Bridge Classic Cars at BTCC 2025 – Snetterton

Bridge Classic Cars at BTCC 2025 – Snetterton

This weekend saw the 7th, 8th and 9th rounds of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championships at Snetterton with Napa Racing UK’s Dan Cammish leading the way in the first race. It was an incredible performance by the Napa Racing team with Ash Sutton taking the third position from sixth early on. And the day […]

Rainbow Run – An Explosion of Colour!

The sun was shining on a field of colour as the kids, parents and teachers all came together for this year’s Rainbow Run hosted by St Mary’s Primary School in Woodbridge. Sponsored by Bridge Classic Cars Kids and organised by The Friends of St Mary’s, the event proved to be a resounding success, raising funds […]

1997 Mercedes 280SL

Appraisal time on our 1997 Mercedes 280SL. First things first, check over and carry out a good road test. We’ve checked the roof operation and lubricated all hinges and pivot points. Get on ramp and continue the appraisal. This includes Remove all wheels. Check brakes and clean hub centres. The handbrake required a little adjustment. […]

Hidden away in a garage in Suffolk…

But not anymore. Our latest new arrivals have been living locally to us here in Suffolk. They have been in the same ownership for a number of years but due to a house move it is time for the cars (and bike) to find new homes.

Ford, Lotus, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, TVR

We have competition cars coming at us from all angles this week in the workshops. 1968 Ford Lotus Cortina The running issues on the Ford Lotus Cortina are preventing us from delivering the car so this is one of the main ones to address. John has already set valve clearances with the shims we have. […]

MG B Engine Bay Preparation

In preparation for a full engine rebuild, Greg has been sorting the engine bay area and tidying the wires before removing the engine from the car. The wiring has been labelled up which will make life much easier when it is time to refit the engine. With the engine out, the customer had a choice […]

Bridge Classic Cars Kids sponsor the 2025 Rainbow Run

We are exciting to reveal that Bridge Classic Cars are supporting this year’s Rainbow Run being held at St Mary’s Primary School in Woodbridge. Organised by The Friends of St Mary’s, parent volunteer group, the Rainbow Run has become a colourful tradition in the Woodbridge community, bringing together pupils, families, and local businesses in a […]

New Arrival Appraisal Time!

Lot’s of new arrivals n the workshops this week, we’ll start with the 1971 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 Coupe which we are now preparing for competition. Jon is busy appraising the vehicle, listing everything that may need doing on the vehicle prior to the photo shoot taking place. We noticed a smell of fuel when […]

1960 Jensen 541S Work

Remove all sump bolts and release the block. Undo engine mounts and steering rack mounts and jack up the engine. Turn engine over by hand so crank journal is horizontal. This allows us to remove the sump. John has then called upon the assistance of our engine partners Coltec to look at a repair. Rub […]

Mercedes 500SL Window

John has spent some time clean the door glass ready for refit. He has made up the bolts and fitted the window channels.

Competition Car Progress This Week

We have been working on so many competition cars this week so rather than talking about each one individually I thought I’d give you a snapshot on each and every one. We have cars in the paint shop that are almost at the start of our journey with us through to cars on their final […]

Ford Thunderbird Reassembly

Work on the Ford Thunderbird is on the agenda for the Jon and John today. They removed the wheels and measured up the brakes. The rear lights have also been polished and refitted. The boot area has been hoovered out and the battery removed. The boot trims have now been refitted. We’ve refitted a new […]

Building up the back axle of my SL

Jon has been continuing the work on my 500 SL this weekend, reassembling the rear axle. New mounts have been fitted to the differential and new mounts to the sub frame. He’s fitted new bearings to the hubs and support shaft before greasing up and fitting to the arms. New bushes have been wound into […]

Sourcing replacement seat belts for Defender 90

Finding replacement seat belts for my Defender 90 is trickier than I first thought. Of course, I want and I need them to be legally safe to be fitted in the rear of the car but I didn’t realise just how many options are on the market and how wrong you can be. So I’ve […]

Home time for Jaguar XJS

After replacing the faulty part on the air conditioning system and re-gassing the system, the compressor was not kicking in. The power was checked and the relay was found not to be activating. We then by-passed the relay which resulted in the air conditioning kicking in to life. On investigation, the terminals in the air […]

Competition car updates

Over the past few days our website has gone through some major updates. It may look pretty similar but the cogs and wheels that make it all work have had a service. We hope this makes the website run smoothly and hopefully much faster. It has, however, meant our workshop updates are a week behind […]

Triumph 2500 – welding ready for paint

Final stages of the welding ready to go into final prep and paint of welded areas. We are not painting the car as it is important to keep the patina. Paint is now complete and returned to the workshop to upgrade dash to MkII design and finish the service.

