Exciting news from Empire Cinemas official website: Empire Cinemas, the UK’s largest independently-owned cinema chain, has today announced that they will be opening their latest cinema in The Buttermarket, Ipswich, on Friday 31st March. The brand new, state-of-the-art twelve-screen complex will be Empire, and East Anglia’s, first all laser projection cinema complex powered by Barco’s Flagship […]
An image of our 1976 Maserati Merak alongside our 1972 Fiat 500L was liked by @Thoma_K‘s Instagram page reaching over 12,500 subscribers. @Thoma_K is international WRC, Gumball3000, TourAuto driver and president of French automotive media Thomas Privé.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here we have more images to demonstrate the extent of the corrosion we are finding and more importantly, tackling. The rear valance has now been removed in the rotten areas as well as the nearside rear arch panels.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”9572,9578,9577,9576,9575,9574,9573″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Recently arrived with us and now ready for sale. 1999 Mercedes CLK320 Sport. Red with black leather, carbon fibre dash and white dials, this CLK has been enjoyed by 3 previous owners and has covered just 95000 miles. This is an incredible example of a Mercedes CLK. A definite future classic. The previous owner is […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1949 MG YT arrived to us from Cyprus looking like this: Last week we revealed the car looking fresh in it’s new Clipper Blue body. Now we can reveal a full series of images of the body shell, the panels and the wheels all finished in Clipper Blue. The next stage for us at Bridge […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We’ve been blessed with the presence of renowned race engine builder Don Warman today in our workshops as he spent a second day testing the engine of our 1960 Jensen 541S. The engine is running beautifully and has been for the majority of the afternoon and with the gearbox soon to be arriving back after […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the new bonnet underside repair kits now with us, Laura has been able to remove the corroded areas around the bottom edging of the bonnet and replace with brand new panels. A lot of the slightly damaged areas have also been corrected. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”9495,9496,9497,9498,9499,9500,9501,9502,9503,9504,9505,9506,9507″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 has arrived at Felixstowe docks. After connecting it up with some jump leads to give it a bit of energy she powered up no problem at all. Gordon decided to drive her back to our Ipswich workshops to give it a run.
Our 1960 Jensen 541S chassis tube has now been successfully removed on one side. This will soon be replaced with brand new tubing to make up the chassis frame once again.
With the rear cross members and leaf hangers in place it was time for Asa to focus on the rear wheel arches which are in desperate need of repair. It is a common issue we’ve found with the Jensen 541 chassis’, they rot…and unfortunately it is often not until you remove the sills do you […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Laura has been busy all week working on the bonnet of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1, the racing car! The bonnet headlamp diaphragms on both sides are badly corroded as are the mudguard panels so we have decided to purchase a new set to work with rather than spending time and money correcting the […]
The newly formed bonnet air-duct for our Jaguar E-Type roadster has now been fitted.
Popped up on Craig’s Instagram page feed earlier today. The new Krispy Kreme doughnut shop opens in Ipswich Buttermarket on February 7th at 10am. Read more from Ipswich Star online now
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the replacement panels now Laura has started work on repairing the bonnet of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. The rotten front under-pan has now been removed and the arches have been cut away where necessary. The pair of replacement arch panel repair kits have now been tacked up ready to be secured. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”9454,9455,9456,9457,9458,9459,9460,9461,9462,9463,9464,9465,9466″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Assuming entire system to be dry but connected and engine ready to run, add fresh LHM fluid to the reservoir. Also, prime the LHM pump by pouring LHM down the return pipe or filling prior to installation. Start the engine and allo fluid to circulate around the system for 10 to 20 seconds. Keep the […]
The corroded rear cross members and leaf hangers have now been cut away from the chassis of our Jensen 541S to be replaced with new. The new components will be fabricated and refitted in our Ipswich workshops. A new component has now been manufactured and fitted to replace the rear cross member and leaf hangers. […]
Our next attempt on the 1976 Maserati Merak wheels have been a success. Having stripped them all back we have managed to further improve the magnesium finish to the wheels before applying a new coat of light gloss wheel paint. It was a lot of effort and intricate detailing but the results on this attempt […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s been a solid task for Tommy since returning from his Christmas break but what a fantastic job he is doing. He’s managing to transform the body of our 1971 Jaguar E-Type roadster from a drag car back into the beautiful iconic classic it should be. The arches have now been cut out ready for […]
Work has started today on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 body shell. We are hoping to reveal some exciting news very soon on this 2017 project but until we have our plans confirmed, all of our I’s dotted and our T’s crossed then work must still commence on the body-shell. The bonnet is the first […]
When clearing out the glove box of our 1972 Jaguar E-Type we came across some old photographs taken of the car in 1998. It’s great to keep old documentation of the vehicle, however minor you feel it is at the time it all helps to build the history of the car. We love taking lots […]
The repair work continues on our 1965 Jaguar E-Type as we get it prepared for paint. The corroded areas on the bonnet’s edge have now been removed and replaced with new steel Work has also been carried out on the offside sill to repair more corrosion.
Exciting news received from Barons Auctioneers on Monday 16th January 2017 “As we embark on a busy sale calendar for 2017, we are introducing a new face onto the podium, with the appointment of auctioneer Duncan Brown. Duncan has nearly 20 years experience with some of the UK’s biggest independent automotive auction houses, and has owned classic cars since […]
Now that the car has undergone a full valet Lauren has refitted the newly covered front seat.
“Hi, just an email to thank you and your colleagues for all your hard work carried out on the Granada. We found the pictures on your website when it was under going different stages of the respray. She looks stunning and now drives like she used to when we first owned her in 1994. Regards, […]
It’s a real pity that both the driver and passenger’s front seat has small rips in them when we picked the car up. We contemplated repairing the existing holes but in the end we thought it was best to strip and recover the seats with new seat covers and it was very much the right […]
Mechanically, our lovely little 1972 Fiat 500L is spot on but as with everything in life that has been used and enjoyed, the engine could benefit from a little attention…cosmetically that is! Lauren has spent the day cleaning, polishing and repainting the engine to freshen up the look. We’ve kept to the existing colours but […]
To ensure we keep some of the originality of the car we decided to freshen up the look of the existing fuel tank. From new back in the 70’s, and also if you were to purchase a new tank today, it would be finished in black so we decided to clean up our red tank […]
One of the biggest and most exciting transformations to any car is a full ‘colour change’ body respray. At the back end of 2016 we revealed our exciting plans to change our 1949 MGYT from it’s current colour of white back to it’s original colour of Clipper Blue. Whoever had change this beautiful machine from blue […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1972 Jaguar E-Type V12 Series 3 arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshops bright and early this morning, having travelled down through the night from the highlands. Now awaiting preparation she will soon be available for sale. For more information and to view our full range of cars visit our for sale section. Here we […]
We’ve now signed off our 1989 Ford Granada. This was work that was needed to carry her through an MOT. As she had been sitting around for some time she had suffered the effects of the ever changing UK weather. The suspension component mountings, where they had corroded have now been repaired. It was also […]