Tommy is busy welding up our series 1 Land Rover body panels. Special fixings have been ordered online yesterday and should be with us later today.
So we’ve had a visit from Tony at Wyatt Polishing and being a Midget man himself he had a little inkling that our MG Midget might be of historical value. Not only is she a 14,000 mile, one family owned car from new which makes for fantastic history itself but the colour may hide more of […]
The very first Bridge Classic Cars enamel badge. Fresh off the production line, here is the very first Bridge Classic Cars enamel badge, produced by our friends at Pamela David Enamels. This will be fitted to our 1975 Maserati Merak as the final stage of completion of this fantastic project. When she leaves our workshops […]
When our 1960 Jensen 541S (the prototype) arrived in our workshops back in 2016 we discovered that the rear half-shaft was 20mm too short and not only that but the nut at one end was only secured by 3 turns. Something somewhere was wrong. The previous owner has since been in touch, his father owned […]
The stunning carpets are now laid into position. At this stage they are only fitted to size everything up and make sure our measurements are accurate. The door cards are also now in position, we just need to finish off the hidem banding with chrome finishing caps and fully secure the door cards into position. […]
From a recent meet at the Foxhall Stadium, right here in Ipswich, here we have a very impressive stock car, a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Having recently worked on a 1967 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow in our Ipswich workshops, to get her back on the road after many years if this one needs any work after the […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Away from his everyday job at BBC Radio Suffolk, Luke Deal enjoys taking out his classic buses. Last week he spent the day out in Canvey Island at the Transport Museum. “Another great rally hosted by the team at Canvey Island Transport Museum. The Bristol’s stood out in the sun!” [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Currently en-route down from Scotland, later this week Bridge Classic Cars will be welcoming our 1973 Jaguar E-Type Series 3. Already set for its new home, we’ll be guiding her through our workshops for a few minor alterations and for a general check over before she heads off Brighton to start a new life on […]
The petrol tank and rear axle springs have been removed ready to be refurbished. Once cleaned up and treated to a new black respray here we have the rear axle springs.
Work is now well underway on refitting our Jensen 541S with the front assembly now reattached. John has been busy re-wiring the loom this week.
After closer inspection we discovered that both horns have been stuffed with cardboard, preventing them from working properly. We’ve now removed the card from within the system but unfortunately the coil is burnt. The wiring is still in great working order so the coil is still causing the fault with the horn. The horn mechanism […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”15485,15486,15487,15488,15489,15490,15491,15492,15493,15494,15495,15496,15497,15498,15499,15500,15501″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.