Today, Gordon and Craig are at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford for the H and H Classic Motorcars auction. Car auctions are always a great experience and we have found some incredible vehicles here in the past. You never know….some of the vehicles in the photos below might just end up being available to […]
The engine of our 1984 Suzuki GSX400T has been with Mauro in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop. After prepping the engine, it was then painted in satin dtm.
Jonn has fitted a new diaphragm to the heater valve on our 1964 Ford Zephyr 4 and reassembled it. He then fitted a new seal to the valve connection to the heater rad and fit the valve to the heater. He rebuilt the heater box and refitted it to the car. After connecting the pipes […]
Bridge Classic Cars has won the Best Classic Car Restoration Service award from the UK Business Awards. We take great pride in all of the work that is completed in the workshop so winning an award like this shows that we are doing things properly. With this award comes added motivation to continue to grow […]
Our first of 20 good deeds we will be completing this year was giving away one of our Bridge Classic Cars branded Harrington jackets. We asked you to nominate someone deserving in a recent social media post by tagging them in the comments. Once time ran out, we used Google’s random number generator to choose […]
When it comes to iconic symbols of classic cars, few vehicles can compare to the Jaguar E-Type. Unveiled in 1961, this masterpiece of design and engineering has been the classic of choice for many collectors, enthusiasts, and petrolheads for decades. Its blend of beauty, performance, and innovation not only set new standards throughout the automotive […]
Chris has been completing more prep work on our 1963 Bentley S3 Continental. He rubbed the polyfan down again and then removed the panels and put them into final primer. The car was masked up ready for final primer. It was first sealed with epoxy primer for any bare metal and then the final primer […]
Our 1985 Mini Mayfair Berkeley was collected from our storage facility to the workshop. Once here, Jonn investigated a fuel leak from the carburettor area. After a run-up, Jonn found that the float bowl gasket had split and was leaking. He removed the fuel pipes and replaced them with an E10 carburant fuel hose. After […]
After replacing the battery on our 1969 Jaguar E-Type, it was safely delivered back home to its owner in Norfolk.
The backrest of the our 1905 Riley 9HP seat is actually fitted on the body of the car and, as a result, could not be fitted until the vehicle returned from paint. Lydia placed the seat in and began to line up the pleats so that they were straight. She had to stuff the seat […]
Christian has been fabricating multiple parts for our 1951 Austin Devon Pickup. This is what he has been doing:
After a successful final road test, our 1978 Triumph Spitfire was loaded onto our trailer and delivered to lucky winner Barry Pendleton. Molly even made the trip to see the delivery in person!
Jonn has fitted a new reverse light switch to our 2007 Land Rover Defender 110. He traced the position to the gearbox and removed the multi-plug which had shorted out. A new switch was fitted and everything worked as it should.
Our 1976 Triumph Spitfire has made lots of progress recently. The wiper motor has been stripped, rebuilt and fitted. The dash bridge panel was stripped, recovered and refitted. The centre armrest was also stripped, repainted, recovered and fitted. The seats were recovered too. Seat belts have been installed along with the centre armrest and trims […]
Mauro has had our Stag hood in the paint shop recently. He painted the hard top before moving on to flatting and polishing it, before finally refitting the chrome parts of the roof.
In preparation for our 1964 Ford Zephyr 4 to be won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions, Jonn has been making a few repairs. Here are his notes:
The rear axle of our 1954 Jaguar XK120 has begun being put back together ready for the next stage of its restoration to start.
After recently coming into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for an appraisal, our 1966 Jaguar S-Type returned to us for work to begin on it. Tony collected this beautiful classic and delivered it safely to the workshop. Once it was here, Neil gave it a full service, changed the antifreeze, and adjusted the wheel bearings. […]
Alex Alloro is the Lead Connectivity Engineer at Lotus Cars as well as a racing driver. We recently sat down with Alex to discuss his life and all things automotive. This is how our conversation went: You describe yourself as a petrol head, where did this love come from? There must have been some glitch […]
Our 2007 Land Rover Defender 110 is now live on the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website. What makes this even more exciting is that, until 5pm tomorrow (Wednesday 6th March), you can enter the draw for just £5.00 The 24 hour flash sale has begun…
Mauro has been working on our 1976 Triumph Spitfire in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop. He has painted the seat frames in DTM satin black as well as painting the rocker cover and air filter box in DTM silver.
Chris has had our 1963 Bentley S3 in the Bridge Classic Cars paint shop. He has been rubbing down the polyfan in preparation for more to go on. Once this was done, Chris then applied more polyfan to make sure everything was nice and straight.
Jonn has been completing some repairs on our 1964 Ford Zephyr 4. Here is what he said: Clean block around drive core plug. Looks OK. Leave and recheck in a bit. Upon rechecking there were signs of a small weep. Drain engine block and radiator. Flush rad with water. Clean block and fit new core […]
The indicators weren’t working correctly on our 1939 Jaguar SS100. They were stripped and checked and diagnosed as needing a new flasher control unit. This was fitted and all the lights were tested fully, then the interior trims and carpets were refitted and checked.
Our 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500 has recently been painted in the Bridge Classic Cars Paint shop.
Mauro has been prepping the gearbox of our 1951 Austin Devon Pickup for dtm black paint.
John has made the mesh to go on our 1959 Jensen 541R front wings, as requested by the owner of the car. While John was doing that, James replaced the brake servo as, on a recent test drive, it was noted that the brakes were not quite as good as they could be. A replacement […]
Lydia made an internal door card for the opening door on our 1905 Riley 9HP. She first made a template from paper to ensure the correct shape, and then she cut this out from card. She then made her own design based on the pinstriping on the paintwork of the vehicle. She will affix this […]
Lydia has recently been making a pretend ‘door card ‘ to balance out the interior of our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. There is only one door, with a very small area that Lydia has made a covering for, so she had to work out something that would look good on the other side too. She […]
Recently, we have started to refit the suspension and steering, and some brake components that have either been new parts or refurbished original parts that we have overhauled to our 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4.