[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sunday 23rd April – 10am to 5pm Free Entry for all exhibitors. After the success of ‘Drive It Day’ 2016 Kersey Mill are pleased to announce a return for 2017 as classic car and motorcycle enthusiasts are invited to take part once again at the mill on Sunday 23rd April. The idea is for […]
Our wonderful Riley 11/40 Sports Tourer returns! She was part of the Bridge Classic Cars family back in 2012 and we loved her. We are very pleased to say that we own her once again. Here she is arriving this morning from Grays in Essex.
Work has now commenced on stripping our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Series 3 ready for body preparation and paint.
So today I lost the battle of the big trucks. Andreas from Vintage and Prestige arrived earlier today to show me his truck, a 2008 Ford F350…and it’s massive, so big that it’s wouldn’t fit down the road!
Today, we said goodbye to our beautiful 1949 Austin Healey ‘Frogeye’ Sprite as she makes her way down to Grays in Essex to settle in the Vintage and Prestige showroom. John had the last drive of her for now but who knows if we’ll see her again. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get any photos […]
With our May deadline of completion on the horizon Asa is now working on the interior of Daisy, our 1989 Volkswagen T25. The old tired and worn grey seats have been stripped and replaced with a brand new grey and cream interior theme. The Rock n’ Roll bed has also been re-cushioned, covered and the interior […]
Our triple SU carburetors are now complete. Our renowned race engine builder Don Warman has carried out a fantastic job on restoring these tired looking Jaguar carbs back to their best. We will now be able to fit them to our newly rebuilt 4.2 Jaguar engine ready for a full test run next week.
The car is now fully primed and the first coat of paint has been applied all round.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] With the body shell once again removed, the final improvements to our Jensen 541S could then be completed. The wheel arches, boot floors, bumper hangers, body retainers, closing panels all round and all floor retainers have now be re-fabricated. We have also removed the battery casing to replace with a safer, enclosed and vented […]
Our completely rebuilt Jaguar E-Type V12 engine has now arrived back from Rushton Engineering. The body will soon arrive back from our paint shop ready for the full concours rebuild.
Progress has been further made on our 1976 Maserati Merak engine bay. The plumbing in of the brakes is now complete, the water pipes and vacuum pipes have also been connected up. We’ve replaced all of the pipes on the return system for the brakes. The fuel hoses have been fitted. John has also successfully […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been a long time away but time very much well spent. Our 1965 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 has finally returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshops in Ipswich for finishing off, completely rust and rot free and looking amazing! The new windscreen has been fitted but the existing rubber is not looking at it’s […]
As part of the restoration of our 1984 Mercedes W123 300TD, we have two full sets of Mercedes Mexican Tophat alloy wheels to refurbish. A very desirable wheel indeed. It wasn’t until we removed the set from the vehicle that we realised the car was actually fitted with odd wheels. It was sitting on three […]
All of the work is now complete on our 1978 Aston Martin AMV8. Here she is this morning looking lovely and clean waiting for owner Chris to arrive.
Tommy has now completed tacking the new rear arches to the chassis. The next stage will be to complete the welding work on the rear arches before the chassis can go off for paint preparation.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are now into the priming stages of our 1984 Mercedes W123 300 TD. The front arches have been temporarily fitted up and all lines have been checked to ensure a neat fit and finish. They have now been removed and primed separately along with the bonnet. Trevor will be concentrating this morning on correcting […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Popped in to see the Ady and the guys at Scholar this afternoon to catch up on a few tasks we are working together on. Whilst I was there I managed to get a few pictures of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type race-replica engine being worked on and looking incredible.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”10592,10591,10590,10589,10588,10587,10586,10585,10584,10583,10582,10581,10580,10579″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you visited The London Classic Car Show at the Excel in London a few weeks back you may have seen our beautiful engine on display. Our now complete Jaguar 4.2 engine which has been completely rebuilt to exceptional standards and sympathetically upgraded to our customers specification. The beautiful Weber carbs, polished manifold, linkages and trumpets […]
Here we have the window frames from a 1960’s designed classic yacht The Twister. The Twister was designed by internationally renowned naval architect Kim Holman who was one of the founding members of Suffolk Yacht Harbour. Peter has come in to us with a request slightly out of the ordinary for us but certainly something that we […]
Sources: Peter from twister.org.uk and Suffolk Yacht Harbour and Classic Boat The Original Twister Conceived by ‘Kim’ Holman in 1963 the original Twister of Mersea was designed to optimise the rating rules of the time. Based on his experience with the Stella Kim designed the Twister to have more draft, carry more sail and yet ‘rate’ the […]
We are so close now to being able to remove the shell once again and paint the chassis. Tommy is very happy with the new steps, the doors line up as they should, the measurements are mm perfect so Tommy can now move on to the next stage.
We are now busy preparing the bodywork on our 1984 Mercedes W123 300 TD. As the car spent many years in the states the hot climate has been a huge help keeping the underneath in fantastic condition. The damage to the arch is now being rectified and the existing paint is now being flattened ready […]
We had a successful day yesterday working through our list. With the majority of the smaller tasks complete, today we tackled the possible oil leak and oil change. The boot lock is now repaired, the windscreen wiper blades are now working as they should, the wiring problem that was preventing the aerial from working properly […]
Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type road race car will be fitted with a Rover SD1 5 speed gearbox. The gearbox has been stripped, cleaned and repaired. We have sandblasted the steel casings and aqua blasted the alloy casings. The full set of bearings have been replaced as well as the bulk rings and selector forks. The […]
It’s Monday morning and the first job for the team is to discuss the work for the week ahead. With a workshop full of projects, all in various stages, the whole team are busy working separately across the projects. Asa has taken control of the work to be carried out on the Aston Martin AMV8. […]
…what more could you ask for? Source: Instagram @devinbrugman Meet Devin Brugman, co creator of @ABikiniADay & @MondaySwimwear, she’s an entrepreneur, blogger and designer with over 1.3 million followers on Instagram. We love a good classic car shot and here is Devin looking beautiful in front of a classic Chevrolet in Palm Springs, California
Due to our workloads, we have not been able to give our 1982 Triumph TR7 our undivided attention recently but that’s now changed as Craig has started working on the front area getting her ready for paint. Although the previous owner had carried out an amazing £16,000 full ‘nut and bolt’ restoration, when it arrived […]
This morning we took delivery of our beautiful 1978 Aston Martin AMV8. And, of course, as you’d expect the heaven’s decide to open up just as Chris set off from the other side of Ipswich to bring her to us. A few remedial jobs to do on the car to get her ready for the summer.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More pictures from today as we continue to remove the external components of our 1984 Mercedes 300TD estate. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”10379,10380,10381,10382,10383,10384,10385″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Coming in to Bridge Classic Cars next week is a 1978 Aston Martin AMV8 Mk 4 saloon. Having recently undergone a full gearbox rebuild the customer would like a number of remedial jobs to be carried out to get her ready for the Spring/Summer show season. Looking stunning at Ipswich waterfront…