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Jonn has been servicing our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster. Here are his notes: Carry out service. Check all lights and levels. Drain oil and filter. Check over. Remove air filter and blow out. Clean and regap spark,plugs. Refit air filter.
Various parts of our 1973 MGB Roadster have been powder-coated. Others have been painted too.
Our 1961 Austin Mini has been in the workshop being checked over by Jonn. Here are his notes: Clean outlets and refit rad hoses. Carry out vacuum test. Fit a small washer to heater valve to help seal. Re vacuum
Technician Jonn has been looking at the cooling system of our 1956 Jensen 541. He drained the system and removed various hoses to allow the system to be flushed with water. Once the flush had finished, Jonn ran a hose
Technician Paul has been rebuilding our 2003 Rover 75. He has now refitted the chrome trim and door parts as well as the chrome window surrounds. He then went on to rebuild the boot. Jonn has also been working on
I just had to drop you a message and congratulate you on the way you have run the competition and delivered the mgc – the car is exactly as described if not better. The delivery was executed professionally and promptly
Technician Jonn has been working on the brakes of our 1956 Jensen 541. Here are his notes: Started by reassembling the rear brakes, Fit rear shoes and refit drums. Rears locked up once drums refitted. Unable to pump brake pedal
Before Tony delivered our 1970 MGC GT, Jonn gave it a final checkover and made some minor repairs. Here are his notes: Remove car from Classic lounge. Carry out full Appraisal. Adjust bonnet secondary catch. Attend to offside rear axle
Bridge Classic Cars has been rated strong in a new industry analysis. The new analysis shows how the 345 Classic Car Specialists companies within the UK are performing in 2024, so a ‘strong’ rating is a great achievement. With so
Our 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser is coming to the end of stage one of its restoration. The rust issues are almost repaired and the integrity of the underside has been returned. We are now looking forward to stage 2 of
Just like to say thank you for looking after the Stag roof during the summer. Also, the guy who looked after us while they attached the roof – I think his name was Nick – was very kind and particularly
Bridge Classic Cars workshop manager, John has been working on our 1957 AC Ace. He has been investigating why it was listing to one side (the near side was sitting lower than the rest of the car). As he was
I just wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting Tony again, & thank you for delivering to me a wonderful car. Also a big thank you to all the team at Bridge Classics for providing & preparing a stunning
Various parts of our 1973 MGB Roadster have been taken for sandblasting.
As the lucky winner of our Caterham competition chose to take the cash alternative, Tony transported it to our secure storage facility.
Originally Aston Martin welded the body shell to the chassis on the DB2/4 Drophead Coupe models. As Rob didn’t want to weld the two together after they are painted, he modified the brackets so they bolt to the chassis. This
After undergoing a pre-delivery inspection, our 2003 MG ZT was delivered to its new owner, who won it through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Paul has been continuing his work on our 1956 Jensen 541. He has now fitted the nearside and off-side doors before he started to assemble the window frames. He then had to modify the door frame to make sure that
After our 1951 Austin Devon was brought back to the workshop, it was reunited with the other part of itself. After being with us for a little while now, it’s fantastic to see this classic pickup coming back together.
After being transported to our friends at Auto Transmissions, our 1973 Rover P5 had some mobile work completed by Jonn and John. Here are Jonn’s notes about the repair: Travel to Mersea island to attend to car. Poor running reported.
We have welcomed two more new arrivals into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the form of our 1968 MGC Roadster and our 1957 AC Ace. Both look incredible and we’re very excited to see what the future holds for
Tony has collected the body and various parts of our 1954 Jaguar XK120 from the sandblasters. These will stay in storage for a short while until they are ready to be put back onto the car.
Our very special and very rare 1929 Dodge DA has recently been transported to our secure storage facility and placed safely into a Carcoon.
Tony recently collected our 1961 Austin Mini and brought it to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Jonn recently carried out the pre-delivery inspection on our 1970 Jaguar E-Type.
Rob has continued his work on our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe. He has carried on fabricating and welding on the rear bodyshell.
We have recently welcomed several new vehicles into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. The first is our 2013 Land Rover Defender 110 and, as you can see, it is quite the beast! After our 90 went into competition, it was
Once again, we delivered a special car to one of our lucky winners. This time, it was Stephen who was taking delivery of his 2001 Aston Martin DB7 that he won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Congratulations Stephen, enjoy your
Tony recently delivered our 1973 MGB Roadster to lucky winner Graham. Tony says this is always the best part about his job here at Bridge Classic Cars – seeing the winners see their new classic for the very first time.
I just wanted to say thank you for the Gin that was a prize in your recent competition. I believe someone tried to call me on the day but I was abroad at the time so the call didn’t come
Jonn has been servicing our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster. Here are his notes:
Carry out service. Check all lights and levels. Drain oil and filter. Check over. Remove air filter and blow out. Clean and regap spark,plugs. Refit air filter. Visually inspect brakes. Fit new oil filter and refill with oil. Torque wheels and inflate tyres. Run and test. Reset service light. Locking wheel nut key back in glove box. Nearside front tyre split on inner side wall and requires replacement immediately.
