1967 Jaguar E-Type in our workshops

1967 Jaguar E-Type in our workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s the end of another day at Bridge Classic Cars and as I’m here on my own (Craig) I thought I’d take some up-to-date pictures of our latest projects. Here’s the 1967 Jaguar 2+2 E-Type on a set of spare wheels (for ease of wheeling) in our reassembly room ready to be fitted up.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” […]

When West Coast Shipping met Neil Jaffe, President of Chequered Flag International

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Posted by Dmitriy Shibarshin, Marketing Director of West Coast Shipping. An interview with Neil Jaffe, President of Chequered Flag International There’s no better way to get an inside look at the classic car market than speaking with the people who have been involved for decades. In our new interview series, we travel the country speaking with […]

A nice visit from NTG

We had a nice lovely, unexpected visit today from Mike at NTG Motor Services, one of the UK’s leading MG parts suppliers. He brought with him his lovely 1975 MG BGT V8 for us to see…number plate’s not bad either!!

The Kings Lynn and District Motor Club

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Images supplied to us from Tony of Wyatt Polishing, Thetford. Here’s Tony and the Rover enjoying another nice day out with The Kings Lynn & District Motor Club. “Well that was a grand day out, thanks to the guys from The Kings Lynn & District Motor Club for doing a fantastic job. As always with […]

WIN 4 tickets to the new Empire Cinema, Buttermarket, Ipswich

WIN this August with The summer holidays are here! To celebrate the recent opening of the brand new Empire Cinema, in the Buttermarket, Ipswich, Bridge MOT are giving you the chance to win 4 tickets for you and your friends to see a film of your choice. Simply book an MOT in for August at Bridge MOT […]

Our Australian Parcel Has Arrived

The eagerly awaited Australia package arrived with us this morning from Jensen Spares. Here we have the brand spanking new interior metal covers. As is often the case with classics and certainly the Jensen 541S’s certain parts are only obtainable from one source. The metal trim covers are very rare and Tony at Jensen Spares […]

Refurbishing the E-Type rear interior panel

Work has now commenced on refurbishing the original rear interior panel of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. Now the brand new interior has arrived from Aldridge Trimming we can now start to build the interior ready for the refit.  

Fitting the new wiring loom

As with the majority of our wiring harness’, we deal directly with Autosparks. Autosparks are the market leaders in manufacturing bespoke harness’. They use British Standard 6862 PVC insulated automotive cable where applicable. This can then be braided to replicate the classic braided cable look with the modern day PVC cable properties. Once the harnesses are […]

Visit from Classic Assessments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today we had a visit from Brian Classic Assessments and the owners to look at the progress of our Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster. Unfortunately they were a few days too early from seeing her in the new Golden Sands finish but none-the-less they were very happy with seeing the second stage primer. Now we have the […]

Mrs Smith – Long Melford, Suffolk

“Pete came to my rescue today. He came out really quickly and within no time knew exactly what was wrong with my car. He fixed the issue quickly and I had my car back the same day. Couldn’t recommended enough.”

Farewell Daisy

A late finish for Craig this evening as he bids farewell to Daisy. Our 1989 VW Volkswagen Camper is now loaded up and ready for the long trip back to Inverness to meet her new owner. Margaret and Daisy will have many many years of driving pleasure ahead with trips and tours already booked up […]

Rolls Royce Silver Spirit back from paintshop

Our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit has now arrived back in our Ipswich workshops from the paint shop. What a huge transformation from the full Walnut exterior to our new two-tone Walnut and Regency Bronze finish.

Coming in soon for restoration – 1974 Audi 100

Coming in to the Bridge Classic Cars is this beautiful 1974 Audi 100. She’s been sitting around for a number of years but generally is in good health. We’ll be looking to sympathetically restore her ready for next year’s shows.