Repairing the heater controls

The heater control would not go to hot and the dash had been replaced with an incorrect wood fascia. We have now removed the centre console and the heater control panel, reshaped the heater cable, replaced the fascia and replaced the broken parts with the correct ones and then replaced the heater fan resister as […]

Quick round up before Christmas

Some weeks at Bridge Classic Cars we have a workshop full of customer’s car, other weeks we have a workshop full of our own competition cars. No two weeks are the same and heading into the final week of 2024 we were busy as always working on both. If you watched our recent Torque Show […]

Porsche 911 MOT and PDI

Our recent competition winner Phil has opted for delivery of his Porsche 911 rather than the cash alternative which we are thrilled about. As the car only had 5 months MOT remaining it will arrive to Phil with a nice clean bill of health having just passed a new MOT successfully, with no advisories. We’ve […]

Maserati BiTurbo engine updates

Nigel and Richard over at Coltec Engineering are currently working their magic on our Maserati BiTurbo engine. We are very much looking forward to the engine returning to our workshop for it to be fitted up. An exciting competition for 2025, our very rare and very desirable Maserati BiTurbo. I caught up with Nick Fiore, […]

Triumph 2500TC Corrosion and New Dash

Removing the paint, exposing the corrosion and starting to rectify the issues we face on our 1977 Triumph 2500TC. As a part of the projects, the customer would like to upgrade his dashboard to the newer MkII version. We have been able to source the correct dashboard but modifications will be required as the car […]

Jaguar XJS – rust repairs almost complete

Well, fun and games were had today getting the final body rusty bits repaired. Pete started the day by doing some final grinding on the rear quarter and getting that ready for primer, once that was done he moved on to the other rusty areas along the driver’s sill. The trailing edge of the drivers […]

A little work on our own cars…

2000 Peugeot 306 Cabriolet It’s been a while since my 306 Cabriolet has had a nice fresh service so today Steve carried out a cambelt, and at the same time, a water pump change. 1987 Maserati BiTurbo Meanwhile, Chris was busy tidying the engine parts, finishing them in VHT wrinkle plus paint before uncovering the […]

Repair work on our 2002 Ford Thunderbird

Our beautifully unique Ford Thunderbird had had a little knock on the front and rear bumper at some stage of it’s life so Mauro has carried out a lovely repair to it to make it look good again. The front bumper has been removed as well as the rear bumper, we’ve smoothed out the dinks […]

1994 Toyota Land Cruiser preparing for paint

Chris has been busy preparing the Land Cruiser panels with epoxy panels ready for filler work to commence. All the filler work has now completed on the car. Chris has now stripped the parts to bare metal before priming the whole area.

Daimler 250 V8 Appraisal

Time for us to take a closer look at our Daimler 250 V8. First up, we need to carry out out a full and thorough appraisal. The spare tyre needs inflating so we’ve done that as well as all 4 fitted tyres. The coolant has been topped up, we’ve tightened the battery terminals, slacken offside […]

1964 Mercedes 230SL Appraisal

Steve has carried out an appraisal on our Mercedes Pagoda to report back findings to the customer. Meanwhile John is attending to a leak on the gearbox. It seems to be coming from the gasket so the sump pan was removed, filter cleaned and a new gasket fitted.

1993 Jaguar XJS Restoration Work

Today, Pete has fitted the DAB antenna, hands free microphone and made adaptions to the way the stereo cage fits in the dash using some hand made rubber spacers. He has made a minor repair and location change to the sun visor clamp as this was sitting wonky and looks to have done so from […]

1987 Mereces 500SL rebuild continues

John and Jon have been at it again. They have successfully built up and fitted the new rear vents. They have also managed to fit and align the door mouldings. John has then got to work on rebuilding the front head lights and stripping down the front bumper. The headlight wiper motor linkage was seized […]