Raise on ramp and look,for reported noise. Nothing obvious. Carry out road test. Slight noise on overrun when coasting. Unable to trace at present.
Various parts of our 1973 MGB Roadster have been powder-coated. Others have been painted too.
Our 1961 Austin Mini has been in the workshop being checked over by Jonn. Here are his notes:
Clean outlets and refit rad hoses. Carry out vacuum test. Fit a small washer to heater valve to help seal. Re vacuum test and tighten all hose clips. Refill with new coolant. Raise in air and clean and blow off underneath. Remove wheels. Strip nearside rear brake and remove wheel,cylinder. Let brake fluid leak out to drain system of old fluid.
Continue brake repairs. Modify both rear brake backplate to accept new cylinders with larger bll3d nipples. Fit rear cylinders in turn. Clean and delip drums and refit. Strip offside front brake and cylinder. Fit new cylinder and eecu3. Refill reservoir and bleed all brakes. Adjust all brakes and pressure test for leaks. Remove and clean out washer bottle. Refill and refit. Burn off frayed part of nearside seat belt. Refit wheels.
Technician Jonn has been looking at the cooling system of our 1956 Jensen 541.
He drained the system and removed various hoses to allow the system to be flushed with water. Once the flush had finished, Jonn ran a hose through the radiator. He opened the blocked drain and let everything drain away.
The heater matrix and head were flushed until the water ran clear before the engine was blown off. Jonn then checked the vacuum system to look for any signs of a loss of the vacuum. He then topped up the antifreeze and radiator and ran the car up to temperature.
Technician Paul has been rebuilding our 2003 Rover 75. He has now refitted the chrome trim and door parts as well as the chrome window surrounds. He then went on to rebuild the boot.
Jonn has also been working on our early 2000s estate. He prepped the car for its fuel tank to be refitted. The breather hose was fitted before being fed through the channel in the arch. The tank was then refitted before the subframe and heat shield were rescued.
The exhaust was also prepped before being refitted to the car.
I just had to drop you a message and congratulate you on the way you have run the competition and delivered the mgc – the car is exactly as described if not better.
The delivery was executed professionally and promptly by Tony and it was a pleasure to meet him. I will send you some photos when I go for my first run (if it ever stops raining).
My SL55 might just have been relegated to second place for the foreseeable future.
Keep doing what you do as you have certainly got it right and dreams do come true for all the petrol heads out there
Technician Jonn has been working on the brakes of our 1956 Jensen 541.
Here are his notes:
Started by reassembling the rear brakes, Fit rear shoes and refit drums. Rears locked up once drums refitted. Unable to pump brake pedal to centralise as no shoes on front axle yet. Refit rear wheels and swap over to front axle. Refit front shoes and drums, all ok. Refit wheels. Pu,p brake pedal to settle. Go back to rear brakes. Found new brake linings fatter than old shoes. Going approx 1mm from the heel of each shoe and refit drum. OK now so repeat for other side. Carry out minor adjustment and refit wheels. Pump pedal and operate handbrake. Final adjustment to be made once car driven.
Take outside to check clutch and brakes. Carry out road test but broke down 1 mile up the road. Eventually managed to get it started and drive back on idle speed as it dies when revved. Investigate misfire/running issue. Found engine only running on 2 cylinders. Remove number 3 carburettor float bowl lid to find no petrol in carburettor. Pump priming handle on lift pump and fuel came out of feed pipe to carb. Refit float bowl lid and continue to prime pump. Put in 10ltrs fuel and start. Runw fine again. Leave to idle for 5 mins and then repeat road test. Same thing again, cut out and won’t rev. Get back to workshop on idle again. Check fuel filter. Has fuel I side but remove and replace with piece of pipe. Found fuel filter had not been manufactured correctly and I don’t know how the car even managed to run. Replace fuel,filter with a correctly manufactured one and repeat road test. All ok now. Clutch feels OK. Brakes OK. Return to workshop and adjust rear brakes.
Before Tony delivered our 1970 MGC GT, Jonn gave it a final checkover and made some minor repairs.
Here are his notes:
Remove car from Classic lounge. Carry out full Appraisal. Adjust bonnet secondary catch. Attend to offside rear axle strap. Rethread broken stud and fit new nut and washer and apply loctite. Grease all points. Fit split pin to nearside top suspension Taunton castlated nut. Remove wheels and clean and check brakes.
Check and inflate all tyres and knock up tight all wheels. Fit sticky back foam behind rear number plate and secure. Sort earth for nearside number plate light and test. Align and test washers. Cut back electronic ignition wires and crimp on terminals. . Secure fuel feed pipe at nearside chassis and air filter with p clips. Cut split carburettor overflow pipe. Join with small plastic fuel pipe and refit. Top up engine oil. Put Jack and hammer in boot.
Free off both track rods. Lower to floor and drive back and forth to settle suspension. Check tracking. Toe out 2 degrees as expected due to tyre wear. Adjust to 0 degrees , 30 minutes toe out and lock up track rods. Carry out road test, ok. Carry out pdi.
Bridge Classic Cars has been rated strong in a new industry analysis.
