Brian has been covering the top parts of the dashboard and the cover for the rear hatch hinge in the chosen new dark grey leather, for the Aston Martin DB2/4. He took the original leather off each of the pieces and cleaned off any old glue, before applying the new leather.
Brian has been making the pockets for our Continental Bentley. These sit inside the door panels and are made up of two parts. He took the original foam and leather off the “fronts” of the pockets and took the original leather off the “backs”. He then cleaned up the metal for each piece, before gluing […]
The engine is now in and Ady has successfully run up for the first time today.
Clinton is continuing to work on the front end of our 1955 Aston martin DB2/4. More areas of corrosion have now been cut out and new metalwork has been replaced.
In order to fit the new ignition barrell, Paul has had to fabricate new brackets for the Triumph TR6 steering brace.
Her we have Ady carrying out a combustion leak test on our HMC, trying to find the cause of an apparent over heating issue. A long road test brought back no results to go by. A new thermostat and leak detection test should hopefully show the issues, if any.
More stripping, gluing and re-covering on the agenda for Brian and Lydia in our trim-shop this week and the cappings, front and side windows, window panels and woodwork have all been finished in new leatherwork.
Work continues on our 1963 Jaguar MkII. Paul has stripped the engine bay of key components, clean up in preparation for refit. The refit will commence once the engine bay is prepared and painted by our paint shop.
Lydia has been getting the Honda Integra bonnet ready for re-painting. She started off by sanding down the paint, to the original metal, on the front/face of it, where any dents were showing. Skims of filler were then applied over the tops of where it had been sanded. The filler then also got sanded down […]
Winner of our 1989 Austin Mini ‘Pocket Rocket’ Keith Aldous visited our hangar this week to personally collected the car. Ordinarily we delivery direct to your local but we wlecome any of our winners down to have a look around and meet the team! Here are a few photos from that day! If you’d like […]
Lydia has been sand blasting the internal bonnet and hinge assemblies for the Aston Martin DB2/4 in order to get rid of any substances such as old paint that have been left behind.
Clinton has been busy fabricating for the bonnet of the Aston Martin DB 2 / 4. He’s fabricated new hinge supports for the front, repaired various cracks with welding, fabricated a new part onto the wheel arch, straightened out the front because it was all bent in, and pulled a dent out of one of […]
Our 40 foot container has had a quick makeover with a fresh coat of paint, ready for this weekend’s Classic and Sports Car and Bike Show. Hopefully the weather will hold out for us but we look forward to seeing you all come rain or shine.
The day has come where we wave goodbye to our incredible Chevron B20-72-2. The car is now on it’s way to it’s new owner who has already made the necessary plans to have her restored and prepared for the track. The new owner is very well known in the motoring scene and this will be […]
Bridge Classic Cars technician Mauro, originally from Portugal told us that his grandfather owned a Piaggio Ape and had used it as his everyday car for many years. He recently decided that the car needed to be sold. We don’t know for what reason but we thought it would be a great idea to own […]
Arriving in with us this morning is our monstrous Mk1 Golf GTI. A very special car with an impressive restoration history too. In simple terms, here’s the story: Apx 20 valve turbo with 3 stage boost Emerald ECU 6 speed 02S gearbox Peloquin Limited Slip Diff 800kg corner weight 384nm torque Bhp/tonne 356 AVO GTX […]
Special thank you to Lotus Cars for sharing our beautiful Elise Sport 240 Final Edition competition to their equally impression 800,000+ audience. Norwich City Football Club’s Principal Partner, Lotus Cars, has generously donated a Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition for a competition to support the Community Sports Foundation. Production of the iconic Lotus Elise is […]
Chris and Matt are continuing the work on shaping up the body of the Jaguar E-Type roadster in the paint shop. Once the shell was back from the sand blasting, it was re-assembled, making sure all the panels lined up. From that, Chris and Matt were able to assess what condition the shell was in. […]
Scott has finished the welding on the Jaguar E-Type 1.5, so he sealed and sprayed Schultz underseal on the underside of the car. He wrapped paper around the gearbox and exhaust to prevent any damage from the spray. He changed the engine oil and filter, greased up and lubricated all joints on the front end […]
James has been repairing the left-hand front wing on our 1951 yellow Riley. There were sections of corrosion, so he fabricated new sections where these were present. It was more efficient for James to replace large sections than lots of small sections. He’ll be doing exactly the same method for the right-hand front wing next.
Ady recently finished rebuilding the engine of our Jaguar Mk VII and is now working on fitting it back into the car.
Mauro has been refurbishing the front set up of the Bristol and applying new grease onto the front wheel bearings. The break disks got changed as well, and the sump gasket was leaking oil so he’s been fitting a new one. The rocker cover gaskets have also been replaced due to an oil leak.
Dave has given the 1960 Morris Minor a final once over. The fuel pump gaskets have been replaced. He removed the fuel tank sender unit to check it was in good working condition, which it was after cleaning. The fuel tank sender unit was re-installed with new gaskets. Dave also put in a new top […]
Our beautiful 1975 Triumph TR6 is in the workshops right now having some remedial works carried out. Whilst on the road Paul has taken some observational photographs to discuss with the current owner for possible areas to watch out for at a later date.
Paul has re-produced an air box bolt for our 1960 Jensen 541S air box. It is now complete and ready to fit.
Paul has now removed our Chevrolet 3600 clutch to replace with new.
6am this morning and a lovely collection of classics welcomed Craig to Ufford Park Woodbridge. Assuming the owner’s were enjoying an overnight stay and unless an amazing coincidence probably all knew each other. Not sure whether the classics belong to a club or just a group of friends out for a road trip but lovely […]
Question is; should a car cleaner have a dirty car, should a gardener’s garden need trimming, should a fuel tanker ever run out of fuel? Of course they should…life whizzes past so fast that sometimes we don’t stop to think of ourselves. Our Mercedes Vito is, without a doubt, the best van we’ve ever owned. […]
Having recently completed a full restoration elsewhere our beautiful 1975 Triumph TR6 has arrived in with us for a final check and recommission. The list includes: Wheel alignment and trackingLighting alignmentBrakes efficiency checksClutch operationEngine timing and runningFit new ignition lock and switchSuspension geometric checkGeneral safety checkMOTRefit speedo and rev counterRe-stick front number plate
The world’s best selling Mini magazine since 1991, MiniWorld features a fantastic article on the restoration works involved in our 1967 Austin Mini 850. Thanks for the feature, feel free to read the article below.