Posts by Craig Ranson

Paul has been continuing his work on the 1933 Austin 7. There was an oil leak. so he dropped the rear axle down in order to get to the gaskets and to re-seal at the drive shaft.

On Friday, the newly-built engine was plunged into the bay of the 1979 Arrow Ferrari Daytona, using a heavy duty crane, with Scott and Ady levering the engine in with the chains. The car originally came to us with an…

Our one-of-a-kind E-Type is available to purchase through Car and Classic auctions. The reserve has been met and this auction will be coming to a close on Thursday 26th August at 9.00 pm. View the listing here. It’s not often…

Ady has carefully removed the o’ring from our Jaguar MkII oil pump to replace with new. The parts are all here on the shelf and we’ll start the rebuild of the engine very soon.

A fresh new look to the black trim on our Bentley Continental. The existing wooden pieces have been stripped and cleaned of any excess glue. New black material has been shape and fixed to the parts ready for refit.

Source: AutoExpress – New Radford Type 62-2 unveiled as homage to Lotus Type 62 racer Radford has finally unveiled its modern interpretation of the Lotus Type 62, which has up to 600bhp depending on the spec. The Bad Blonde Cars…

Raising money for Mind Suffolk!!! The ECMC committee are pleased to confirm the 2021 charity run will be held on the 29th August, registration will begin at 08:30 and the run will commence at 09:30 from the ever popular Ram…

It’s the final piece to the Aston DB2/4 carpet remanufacturing. Kath has done a sterling job re-producing the carpets to the factory specification of grey with grey piping. The very last task on the interior is to complete the rear…

A new clutch has now been fitted to our newly built V8 for the MGB. Tom is just finishing off and tidying the engine bay before he hands the car over to Ady for the refit.

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A beautifully and highly accurate one line description of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type Recreation was shared with over 85,000 of Car & Classic‘s amazing audience.

Huge thankyou to one of our competition partners, Norwich City Football Club for sharing our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition to their vast 926,000 followers. Be sure to grab your ticket/s for this incredible car with all proceeds…

Not the results we were expecting but our 1976 Mercedes SL350 has arrived. This was presented to us as a much loved, beautiful example of the iconic R107 Mercedes SL. Aesthetically speaking, the car is beautiful but our workshops will…

Just a little update here about the 1974 red Triumph Stag. The owner of the car reported to us that they were having trouble with moving the seat runners. So we took the seats out of the car and realised…

Clinton is continuing to work his magic and do an incredible job to the rebuild and re-shaping of the rear of our 1955 Aston martin DB2/4. At some point in its life, evidence suggests that the car was involved in…

Here’s another little update on the 1979 Arrow Ferrari Daytona. After adjusting the genuine Ferrari side lamp covers the other day to be able to fit on this replica, they’re now on. Scott is now working on repairing the exhaust…

Tamas has been working on the 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5 4.2 after it failed the MOT the other day. He’s put a new water pump on, put the alternator on, fitted a mobilised on the radio panel, there was…

Brian has finished creating the new headlining for the 1990 BMW 750 iL. After taking the original fabric off the board and cleaning the board up, a grey nyylon brushed headlining foam was used to re-cover the board, which was…

Here at Bridge Classic Cars, we have just purchased this 1989 TVR SII 2.9 V6. The previous owner had become very unwell, so the car ended up being left to go into a state of disrepair. That owner was Leonard…

After Paul did inspection work on the 1967 Ford Mustang 350, one of the first things that are being done is that the steering rack is being sent off to be over-hauled, after it was found to be leaking at…

Lydia has been taking the flaking paint off the engine block for the 1963 Jaguar Mk II 3.4. It’s going to get re-painted, so a smooth surface is required. The block was cleaned several times first to get grease and…

Chris has started to strip the 1983 Ford Capri 1.6 LS, in preparation for re-painting.

Matt has finished sanding and polishing the lacquer on the 1973 Jaguar E-Type Roadster Series 3 body shell, so it’s now been transported over to the workshop, where work can begin on putting everything back together in it.

Work has started on the 1976 white MG B. The windscreen rubbers have been replaced after it was found that the original ones had perished.

This white 1976 MG B has come in for a list of reasons. It needs to have an inspection service, there’s a leaking sump and sump plug gasket, the heat’s not coming through the heater vents, the starter motor is…

Ady has been working on the total engine rebuild for the 1973 MG B GT V8. He’s rebored the engine to suit the pistons, refaced the engine block, refaced both the cylinder heads and cut all the valve seat and…

We’ve given the headlight surrounds of our 1978 Lancia Beta a fresh new look with a lick of paint. When the car arrived in with us the paint had flaked off and although the imperfections were not glaringly obvious we…

She’s been with us in the workshops for sometime now but today we bid farewell to our 1954 Jaguar Mk VII. Looking beautiful and fresh, the car is now ready to be driven and enjoyed, hopefully to have many many…

With the new fan arrival and overhauled radiator back from the specialist we can get to work on refitting back into the car.