Managing Director – Bridge Classic Cars
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although the car has only covered a mere 1400 miles from new due to the extreme weather conditions in the north of Scotland we felt
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are currently in talks with the current owner of a very rare find, a 1965 Amphicar. Mr Sinclair has owned the car for many
We are now on the final push of our 1949 MG YT restoration project. The journey has been been fantastic and we have had lots
Recently we took on a project to rebuild one side of our 1947 MG TC’s woodwork. This included a full rebuild of the woodwork frame.
As part of the re-commissioning process, the water pump needed to attention so we called upon the skills of SP Water Pumps to help us with
Our Triumph Spitfire engine rebuild is now complete and after various drives we are happy to let her go home. …and her owner Mary is
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Asa has spent the past few days removing the dead areas of bodywork, this way he is able to reveal the extent of the work
We believe the over heating issue on our 1947 Rover 12 is due to a severely blocked radiator. We’ve drafted in the assistance of our
As a final touch on our Maserati Merak project we have asked our good friends at Pamela David Enamels to produce a 1-off Bridge Classic Cars badge
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Work is now underway on our 1983 Ford Capri 2.8 Injection. There has been a lot of ‘to-ing-and-fro-ing’ on this project with decisions on whether
As always, Tony at Wyatt Polishing has done a superb job of re-polishing the original Jensen 541S handbrake lever. Before After
Our stunning 1947 Rover 12 has now arrived ready for the recommissioning to proceed. One of only 200 produced. Purchased from Anglia Car Auctions a little
Due to heavy corrosion on the rubbers of our Jensen 541S gearbox mounts, it is simpler and more cost effective for us to re-manufacture the
Gordon has spent a lovely week in Sintra at the Casa Holstein. As always, he manages to spot the classic car collection, a Merecedes 500
Against the black paintwork the new stainless exhaust is looking stunning on our Jaguar E-Type.
In for a full service, here we have a beautiful 1972 Rover P5B Coupe.
The brand new Jaguar E-Type reverse light is no in position and it’s one of the first sites of how stunning the chrome on black
With the engine fully refurbished we are now piecing our 1971 Triumph Spitfire back together.
“Just a note to let you know the car has arrived safely in Cornwall and thank you for sorting out my mothers car. My mother
The doors have now been temporarily fitted up as this is safer than having them wrapped up and away on shelves. Within the coming weeks
Our 1974 Triumph Spitfire recommissioning project is now complete and safely through it’s MOT. Having been sitting around for over 15 years our task was
Not as easy as we had planned, our new tank just didn’t want to play fair with us today but Tommy persevered and after some
The brand new air conditioning unit from Clayton Classics is now being installed in the centre console of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. The piece above is
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are hopefully looking, right now, at the final trip for our 1975 Maserati Merak in it’s restoration journey. Our task at Bridge Classic Cars
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It was a late finish today for Craig as he stayed back to welcome in our newest addition to the Bridge Classic Cars, our 1980
Off to see Tony and the team at Wyatts Polishing with our Jaguar E-Type gear stick for it to be re-chromed.
Tommy has been busy perfecting the Jaguar E-Type dash refit. The car is really starting to take shape with more and more improvements being made
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here we have Craig enjoying his first tactical helicopter flight from Manchester City Airport. Helicentre’s Tactical Flying Lesson; as part of a total of 3 x
With the car up on the ramp we thought we’d tidy the black section underneath to freshen up the look once again.
Early next week we’ll complete the final few items of our brand new MG YT but the rear seats are now complete and ready to
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although the car has only covered a mere 1400 miles from new due to the extreme weather conditions in the north of Scotland we felt the paintwork did not reflect how beautiful our MG could be.
We have decided to strip her back to bare for a sympathetic restoration and to have her resprayed to bring back the shine.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are currently in talks with the current owner of a very rare find, a 1965 Amphicar.
Mr Sinclair has owned the car for many years and has carried out a lot of the restoration works himself:
A complete reconditioned engine, a re-bore with new pistons, new cam shaft and cam followers, head skimmed and unleaded valves and guides, crank ground ends mains, new distributor, plugs, leads and chain. The gearbox has been rebuild with all bearings and the seals replaced. The brakes have been replaced, the shoes and all pipes have been renewed. The body has been overhauled by a professional which included £6000 worth of panels; including new bonnet, inner and outer rear wings and wheel arches (these are not like a normal car but are inside the wings and are part of the the body structure which cost many thousands to do.) New tyres have been fitted and she has a new hood which still needs to be fitted.
