Posts by Craig Ranson

6am this morning and a lovely collection of classics welcomed Craig to Ufford Park Woodbridge. Assuming the owner’s were enjoying an overnight stay and unless an amazing coincidence probably all knew each other. Not sure whether the classics belong to…

Question is; should a car cleaner have a dirty car, should a gardener’s garden need trimming, should a fuel tanker ever run out of fuel? Of course they should…life whizzes past so fast that sometimes we don’t stop to think…

Having recently completed a full restoration elsewhere our beautiful 1975 Triumph TR6 has arrived in with us for a final check and recommission. The list includes: Wheel alignment and trackingLighting alignmentBrakes efficiency checksClutch operationEngine timing and runningFit new ignition lock…

The world’s best selling Mini magazine since 1991, MiniWorld features a fantastic article on the restoration works involved in our 1967 Austin Mini 850. Thanks for the feature, feel free to read the article below.

Scott has been fitting new parts into the silver Jaguar V12. It now has new lower door seals and chrome trims on the sills (the original ones were missing). Also to be replaced were the cooling fan and the thermostatic…

Lydia has been continuing with the prep work for the 1998 Honda Integra Type R. She’s been block sanding one of the doors to get rid of as many imperfections in the paint surface as possible. There was a “rippled”…

Our 1915 Model T Ford has been successfully recommissioned and ready to go home.

Lydia has been continuing her prep work on the 1998 white Honda Integra Type R. She unclipped one of the rubber seals on the underneath of the door she’d been sanding down and filling, before cleaning off old glue and…

We call it the Jensen bible and in order to protect it Kath has made a bespoke leather book bag. Jensen Genome Richard Calver July 2019 Edition She started the process by drawing, measuring and working out the dimensions and…

Brian has been continuing his work on the interior for the Continental Bentley. He began off by taking the original leather and foam off the door cappings, and then cleaned up the wood. New 3mm foam was cut to shape…

Huge congratulations to Peter Atchison, winner of our 1976 Volkswagen T2 Westfalia Camper with ticket number 1473. Mauro delivered early this morning with the sun shining! Interesting article written by Debbi Kirkham for Forbes on the popularity of camping: “It’s…

The electronic ignition was the issue with the Mustang not starting upon collection. John has worked his magic and now she’s all fired up! We still can’t go anywhere as we have no brakes…well we can go places, we just…

The Jaguar E-Type series 1.5 has been getting new front carpets made by Kath, in the trim shop. The original ones were marked out with “notches”, which help when putting the new versions together, then taken apart and were used…

Please to show our Jensen 541S bursting into life and sounding beautiful. Next job will be to set the gearbox up.

The sun was shining here in Suffolk this afternoon, the perfect weather for a lovely run out in the 280SL. Craig headed up to Rendlesham to experience the issues with the engine running. It’s one of those classics that oozes…

We are delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Lotus Cars and the Norwich Community Sports Foundation charity to run this special 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition as a competition with all profits raised from the…

We shared a behind the scenes insight into our shoot at Lotus’ HQ in Norfolk a few days ago. We’ve also got a large collection of official campaign visuals shot by a photographer from Norwich City Sports Foundation. For your…

Gordon popped in to Chris Self Motorcycles today to discuss the progress of our 1977 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing. The carburettor bodies have been sent away for media blasting. All of the parts are now on order to fully recommission…

This weekend gone saw the the return of the incredible Goodwood Festival Of Speed. Bridge Classic Cars and lots of our friends were there to enjoy the weekend and it was also where we launched our latest competitions in partnership…

Tyre Assist Ipswich, formerly know as We Fit Any Tyres Anyway has successfully re-fitted the tyre to our freshly painted Morris Minor wheel. It was caught up in a spot of bother when a vehicle collided with our Morris but…

Before marrying up the gearbox to the engine, Ady has done an incredible job of thorough cleaning the internals. It’s not just about the things you see, it’s important to worry about the things you don’t see too!

Being around classic cars all day, everyday they all have a story to tell and we love to hear about them. The history, the life that the car has had and the owners that have sat in the seats all…

Lydia is continuing to work through parts of our Honda Integra to get the panels stripped, cleaned, prepared and ready for paint.

Thomas has been fitting the mushroom shade leather front seats into the peony red Jensen. He first had to fit runners into the front of the car, these are bolted in, either side, as a pair. The seats then slide…

Thanks to jimmysclassiccooper for sharing our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition with his Instagram audience. Glad you like the car…it’s a stunner!

The oil pump gear would not turn so with the use of a marker pen, Ady was able to show where the pump was rubbing and then he could relieve the high spot to allow it to turn. One that…

Chris and Matt are starting to shape up the E-Type body shell. The car is now in Epoxy primer and once prepared will be ready for the paint application process. Exciting times ahead for our 1973 Jaguar E-Type.

From trim-shop to paint-shop, our 1955 Aston Martin 2/4 seat frames and accessories are currently being blasted, treated, prepared and painted prior to the new covers being refitted. There would be nothing worse than seeing our beautifully manufactured interior coverings…

Dave has successfully cut out the corroded areas within the wheels arches of our Jaguar 240 Mk2. He is now working on repairing the areas with treatment and welding in new metalwork.

We’ve been keeping something very exciting under wraps and we’re now delighted to be able to tell the world that we’ve partnered with Lotus and Norwich City Community Sports Foundation to run a charity competition with the to win a…