished.  

Today we collected one of our next projects, our 1972 Jaguar E-Type. As you can see, the car is a stalled restoration so we have taken on the project to complete the works required. For a shell that has been…

After a few weeks at sea John and Brian took the trip down to Southampton earlier in the week to collect our latest arrival, our 1957 Jensen 541R, chassis 440. …the one with the Corvette engine! One of 3 Jensen…

And now we have the amazing chassis 440 separated from the shell. We will still look to tidy the chassis up in places but having this chassis will save us a lot of time and money. A lot of the…

We have successfully removed the body shell from our 1960 Jensen 541R (Chassis 493). We are currently working on the removal of both the 493 and 440 chassis’ as we need to make sure that all angles of the 493…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our good friend Kieran Roper has been on his travels once again. This time, he’s out in Miami visiting the Miami International Auto Show. His first spot, the Bugatti Veyron…he hadn’t even made it to the show at this point!!…

We have just completed the interior refit on our 1971 Bedford J Series. The bright yellow and green has now been removed and replaced with brown vinyl. Just in time to see her move on to the guys and girls…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Friday 5th October, Bridge Classic Cars were formally invited to attend the world-renowned Vauxhall Heritage Centre in Luton. A special thank you to Stephen Norman – Group Managing Director, Jeremy Townsend – Director, Communications, Vauxhall Motors and Simon Hucknall – Head of Product Communications, Vauxhall…

It looks like the little mouse family, who had made their home our Jensen heater fan, have upped sticks and moved out.  

Having seen the restoration of our 1949 MG YT Robert Woods from Australia has been in touch to tell us about his right hand drive MG YT that he is currently in the process of restoring. We are so excited to…

We’ve seen some beautiful cars visiting the workshops this week so thank you to all that popped in to see us. 1934 Alvis Firefly with Drophead Coupe coachwork by Cross and Ellis. First registered 16th January 1934. Nicely presented with dark red…

Work has now commenced on our Jensen 541R restorations. First up we have our 1960 Jensen. As with a lot of the Jensen 541’s, we expected to find a lot of work required on the chassis but in order to…

We are now fully primed and ready to be painted. Our objective was to solely rectify the area that had gotten contaminated. The customer did not want any of the car addressed other than the rear panel in question. Our…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Preparing for our next restoration, we’ve now arrived back to our workshops with the shell of our 1955 Austin Healey 100. The engine will be next to arrive ready for rebuild. For now, the body can be stripped fully and…

It seems this stunning MGC GT gets a lot of attention outside Sheesh Restaurant, Essex. The world famous Essex hotspot is frequented daily by some of the UK’s hottest celebs and the restaurant’s MGC GT is heavily featured around the…

The servicing work has successfully been carried out. We discovered a leak that had developed in and around the axle boot so thanks to the guys and girls at Roger Bray Restorations – the classic Porsche specialists we were able to…

With the door bent out of shape we looked into what extent the door’s woodwork had been affected. Upon closer inspection the bottom strengthener had been split completely so we carried out work to frame itself in order to re-strengthen…

Currently in our workshops we have our 1988 BMW 635CSi. A beautiful classic with bags of character, the car is in with us to have the interior worked on. As you can see, both the drivers and passenger’s seats are…

Article featured in the Suffolk Vehicle Enthusiasts Club, The Club for all Vehicle Enthusiasts – October 2018 1929 Morris ‘Cowley’ Two Seater Tourer – by Roger Brown   ‘If you attend Classic car shows and Village Fete’s around Woodbridge and…

Brian and Craig made the trip to Sudbury this morning to collect one of today’s projects. Having the covered car transporter out on the road daily is a fantastic way of being able to have your classic securely delivered to…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More amazing pictures of our 1969 Pontiac Firebird. The car is currently with our friends in Ontario, Canada waiting for the go ahead from Schumacher Cargo. We should hopefully expect to see her on UK shores this side of Christmas….

Having been sitting for a number of years the tyres were in desperate need of replacing. Tyres were supplied to us from Vintage Tyres and Graeme from WeFitAnyTyresAnyWhere Ltd was on hand to fit them for us.