We believe the car was shipped over to the current owner from Beverly Hills Car Club and all being well should be coming to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the very near future.
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We are now on the final push of our 1949 MG YT restoration project. The journey has been been fantastic and we have had lots of lovely comments on the car. Everyone from the MG enthusiast to the general public walking on by and looked in and admired it’s styling and unique design.
She is now in the assembly room of our Ipswich workshops and by the end of this week we should be nearing completion.
Recently we took on a project to rebuild one side of our 1947 MG TC’s woodwork. This included a full rebuild of the woodwork frame. Once the work was complete we carried out a rear re-spray of the vehicle.
When carrying out some unrelated work on site last week we noticed a slight imperfection in the bodywork…where we had previously carried out the repair.
For anyone who knows us at Bridge Classic Cars our motto is quite simple, if we have to question something then it isn’t right and having noticed the small line under the paint we decided to have her back in to our workshops to investigate the problem.
The paintwork was stripped back once again and the issues have been resolved.
As part of the re-commissioning process, the water pump needed to attention so we called upon the skills of SP Water Pumps to help us with this one.
SP Water Pumps Ltd was established in 1979 by the present owner specialising in the re-manufacture and assembly of water pumps for the OEM truck markets.
We are new to their services but they have come highly recommended from our friends at Scholar Engines.
Our Triumph Spitfire engine rebuild is now complete and after various drives we are happy to let her go home.
…and her owner Mary is certainly happy to see her too after all this time.
…and we are happy to see Mary!!
Thanks for the Doughnuts.
Here she is sitting outside Bridge Classic Cars HQ waiting to be collected.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Asa has spent the past few days removing the dead areas of bodywork, this way he is able to reveal the extent of the work that he will be required to carry out.
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We believe the over heating issue on our 1947 Rover 12 is due to a severely blocked radiator.
We’ve drafted in the assistance of our good friends at Sheldrake & Wells to rebuild the radiator. We should have it back next week all complete and ready to be refitted.
As a final touch on our Maserati Merak project we have asked our good friends at Pamela David Enamels to produce a 1-off Bridge Classic Cars badge to be fitted to the car.
Here we have the initial designs sent back with the black lines being chrome and the white internals being black.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Work is now underway on our 1983 Ford Capri 2.8 Injection.
There has been a lot of ‘to-ing-and-fro-ing’ on this project with decisions on whether we are restoring her back to originality or customising the restoration.
It has now been decided that she’ll return to her original state which is very exciting but before we get too carried away with the finer details of the build, first we need to repair a substantial amount of bodywork corrosion that has developed over the years.
It has taken us a little under a week to fully strip the car back but we are almost at the stage where we can address the bodywork issues.
The car arrived with us with interior still in fantastic condition so we have carefully removed the entire set up inside as we intend to re-use all of the components.
The doors, sunroof etc have all been removed as has all removable trims. Removing the entire exterior is a must with this car as we need to address all bodywork imperfections now rather than hiding them away. Cutting corners always comes back to bite you, never cut corners!
All parts that require welding have now been revealed.
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As always, Tony at Wyatt Polishing has done a superb job of re-polishing the original Jensen 541S handbrake lever.
Before
After
Our stunning 1947 Rover 12 has now arrived ready for the recommissioning to proceed. One of only 200 produced.
Purchased from Anglia Car Auctions a little over 12 months ago, its current owner has been unable to enjoy her as yet but after a brief chat a few weeks ago, Bridge Classic Cars have taken on the project to get her ready for the Suffolk roads so she can start to be seen and enjoyed.
…and more importantly, so Mr Atkins can finally enjoy driving the car he bought.
Due to heavy corrosion on the rubbers of our Jensen 541S gearbox mounts, it is simpler and more cost effective for us to re-manufacture the mounts ourselves as brand new are non-existent and good second hand will be more work than is necessary.
