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 […]
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 […]
We have so much going on at Bridge Classic Cars Competitions right now; cars coming in, cars going out, cars finding new homes, cash alternatives flying about all over the placed. It’s difficult to keep up! So I thought I’d do a weekly round up of all competition car updates for you. I’m really sorry […]
1998 Rover 200 Coming in to Bridge Classic Cars HQ with a heater issue, John is already on with finding the fault and hopefully being able to rectify it so it’ll be back to it’s owner in no time. 1998 Rover Mini Cooper Meanwhile, a new addition to the The Classic Lounge, home to Bridge […]
Run up and listen for the exhaust blow. Jon has then blocked the tailpipe and traced the blow to the front joint. We’ve slackened the clamps and sealed back up before re securing the clamps and leaving to set. We carried out the same exercise on another blow on the rear silencer joint.
A relatively successful trip was had heading up to The Pavilion in Buxton for the H&H Classic Auction last week. We came away with 4 cars ourselves and a 5th made it’s way down on our car transporter for some work required by our team in the workshop. The car’s have now arrived with us […]
It’s a busy Mini today in the workshops as we prepare for our Cooper S to be delivered to Geoff later in the week. We’ve carried out the pre delivery inspection and noticed a fuel leak from carb float bowl. We’ve taken the car outside to warm her up. Checked for previous fuel leak and […]
We continue to polish intake pipes. We finish all pipes and place in the boot ready. The radiator has been removed for painting and all parts have been taken to the bodyshop for painting in satin black. We’ve fitted new front and rear number plates. Removed all masking from engine bay and tidied the area. […]
At 4pm tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd December 2024, we reveal the winner of one of the most exciting new EV’s on the market right now, the MG Cyberster. We have one of the very first to arrive in the UK and you could be winning it on Tuesday for just £15. But before all that…we can’t […]
Lydia has completed our Dino dash ready for install. I think you’ll agree, it looks sensational.
A few little electrical issues have occurred on our 1936 Riley Nine so we’ve welcomed the car back in to look at the problem. Turns out, a mouse has made it’s way in and has chewed on a few wires. We have addressed the issues, tidied up the wiring and the car is good to […]
Mauro has not only been busy taking photos but he’s been working on perfecting our Rover P4 corrosion. The interior has been completely and the welding on the bottom of the A and B pillar, along with the chassis bracket for the body mounting have all been done.
The wait is over. Our 1987 Maserati BiTurbo has been in The Hangar for some time now but work has finally begun on getting the car back on the road. Although, the car has a genuine 11,000 miles on the clock it has been laid up since 1995 due to what we believed was a […]
Arriving to us for storage over the winter months is our lovely little 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider. The car is now safely tucked away in a CarCoon
A simple plate change shouldn’t take too long right? Our Defender plates caused a bit of a headache for Jon today as the existing plates were quite happy where they were.
Our 1956 Bristol 405 has been with us for many many years but this week we bid her a fond farewell as she heads off to a new home. We made the decision recently to sell the car as the queue for restorations doesn’t seem to be getting any shorter. The car is now at […]
Parts have arrived for our 1970 Fiat 500 so we can now continue on with the repairs. We’ve taped up the cut wiring in the engine bay and neaten the whole area. Adjusted the pedal heights via the stop on the clutch pedal and added a small, rubber buffer to each pedal stop. The grommet […]
Our brightwork has returned from the chromers/polishers this week. Wyatt Polishing have done an incredible job as always on our Aston chrome work. Tony has photographed and sorted through all of the pieces and stored them away safely ready for reassembly.
John is tidied and cleaned up some of the wiring in the boot area. He has mounted and connected up the aerial.
Having been off the road but dry stored for some time, we have started the assessment and repairs required on our 1961 Austin Mini. I very much doubt we will need much work to get the car back on the road. We’ve stripped and fitted a new clutch slave cylinder. The new clutch slave cylinder […]
The John’s have been working mainly on the doors recently. They’ve cut counter sunk bolts to length, fitted and secured both door locks. The door seals have now been fitted into the channels around the door before securing the front piece with clips. They they’ve moved on to the boot area where they’ve fitted hose […]
Chris has now prepared and painted the new/old stock Rover P5 replacement door.
Monday morning we saw the Rover P5 leave us to head off for some gearbox work to be done. Prior to the car leaving our workshops we had a replacement door to prepare and fit. Rather than spending many hours perfecting the existing door and replacing all of the corrosion with new metal, we were […]
John and Jon have done a few more hours on the Merc this weekend. Fitted new clips to all fuel pipes in the boot heading to the expansion tank. At the same time, they’ve tidied up the boot area. Route wiring around rear of boot and screw into place using original clips. They’ve then moved […]
John was expecting this to be a tougher job than it turned out to be. The tank fitted into position nicely. It’s great when a plan comes together!
Looking lovely sitting in the middle of The Atelier. The final touches are being made to the door and the car is hopefully only days away from the testing stage.
We secure all the bolts and tried the clutch and it feels good. Re-fit oil filter housing and new filter. Fill with oil and run up. We’ve then topped up the oil. Tested clutch bite point on the ramp before refitting interior and the bite point seems a little high. We’ve adjusted the arm to […]
Who doesn’t love a little Fiat 500? One of the quirkiest and most iconic of classics has now arrived at Bridge Classic Cars and we’re not keeping this one a secret…of course it’s a future competition. We’ve been looking for a nice one for some time and when this little gem was offered to us […]
Our Rover 75 has been though paint and is now back in colour having been prepared by paint technician Mauro. Next job is to flat and polish the car before reassembly in the coming weeks.
A trip to our storage facility first off to start to get our Jensen Interceptor ready for arrival into the workshops. A few boxes of parts and the windscreen are now back in the workshops and on the shelves. Then on to Orwell Precision to collect some parts for our SS100 that need to be […]