Jaguar V12 radiator with cowls and fans, including header tank

We’ve just taken delivery of our brand new aluminium Jaguar V12 radiator with cowls and fans, including header tank. Alicool produce Intercoolers, radiators, oil coolers, fuel tanks and aluminium fabrication work. The company was set up thanks to the coming together of industry leading professionals. Their design and drawing team have 25 years’ experience in […]

Urgent Roof Repair

It’s Big Sky Classic Car Hire‘s busiest time of the year and with almost all weekends booked out they needed a helping hand to repair the broken roof on their 1978 Triumph Stag roof before the next hire. Having been forced shut on a recent hire the roof bracket had been bent out of shape which resulted […]

Sterling Days – Classic Car Hire

Gordon can’t resist a chat when he sees a classic. Returning to his ‘other’ home, the Mansion House Hotel in Elgin Morayshire he saw this lovely ‘S’ Type. JP and Nicki were enjoying a quiet read by the river when he hunted them down. Driven all the way from Les Ormes in France to visit […]

1989 Volkswagen T25 Camper – Daisy – G617JPW Photoshoot

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Wednseday 21st June we ventured out in our completed 1989 Volkswagen T25 camper to Priory Park in Ipswich, Suffolk for the celebratory photo shoot. Meet Daisy, our 1989 Volkswagen T25 Camper – G617JPW A huge thank you to Priory Park‘s owner James Little for allowing us access to the wonderful grounds. We are so […]

Jaguar E-Type Roadster – Second Stage Primer

Our Jaguar E-Type Roadster is due to be painted tomorrow, here she in after her second stage of primer. The blowers are on and we are just waiting for her to toughen up before moving into the paint booth ready for paint.

MGYT Interior almost complete

We are now in the final stages of building the new interior for our 1949 MGYT. The brand new camel carpet has also arrived with us ready to be shaped and edged.

Running issues on our 1977 MGBGT

We last saw our 1977 MGBGT a little over a year ago and since leaving our workshops she’s unfortunately not had a lot of use. With the latest MOT now due, a couple of small issues needed to be addressed. She wasn’t running quite right so after fitting a brand new battery, spark plugs and […]

Blasting and Refurbishing the Top and Bottom Wishbones

Tommy has been hard at work today blasting and refurbishing our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster top and bottom wishbones.

Stripping our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit

Work is now underway on stripping our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit. The Rolls Royce Walnut and Rolls Royce Regency Bronze combination have been confirmed and the break lines have been agreed. This is a very exciting little project as it will totally transform the look of this iconic classic. A relatively small change that […]

Suffolk Churches – a series of journeys in a Mk 1 Cortina by Bernard Butler – Chapter 13

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During our recent post on our visit to Morston Hall we mentioned meeting Bernard and his wife who had, at home, a Mk1 Ford Cortina. Bernard told me as a part of his retirement that he travels around Suffolk and visits our churches and photographs his car with the church and writes about the experience. We are very pleased […]

A special visit from a SSII (SS2) today

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We had a very special visitor into our workshops today, a stunning 1934 SS II. As she was being taken out for a top up of fuel and a blast around the roads in Ipswich she stopped by for us all to see. Thank you very much for popping by, it was a pleasure to […]

Running up the MGYT Engine

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When our 1949 MG YT arrived at our Ipswich workshops back in November 2016, she was missing a lot of her character: A very different car to what we expected but never-the-less, a car that from day one showed so much promis. One of the major tasks was to rebuild the engine. With the majority of it […]

Fitting the new stainless exhaust system

We are very fortunate to have one of the world’s leading MG parts suppliers right here on our doorstep. NTG have provided us with a brand new stainless steel exhaust for our MG YT restoration project. Although she arrived with us looking very sorry for herself, she did come equipped with her exhaust system. However, after […]

New Dash Complete With Dials

With the dials back from Speedograph, having been completely overhauled, rebuilt and re-polished, we have now been able to securely fit them in our newly refurbished dash. We are now on to the final stretch of the rebuild, with the interior arriving back from Kim very soon having been completely remade. We have re manufactured […]

Two Tone Transformation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit has arrived in to us to have a traditional Rolls Royce two-tone respray transformation. The base colour will remain Rolls Royce Walnut but we are looking to introduce a second colour of Rolls Royce Regency Bronze. As this is not a full restoration it is very important to maintain […]

Bridge Classic Cars at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fans of the fastest, loudest, most sophisticated and outrageous vehicles that ever graced the world famous race tracks were all present for one of the UK’s most famous motoring weekends. Bridge Classic Cars were there to experience the weekend first hand, the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Motoring and motorsport’s world-renowned garden party were thousands […]

One final visit to paint

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s the end of another day at Bridge Classic Cars and the Maserati Merak is parked up, ready and waiting for the final trip to the paint shop. In the diary for the beginning of next week. Once  we have completed the final few touches she’ll be ready for one of our ‘now famous’ photo-shoots…after […]