This is not the first time we have had to reproduce the mounts as our previous 1961 Jensen 541S restoration had the same issues. With the help from the guys at Walker Rubber we were able to manufacture new, relatively easily, using existing components as the moulding/shape to work to.
Unfortunately Walker Rubber no longer work out of a unit in Ipswich but the guys at the Norwich branch have taken on the project instead so we are still using relatively local companies where we can.
Gordon has spent a lovely week in Sintra at the Casa Holstein.
As always, he manages to spot the classic car collection, a Merecedes 500 SEC and a Rolls Royce Corniche.
Against the black paintwork the new stainless exhaust is looking stunning on our Jaguar E-Type.
In for a full service, here we have a beautiful 1972 Rover P5B Coupe.
The brand new Jaguar E-Type reverse light is no in position and it’s one of the first sites of how stunning the chrome on black will be.
With the engine fully refurbished we are now piecing our 1971 Triumph Spitfire back together.
“Just a note to let you know the car has arrived safely in Cornwall and thank you for sorting out my mothers car. My mother would be delighted with what you have done, it was her pride and joy. “It’s for me and my handbag” was her claim, but her grandchildren loved to ride in it, squashing into the back.”
The doors have now been temporarily fitted up as this is safer than having them wrapped up and away on shelves. Within the coming weeks we’ll be able to show you huge progress on the car as we start to build her back up.
Our 1974 Triumph Spitfire recommissioning project is now complete and safely through it’s MOT.
Having been sitting around for over 15 years our task was to bring her back to life and get her back on the road.
The engine needed a full rebuild but rather than a full restoration the customer wanted her, aesthetically to remain the same.
She’s now running beautifully and has sailed through the MOT so now she’s ready to head back to Cornwall.
And taking her down to Cornwall this morning is Official Aston Martin Racing Partners Academy Motorsport. Owner Harry happens to be great friends with our Triumph Spitfire owner Erik so it’s travelling in good company this morning.
Not as easy as we had planned, our new tank just didn’t want to play fair with us today but Tommy persevered and after some gentle persuasion it’s in and looking lovely.
The brand new air conditioning unit from Clayton Classics is now being installed in the centre console of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type.
The piece above is the evaporator unit and this will be disguised behind the newly trimmed air vent section where the controls will also be positioned.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are hopefully looking, right now, at the final trip for our 1975 Maserati Merak in it’s restoration journey.
Our task at Bridge Classic Cars is now complete so it just needs a few tweaks and the once over from the Italian specialists at Grimaldi Engineering.
Roberto Grimaldi and his team come from Italian and Swiss backgrounds which they are all very proud of and run a business with a flair of Italian style and Swiss precision.
Stepping foot in the door of Grimaldi is every petrol head’s dream as they have a huge array of incredible super cars on display.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It was a late finish today for Craig as he stayed back to welcome in our newest addition to the Bridge Classic Cars, our 1980 MG Midget 1500.
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Off to see Tony and the team at Wyatts Polishing with our Jaguar E-Type gear stick for it to be re-chromed.
Tommy has been busy perfecting the Jaguar E-Type dash refit.
The car is really starting to take shape with more and more improvements being made everyday. We are just days away from running the car up for the first time and being able to fit up the new interior.
Once the interior is in position the car will look and feel almost complete and we can’t wait. A real show stopper in the making…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here we have Craig enjoying his first tactical helicopter flight from Manchester City Airport.
Helicentre’s Tactical Flying Lesson; as part of a total of 3 x 6 minutes flights, a rotation flight where each passenger will enjoy 1 hands on experience flight and 2 observation flights. This counts towards your Pilots’ Licence and you’ll also get a signed flight certificate!
The type of Helicopter used is a Robinson R44 Raven II with 3 available passenger seats, all with a window seat!
Seats can be purchased individually or in multiples. A minimum of 3 seats must have been purchased for this flight to take place.
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With the car up on the ramp we thought we’d tidy the black section underneath to freshen up the look once again.
Early next week we’ll complete the final few items of our brand new MG YT but the rear seats are now complete and ready to be fitted.
We’ve used the original seats but have remade with new base cushions and re-introduced the lighter interior. The blue piping has been added to blend the interior in with the clipper blue exterior.
