Posts by Nick Skinner

Nick Skinner is the Photographer/Videographer at Bridge Classic Cars.

A Special Delivery – Our Alfa Romeo Spider Winner

Last week, the Bridge Classic Cars transport team loaded up our 1989 Alfa Romeo Spider and headed off to its new owner – Lee. Lee won our Alfa Romeo Spider a couple of months ago but the car has been…

Valance Repairs on the 1951 Austin Devon Pickup

The fabrication team have been working on repairing the valance on our 1951 Austin Devon Pickup. Our fabricator Chris has worked his magic on the front end of this classic British pickup in order to get it fitted up perfectly….

Preflight Checks – Getting our 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe Started

Jon has been working on getting our stunning 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe fired up for the first time in nearly 20 years! Working through each of the systems, Jon has meticulously checked and double checked each part of…

Diving Deeper Into our 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe

Our technician Jon has been diving deeper into the 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe currently in our care for its new owner. As part of the appraisal process, he has drained the engine of oil and all fluids along…

Fixing the Lights and Transporting Our C-Type

With our C-Type getting closer and closer to being completed every day, the team have had a few jobs to do before the car was due to be transported to a local specialist to protect the Seafoam Green paintwork for…

Mille Miglia Prep for our 1939 Jaguar SS100

As part of our stewardship of the 1939 Jaguar SS100, our transport team have been to pickup a very important crate. This crate contains all of the spare parts and sundries needed for our vintage Jaguar to take part and…

1960 MGA in Epoxy

With the exterior panels such as the front and rear wings being worked on in the prep area of our Suffolk HQ, the body shell of our 1960 MGA has been into the paint booth for its date with the…

Repairs on our 1989 Daimler Double Six

The workshop team are continuing their work on recommissioning our 1989 Daimler Double Six to get back on the road. Jon, one of our amazing restoration technicians has been working on the car to get through the list of jobs…

Inspecting Our 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe

Since arriving at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ, this stunning 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe has been waiting its turn on the ramps in the workshop. Well, over the last couple of days the classic Jaguar has been…

Fuel Tank Brackets

The paint team here at Bridge Classic Cars have been working alongside the workshop team to get the next batch of pieces painted for our Ford Transit Mk2 Tipper project. Whilst the fuel tank is being prepared for installation, our…

New Arrival – 1971 MGB Roadster

The Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ welcomed a fair few cars last week! The last one to arrive just before the bank holiday was this stunning 1971 MGB Roadster. The car will soon be making its way into the workshop…

Valance Repairs on the 1960 MGA

The fabrication shop have been working their skills on the rear valance and wing of the 1960 MGA. Chris, one of our fabricators, has been working on getting the new rear valance to fit onto the car. After the original…

Recommissioning our 1958 Austin-Healey 100/6

Julian has been hard at work recommissioning our 1958 Austin-Healey 100/6 for the road. The 100/6 is on the ramp at our Suffolk HQ after being off the road for several years. To begin with, Julian carried out a full…

Workshop Walkaround – A Few Projects

With the team here at Bridge Classic Cars always working on something, whether that be the restorations technicians in the various departments, the marketing team or the leadership teams, we are all focused around our incredible workshop. We’re all incredibly…

Front End Repairs – Fibreglass Repairs on our 1960 Jensen 541R

The paint and body team have been working full steam ahead on our 1960 Jensen 541R formerly known as ‘Lilac’. Alan, one of our incredible technicians here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, has been working on getting the bonnet…

New Arrival – 1971 Triumph GT6

Another recent arrival at the workshop, is this beautiful 1971 Triumph GT6! Another car which we came across at the recent auction at H&H Auctions, but this one we just couldn’t let get away… so we’ve bought it. This GT6…

New Arrival – 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe

We’ve just had several new arrivals at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ, one of them is this truly stunning 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe. This one has a funny connection to us! We recently were at H &…

Fit Up – Wiring Up and Checking the Fitment of the Bonnet on our C-Type Replica

The workshop and paint team have been working on getting the bonnet of our C-Type replica fitted up onto the car and adjusted along with the wiring beginning to take shape underneath this homage to the glory years of Le…

Tracing – Looking Into an Indicator Issue on the 1939 Jaguar SS100

Workshop Manager John has been working on getting to the bottom of an issue with the indicators on the 1939 Jaguar SS100. For this, John has been tracing the wiring back through the car to get to the bottom of…

Like New – Shock Absorbers for the Aston Martin DB2/4’s Headed to V&C Engineering for Refurbishment

The shock absorbers for both Aston Martin DB2/4 projects have been stripped down by the workshop team to be sent away to the masters at V&C Engineering for refurbishment for the projects. Both the Coupe and Drophead’s shock absorbers will…

Final Checks – Checking our 1976 MG Midget Before Delivery

Our 1976 MG Midget is off to its new home! But before that, our technician Jon carried out the final checks on the classic sports car. After a couple of adjustments and reworking the choke system, he got the classic…

Finish Touches – Final 1905 Riley 9HP Parts Painted

The final parts of our 1905 Riley 9HP restoration project have been in the booth under the gun of our paint technician Mauro. Mauro has been working on finishing these handmade parts in thick, gloss black for the workshop team…

On Top – Repairing the Roof of the 1951 Austin Devon Pickup

Chris, from the fabrication team, has been working on repairing the metalwork in the roof of the 1951 Austin Devon Pickup at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. After carefully removing the piece from the top of the vintage truck, he…

Under and Over – Preparing and Priming the underside of the 1979 Triumph Spitfire Bonnet

Mauro has been working on getting the underside of the bonnet for our 1979 Triumph Spitfire to look just as good as the top side! He carefully went through and treated any areas of corrosion before carefully working the surfaces…

Fresh Start – 1951 Austin Devon Parts Off for Blasting and Rechroming

John has been working methodically and meticoulsly through the various parts and pieces of the 1951 Austin Devon Pickup. All of these parts have to be stripped back in preparation of them going to be blasted ahead of being rechromed…

Delicate Touch – Repairing the Rear Valance on the 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Coupe

Fabricator Chris has been working his magic on the valance of our 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Coupe. With such an impressive and handmade car, adjustments sometimes have to be made in order to get the best fitting parts and ultimately…

Back in Place – Refitting the speedometer of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk1

Our technician Julian has been working on getting some of the final bits and pieces finished on our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk1. We previously had found that the speedometer had an internal fault and had to be sent back…

Moving Along – Our 1976 Triumph Spitfire Project is Progressing

Our technician Rob has been working on our 1976 Triumph Spitfire restoration project and getting it closer and closer to handing over to its excited owner. With various pieces of trim both inside and out have found their way onto…

Coming Together – Trim team work on the interior of the 1905 Riley 9hp

Ahead of its unveiling at the Practical Classics Restoration Show at the Birmingham NEC this weekend, our restorations teams have been working flat out to get our 1905 Riley 9HP ready for its first public appearance in what is thought…

Another One! – Our 1990 Jaguar XJ6 is here!

Our 1990 Jaguar XJ6 arrived at the workshop earlier this week and joined the growing crowd of stablemates at our HQ hidden away in the Suffolk countryside.