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Spotted at Helmingham Hall Festival of Classic & Sports Cars by the Jensen Owners’ Club, our Jensen 541S, affectionately known as Peony, has made an appearance in this month’s ‘Journal for all Jensen Enthusiasts.’

Our beautiful Mini Cooper 1.3 has now arrived to Bridge Classic Cars HQ. This very special little car comes with the higher compression engine 10:1:1. Packed with bundles of history, the car has taken part in the Shetland Islands to…

A new arrival this morning to the Bridge Classic Cars workshops. Working in conjunction with our good friend Lee at Autoshack. The 1972 Jaguar E-Type V12 you see below belongs to a customer of Lee’s having very recently been purchased…

Little Eva is the name given to our charming 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe. Since its restoration, Little Eva has joined our personal collection of classic cars. As this lovely little classic has not had the use we had anticipated, we…

Time for Lydia to move on to the rear squab as she has now completed the front base cushions.

The roof bars have now been removed to make way for the new foam to be glued and fitted. The bars, covered in the correct material are then screwed back into position. The headlining is then positioned and carefully glued…

Areas of corrosion are being dealt with on the offside of our 1969 Morris Minor convertible. The area of interest has been cut out, the underseal has been removed and a brand new repair panel has been fabricated and welded…

Ahead of tonight’s double draw night, Dave has been finishing off a couple of small tasks on our 1968 Mini 850. We have replaced the oil seals around the gearbox to the driveshafts. We’ve also replaced the rocker cover gaskets….

Having had the steering rack refitted last week following it’s recent rebuild the car had developed a slight creaking sound whilst driving slowly over bumps. Back in the workshops for further investigation showed one of the bolts had loosened itself…

Mauro spent the afternoon in the booth preparing parts for a number of our Jensen projects. Blasted parts have been prepared and painted and will now be wrapped up ready for reassembly.

The vinyl interior section are now being templated, cut out, glued and shaped into position on our 1958 Jensen 541R. The dash, A posts and parcel shelf are now all in position.

On testing Dave noticed that the brakes on our 1968 Mini 850 were locking. Upon closer inspection we can see that the offside was made up of a different compound so we have replaced all brake shoes to give an…

Another lovely classic car has been sold through our new classic car sales platform, MyClassics.co.uk . MyClassics is a completely free sales platform designed for the classic car enthusiast by classic car enthusiasts. It’s easy to see why this classic…

As I am sure many of you know, Bridge Classic Cars are based in the beautiful county of Suffolk. A county filled with natural beauty situated on the east coast of England, bordered by 50 miles of glorious coastline. Our…

Jon has replaced the nearside front wheel bearing on our 1969 Morris Minor convertible.

Some of the peripheral parts belonging to our 1959 Jensen 541R are currently being cleaned up and prepared for refit. Once they are ready to go back on the car they will get packaged and stored away and await refit.

Lots of progress has been made on our 1978 MG B GT (Blaze). As you can see, the rear brakes have now been stripped, serviced and refitted. The handbrake lever and gear lever have both been overhauled and refitted. The…

The metal fabrication work continues on the body of our Daimler DS420. Old, corroded metal is being cut out and replaced by brand new panels that have been meticulously produced by our skilled technicians Christian and Monty. It is vital…

Brian spent the day outside the trim shop fitting up the headlining bars to our 1958 Jensen 541R in preparation for the new headlining to be installed.

We very much encourage new technologies and forward thinking here at Bridge Classic Cars. Research and development is a huge part of what we do here. Just because a classic car was built using a classic skillset and classic approach…

Using a combination of existing material and brand new designs Lydia has managed to re-produce the templates for the front seat covers for our 1958 Jensen 541R. With these templates a new seat of covers can be made and the…

Scott is making great progress with our 1969 Morris Minor rebuild. Various components are now back on the engine and the fit up of the front end continues.

As we bid farewell to our wonderful Alfa Romeo to start it’s new adventures with Adam up in Scotland we welcome a new addition to the Bridge Classic Cars collection… Our 1992 Mini Cooper 1.3 is now heading down from…

Our good friend and colleague Bradley from Drivers4you right now is up in Aberdeenshire for us delivering and collecting a couple of our recent projects. Once the Alfa is delivered, Bradley will be heading 10 minutes up the road to…

A fantastic piece of journalism from Dale Vinton from Car & Classic. https://www.carandclassic.com/magazine/brand-loyalty-its-alive-and-well/?bsft_aaid=a5ce63ed-6419-48b8-adb6-8692f74daf04&bsft_eid=3dc740ee-ba4c-4095-be10-f0a474019538&utm_campaign=other-week-3-day-1&utm_source=blueshift&utm_medium=email&utm_content=saturday-newsletter-10-09-22&bsft_clkid=5eea234e-b7af-458c-aa62-a57ebec8a1e7&bsft_uid=28ce9e57-ae04-4f00-be49-7ba92105475c&bsft_mid=60df4c76-1db0-4020-aff8-7620d9187cee&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_ek=2022-09-10T09%3A32%3A51Z&bsft_lx=10&bsft_tv=7 When Dale met David Franklin. “David likes Fiat. In fact, David LOVES Fiat. You could say he’s a little obsessed, if you wanted to be dramatic about it,…

Molly and The Three Chordettes spent the day at the Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Classic Car & Military Vehicle Meet held at The Control Tower in Martlesham. Shared to their Facebook page the girls said: “We had the most amazing…

The 1969 Morris Minor Convertible has been back up on the ramps at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop to have a few key jobs sorted out. The first was to cut out and repair a small rust hole in the…

Whilst on holiday recently, our director Gordon was flicking through this month’s Practical Classics he noticed a familiar face. In the September 2022 edition of the magazine, is a feature with our 1981 Alfa Romeo Giulietta and an interview with…

The 1958 Jensen 541R has worked on getting all the panels onto the car to double-check fitment after paint. The team have put the one-piece clamshell bonnet and both doors and boot lid onto the classic GT cars to begin…

The Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team have finished with the complete repaint of the 1981 MG B GT LE. Following its time with the fabrication team, the body was worked on and perfected by the body prep specialist…