Over the weekend, one of the most prestigious car shows in the world took to the palace grounds of Hampton Court to celebrate the most unique, rare and beautiful pieces of machinery the world has ever seen – The Concours of Elegance 2023. From the moment you stepped foot through the east gate into the […]
Here at Bridge Classic Cars, we have the rare and unique chance to deal with some of the most amazing classic and collectible cars on a near daily basis. Some are rare and iconic, others are storied and well-traveled. This 1935 Bentley Van Den Plas Sports Saloon is all of those wrapped into one. The […]
Our 1976 Aston Martin AMV8 will soon be headed for auction through our friends over at Car & Classic. Some of you may remember, this stunning left-hand drive example of the DB6 replacement came to us from the USA as a claret US spec car but over the course of the last 8 months has […]
Our 2000 TVR Chimaera is now live on the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website! Hailed as one of the last true analogue sports cars, our Chimaera 450 has the looks and the performance to prove that point. With beautiful blue paintwork and a stunning cream/blue leather interior, this 4.5-litre V8 powered sports car is sure […]
1938 Vauxhall GY25 Wingham Cabriolet long wheelbase with coachwork by renowned coach builders Martin-Walter Ltd. Martin-Walter have been crafting bespoke bodywork since 1773 and working for not only Vauxhall but also Rolls Royce motor cars during their history. This particular long wheelbase Wingham Cabriolet that only became available in 1938 features the extended luggage boot, […]
Last week, Tom and Nick went to deliver our 1972 Triumph Stag to its new owner Dudley. Dudley had won the car the previous week through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions and was excited to take delivery of his new pride and joy. Upon meeting Dudley and finding out a bit more about his story, his […]
Just arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Suffolk HQ is this 1973 Reliant Scimitar GTE. It will be going into our classic car restoration workshop to be inspected by our classic car technicians who will compile their condition reports. Keep a look out on the Bridge Classic Cars newspage very soon for […]
A recent arrival into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop is this 1997 Fiat 20v Turbo. The car has come in for our fabrication team to take a look at a couple of issues with the bodywork along with some mechanical jobs being scheduled to be done in our main workshop. It’s nice to see one […]
News broke in the last couple of days, that automotive pioneer and multiple land speed record holder Craig Breedlove sadly passed away aged 86. Breedlove was part of a small alumni that would push and reset the boundaries of speed in the 1950s and 60s while living to tell the tale, in a sport that […]
It’s a divisive viewpoint in the classic car world – Do you use your classic in the snow and clean it down afterwards or keep it tucked away? Well, the cold weather was closing in on our Suffolk HQ this morning. As the snow began to fall across the surrounding countryside, some of our own […]
Founded in 1945, the letters BRM would become synonymous with flying the British flag in the early years of Formula 1 and the following decade. British Racing Motors was founded by Raymond Mays (who was the man behind the brand ERA) and Peter Berthon – who after the war used the engineering know how from […]
After 2 decades in production and over 100,000 units having been produced, Bentley have finally announced that the production of their now legendary W12 engine will stop in April of 2024. This engine came to define so much of the high-tech/high-performance character of modern Bentley’s of the 2000’s. The wonderfully balanced and soulful 6-litre power […]
The workshop team have been carrying on with the work on our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. They have been carefully running each part of the custom wiring harness for the car and making sure all of its routing is precise and orderly throughout the car and under the dashboard and around the steering column. At […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on getting the plumbing fitted up in the engine bay of our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. The first job was to route and fit up the radiator hoses around the engine, making sure to safely run them around any belts or pulleys. The team have […]
The paint and body team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on our 2022 C-Type Replica. This time, the team have been working to get the sills of the classic Le Mans racer into both epoxy and high-build primer.
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on wiring up our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. The harness has been routed through the body and frame of the car to be trimmed and connected where needed. The team have also fit the spotlight which will sit behind the grille of the classic racer.
The water pump from the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica has been prepared and painted by the Bridge Classic Cars paint team ready for the car. The team carefully prepped the classic Jaguar pump on the bench before it was then hung in the paint shop to first be finished in a hard, durable primer and […]
As part of the build-up of the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, the team have test-fit the new side exit exhausts. After fitting up the manifold through to the downpipe, the workshop team had to carefully and accurately open up the recess in the body for the new exhaust to […]
The team at Bridge Classic Cars have moved their attention to plumbing up the brake lines on the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Jon, one of our workshop technicians, has handmade all the various brake hard lines needed for the classic Le Mans racer. Each of these lines was measured, cut and bent to work around […]
The team in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop have begun to put the straight-six into the nose of our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Jon worked alongside Josh, during his work experience, to install the gearbox onto the engine before hooking it up to our engine hoist to begin the process of getting the whole assembly […]
The front grille of our C-Type Replica is so iconic. It immediately screams classic road and race cars because of its shape and form. It’s almost like a piece of sculpture on its own. This will be sent off to a local specialist to be finished in dazzling chrome, befitting the care and passion being […]
Brian, our lead trimmer at Bridge Classic Cars, has been making the seats for our latest project – the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Brian has been on trying to make the seats fit exactly as they would have on the original car it is based on. Handmaking each of the pieces that will make up […]
Brian, our lead trimmer at Bridge Classic Cars, has been working on creating the seatbacks for the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. The pieces have been made by Brian and are being entirely trimmed and fitted by hand to the very highest specification for this very special project. The padding for the bolsters on the C-Type […]
The Bridge Classic Cars in-house trim shop has been working on a new set of seats for our incredible 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Lydia and Brian, our in-house trim experts, have worked their magic on creating these replica buckets to exact specifications and shape for an early racing bucket seat. Finished in bright, vivid red, […]
The body for our personal project has arrived! This will form the outer skin for our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. This is a project we are going to be working on for ourselves. Allowing each member of the team here at Bridge to work on the car towards a single goal.
If the hard work and craft of our in-house trim expert Lydia could be been summed up in one single project it would be the seats for the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. These seats were templated and handmade from the original seats we borrowed from a good friend of Bridge Classic Cars. These pieces, finished […]
Lydia in the in-house trim shop at Bridge Classic Cars has hand-made this beautiful tool bag for our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Checking the dimensions of the specialist tools and pieces that may be needed on the car when it is out on the road, Lydia created this one-off tool bag to go along with […]
The fabrication team at Bridge Classic Cars are currently working on shaping and fitting several key pieces to the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. This time, Clinton has been hand-forming and shaping the gearbox tunnel for our classic sports racer. Each individual piece aligns to a certain point on the tunnel so they have to be […]
The fabrication shop at Bridge Classic Cars are making progress on the sheet metal parts of our C-Type Replica. The C-Type Replica’s gearbox tunnel has had its final shape finished and set, so with that Clinton could then line up each piece and drill the carefully measured holes ready for all of the pieces to […]