The new analysis shows how the 345 Classic Car Specialists companies within the UK are performing in 2024, so a ‘strong’ rating is a great achievement.
With so many challenges for so many businesses throughout the country, we are very proud to have been recognised in this way.
Our 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser is coming to the end of stage one of its restoration.
The rust issues are almost repaired and the integrity of the underside has been returned. We are now looking forward to stage 2 of its restoration and its journey back out onto the road.
Just like to say thank you for looking after the Stag roof during the summer. Also, the guy who looked after us while they attached the roof – I think his name was Nick – was very kind and particularly good with my wife, who has Alzheimer’s. He made us coffee and showed us some of your amazing cars. A big thank you to him…
Bridge Classic Cars workshop manager, John has been working on our 1957 AC Ace.
He has been investigating why it was listing to one side (the near side was sitting lower than the rest of the car). As he was investigating, no apparent cause could be identified so John had to dig a bit deeper into the car to find out what was going on.
The springs were removed so they could be refurbished as this was identified as a potential solution. However, as John was removing the springs, he found one of the studs that hold the spring onto the chassis had sheared off.
While it is good news that this has been identified as a potential cause, it does now pose quite a big challenge as access to this part of the car to replace the bolts is significantly limited. In fact, it may be the case that the body of the car will have to be removed to rectify the problem which, of course, is a much bigger job than was first expected.
John will continue to explore options to see if there is another way to get this beautiful classic back on the road but, at the moment, it looks like it might need quite a bit of attention.
I just wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting Tony again, & thank you for delivering to me a wonderful car. Also a big thank you to all the team at Bridge Classics for providing & preparing a stunning vehicle for the competition. I consider myself extremely fortunate & lucky to now be the proud owner.
As the lucky winner of our Caterham competition chose to take the cash alternative, Tony transported it to our secure storage facility.
Originally Aston Martin welded the body shell to the chassis on the DB2/4 Drophead Coupe models.
As Rob didn’t want to weld the two together after they are painted, he modified the brackets so they bolt to the chassis. This involved welding threaded bushes into the chassis and making mounting plates to go between the body and the chassis.
After undergoing a pre-delivery inspection, our 2003 MG ZT was delivered to its new owner, who won it through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Paul has been continuing his work on our 1956 Jensen 541.
He has now fitted the nearside and off-side doors before he started to assemble the window frames. He then had to modify the door frame to make sure that the glass didn’t rub.
The door window frames were then fitted.
After our 1951 Austin Devon was brought back to the workshop, it was reunited with the other part of itself.
After being with us for a little while now, it’s fantastic to see this classic pickup coming back together.
After being transported to our friends at Auto Transmissions, our 1973 Rover P5 had some mobile work completed by Jonn and John.
Here are Jonn’s notes about the repair:
Travel to Mersea island to attend to car. Poor running reported. Strip carbs and remove float bowl tops. Clean out. Remove suction Chambers and blow through jets and float bowls. Reassemble both carbs. John remove and clean spark plugs and refit. Remove fuel filter and clean out. Refit and fill with 10ltrs fuel. Turn ignition on to fill filter and carbs and check for leaks, ok. Road test but engine pinking under acceleration. Adjust timing and raise idle speed and retest, ok. Return to workshop.
We have welcomed two more new arrivals into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the form of our 1968 MGC Roadster and our 1957 AC Ace.
Both look incredible and we’re very excited to see what the future holds for these two classics.
Tony has collected the body and various parts of our 1954 Jaguar XK120 from the sandblasters.
These will stay in storage for a short while until they are ready to be put back onto the car.
Our very special and very rare 1929 Dodge DA has recently been transported to our secure storage facility and placed safely into a Carcoon.
Tony recently collected our 1961 Austin Mini and brought it to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Jonn recently carried out the pre-delivery inspection on our 1970 Jaguar E-Type.
Rob has continued his work on our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe. He has carried on fabricating and welding on the rear bodyshell.
We have recently welcomed several new vehicles into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
The first is our 2013 Land Rover Defender 110 and, as you can see, it is quite the beast! After our 90 went into competition, it was decided that this is the one that will take its place.
The next to arrive was our 1961 Austin Mini 850.
Everyone here loves a classic Mini and this one looks to be in great shape. We are very excited for this to be won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions in the very near future.
Another future competition car arrived in the form of our 1960 Triumph TR3.
Again, a beautiful classic that someone is going to win very soon.
After all these arrivals, we also said goodbye to one of our projects. Our 1966 MG Midget left the workshop to be delivered back to its owner.
Once again, we delivered a special car to one of our lucky winners.
This time, it was Stephen who was taking delivery of his 2001 Aston Martin DB7 that he won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Congratulations Stephen, enjoy your DB7.
Tony recently delivered our 1973 MGB Roadster to lucky winner Graham.
Tony says this is always the best part about his job here at Bridge Classic Cars – seeing the winners see their new classic for the very first time.
Congratulations again Graham, enjoy your MGB.
I just wanted to say thank you for the Gin that was a prize in your recent competition.
I believe someone tried to call me on the day but I was abroad at the time so the call didn’t come through, but it was a nice surprise on my return home.
Once again, thank you.
