Rob returns to work this week, having taken a extended break to recover from some recent surgery. He gets straight back on to our Jensen 541R as we finish off this fantastic restoration. He has fabricated a bracket for mounting a battery cut off switch in the boot. Fitted a bracket and switch to car. […]
Monty is fitting a new electric winch to our Wessex open trailer. He is fabricating new bracketry to house our winch which will go over to the paint shop for painting up prior to installation.
On, what we thought would be, our final drive of the Lotus Europa prior to it leaving us for its new home, John heard a slight knocking noise coming from the front so he now needs to do some further investigations to diagnose and repair what is creating this noise.
Monty has made up a new steering rack bracket to replace the existing one on our 1956 Jensen 541.
Chris is currently stripping back our MG C GT to expose all of the rust and corrosion areas that will need addressing. As we find more often than not, the areas we initially see upon first inspection is not able to reveal the true extent of work required. It is only when you start to […]
Mauro is continuing to strip down the Cobra project in preparation for the primer stage. Whilst Terry is stripping down the front suspension and front brakes. He’s blasting off the dirt ready for paint.
Steve is still working through the few final pieces on the 1905 Riley 9HP restoration. A new final drive chain has been fitted, new fabric body prop, new fabric exhaust has been temporarily fitted to help with routing of coolant pipes.
Last Saturday I battled the cold and took the family over to the magical world of light, colour and sound and Helmingham Hall Gardens. We enjoyed a lovely mulled wine, hot chocolate and marshmallows toasted over an open fire before exploring the grounds of Helmingham Hall adorned with thousands of lights which transformed the gardens […]
Just in time for Christmas, here we have Tom Higgins, proud winner of our 1932 Austin 7 ‘Ulster’ accepting his car.
John has finished up the report. He has stripped and cleaned nearside front brake and found the sliders have seized. Remove and free off before reassembling. Wire brush all flexi hose ferrules. Strip alarm wiring. Trace through car and disconnect from loom. Cut wires and remove complete system. Check that car still starts and runs, […]
Yesterday and today, Lydia has been working on the rear seat of the Aston Martin DB2/4. ‘Chris has kindly painted the seat tray black for me, and stone chipped the underside, as this part actually forms the bottom of the car and is exposed to all the elements the road can throw at it. Firstly […]
Christian has been planishing welds and making panel flat.
Alan is refitting the rear lights to check the fit. He is masking up for polyester primer preparation. Body was first epoxy primed then polyester primed.
Cutting and gluing the leather to the front side window surround panels. Trimming onto the back of the panels, cutting and gluing leather onto the front window surround panels. Trimming onto the back panels, filing out the holes for the door panel brackets, fitting the door panel brackets. Cutting and gluing leather to the door […]
Mauro is still busy stripping down the car of it’s components ready for shape preparation.
We have some very exciting changes afoot at Bridge Classic Cars in early 2024. In preparation for these changes, 4 new containers have arrived on site. Not only do we love a container but we also watching the cranes lowering them into position… Next up…paint the containers to smarten them all up.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Gordon and your team for the swift resuscitation of my dead Volvo! Great to know there are skilled technicians who can fix the older car.
Steve is showing here our old cambelt with damaged teeth causing the belt to slip. He has now fitted a new belt, tensioner and spring.
Christian has been working on our Austin Ulster this week. He has modified the battery tie down.
John has found a damaged water pipe on the Aston Martin DB2/4 so has replaced with new.
The doors are being built up right now on our 1987 Mercedes SL500 R107.
The new clutch has been fitted and the engine re-installed in the car. All of the ancillaries have been refitted, the radiator has been tested and refitted also along with the exhaust. The engine has been run up with new oil and coolant, and the engine lid attached. Now on to the door seals and […]
The MG B Roadster is now in epoxy prime and ready for paint.
Christian is continuing with the Austin Devon body panel fabrication.
Monty has completed the weld repairs to the arch of the S2000.
To begin with, Lydia has made a mock-up panel to test the measurements for the tuck and roll flutes. This requires precise measurement and calculation to ensure that the flutes end up at the correct width. If they do not, then the panel will not fit! Tuck and roll requires the correct measurements on both […]
Fitting inner glovebox top section and outer panel. We have glued the vinyl to the bottom section, fitting hinges to the glovebox lid, fitted lock to the lid before fitting lid to the glovebox outer panel. Brian has also made up the leather door straps, glued leather together ready to be sewn and bolted leather […]
Today the interior was refitted; seats, seat belts and boot areas that were removed for metalwork/welding. On refitting the passenger seat, we found the back rest bolts had worked loose and fallen out, these were refitted with thread lock to stop them coming undone again.
Now that the wheels have returned from our good friends at Wheelworx having been re-coloured from red to silver, Jon has refitted them to make the car mobile once again. He has then removed the axle stands and dropped to the floor so he can knock all wheels up tight.
Mauro is continuing on with the MG B Roadster rust removal.