The beautiful 1995 BMW 850CSi has recently arrived into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop to be worked on by our in-house paint and body team. The team will prepare and repaint the rear bumper and front scuttle panel on this iconic 1990s GT car for its owner as well as do the full inspection and […]
This beautiful 1973 Volvo 1800ES has just arrived into the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops at our Suffolk HQ. The car has come in for a series of jobs to be carried out by the in-house restoration teams but the car will also be fully inspected and assessed by the teams to make sure everything […]
The workshop at Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ here in Suffolk have been looking into the running issue on the 1974 MG B GT V8 which was noted by the owner. The restoration team began by looking at the ignition system and found several key parts of the system were not working as they should. […]
The Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop has been busy removing the engine and gearbox from the 1933 Austin 7 to inspect and get to the bottom of some issues for its owner. After carefully disconnecting all of the various wires, cables and hoses from the classic Austin, the team could begin the process of liberating […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on getting through the list of jobs on the 1968 MGC Roadster. The latest work to be completed on the car is the new addition of hazard lights fitted into the lower centre console of the classic convertible before specifically made blanks were installed in […]
The team at Bridge Classic Cars have finished up the service on the 1981 Triumph TR7 V8 at our restoration workshops in Suffolk. The car will also be given a mechanical check over by our restoration technicians who will report back any of their findings.
The trim team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on modifying and creating parts for the dash of the 1970 Bristol 411 for a left-hand drive conversion. The dash cover and panel have been modified and stripped in order to work with the new placement of the ignition barrel and steering column. The ignition […]
The 1952 MG YB in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop has come into our restoration team for a brake service. Rob carefully took apart the brakes on the classic MG saloon to inspect all the shoes, seals, cylinders and hardware. Upon inspection of the front brakes, he discovered the wheel cylinders to be leaking and […]
The 1987 Mercedes 500SL has been moved from the preparation area at Bridge Classic Cars into the paint shop and then, into our in-house paint booth/oven. The paint and body team, along with the fabrication shop, have spent a lot of time getting the classic R107 ready for its date with the paint booth making […]
The 1970 Bristol 411, which is having a LHD conversion carried out, has had a brand new glovebox insert made by our incredible trim shop. Because of the change around in placement, the original insert conflicts with several brackets behind the glovebox itself. So, Brian has made one entirely from scratch built specifically for the […]
The bodyshell of the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible has been braced by the Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team in preparation of the repairs to begin. The team have braced and strengthened the bodyshell to ensure that not of the panels move out of alignment when they’re removed and to allow our fabricators to measure them […]
Last night, the 31st March 2022, the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions team welcomed our largest ever studio audience to find out who the lucky winners of the 1966 Jaguar Mk2 and 1970 Morris Minor 100 were. We had put out an open invitation to attend this live draw, as we have done in the past, […]
Last night, the 31st March 2022, the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions team welcomed our largest ever studio audience to find out who the lucky winners of the 1966 Jaguar Mk2 and 1970 Morris Minor 100 were. We had put out an open invitation to attend this live draw, as we have done in the past, […]
Our in-house trim shop at Bridge Classic Cars has finished the interior overhaul on the 1969 Sunbeam Rapier that arrived from South Africa a couple of months ago. We believe the interior to have been redone at some point in its life but there were a few details on the car which the team just […]
The left-hand drive conversion of the 1970 Bristol 411 is pressing ahead with the wiring harness and steering arms fitted back into the classic GT car. Paul has been working on getting all the pieces needed for the left-hand drive change. The first being the wiring harness has been fitted up into the dashboard of […]
The 1968 MGC Roadster in the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop has had its new stereo and speakers installed into the interior of the classic convertible. Jon has been working on carefully running the wiring throughout the car from the rear pillars under the carpets and inside of the centre console to the new head […]
With the brand new carpet set fitted into the 1952 MG TD, we thought we would show you a comparison of the original carpets and the hand-made set made by the Bridge Classic Cars in-house trim shop. Each of these pieces was individually cut and finished by our team and fit into the car to […]
The paintwork of the 1965 Porsche 912 in the Bridge Classic Cars Paintshop is now complete! With our part of this fantastic restoration project complete, it’s time for the classic air-cooled Porsche to head off for final assembly. The car arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop a few months ago, with a mismatch […]
The Team C Racing Mini has been completed by the Bridge Classic Cars in-house paint shop and is headed back home to Team C for final assembly. The Innocenti Mini arrived at our workshops a few weeks ago and has had many hours of work put into it in order to get it looking absolutely […]
The beautiful and elegant 1969 Bentley T1 has been in the Bridge Classic Cars in-house paint booth to have its first layers of paint applied. Chris and the paint team have worked hard to get the body of the classic Bentley into perfect shape before it headed into our paint booth. The Bentley is being […]
The latest round of DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal donations has been sent off from Bridge Classic Cars Competitions to directly help those affected by the recent invasion. As many know, the car was donated by previous winner Jar Joyce to help fundraise for the DEC’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. So far, we have raised over £27,000 […]
The interior of the 1952 MG TD had had several more hand-made pieces crafted by the Bridge Classic Cars in-house trim shop. Lydia and Brian have been working on completely replacing the carpet set in the classic MG with new material in the closest colour possible to the original. Each of the pieces for the […]
The amazing trim team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on removing and renewing the interior of the 1952 MG TD. Brian and Lydia have carefully stripped back the old interior of the car to make way for the handmade replacement that will be installed. Lydia has been remaking the carpeted gearbox tunnel section […]
The modified heater box of the 1970 Bristol 411 has been in the Bridge Classic Cars in-house paint shop to be refinished. Mauro has worked on getting the heater box prepared and then thoroughly cleaned down before each individual piece was hung in the spray booth and sprayed in durable black ready to be reinstalled […]
The 1965 Porsche 912 has just had its first polishing session completed by the Bridge Classic Cars in-house paint team. With it in such great shape, we thought we would pull it outside and get some photos of just how good the Polo Red paintwork looks in the light. Alan, one of our paint technicians, […]
It’s always nice when friends of Bridge Classic Cars drop in at the restoration workshops at our Suffolk HQ. This time, it was our friend Hans who had his vintage Opel truck fully laden with all manner of pre-war goodies. Hans was on his way back to Holland to organise having all his recent acquisitions […]
Bridge Classic Cars Competitions was recently featured in the Motoring section of the national newspaper, The Daily Mail. The Daily Mail featured our beautiful 1966 Jaguar MkII and Ukraine Appeal 1989 TVR S2 to explain just what we do giving everyone the chance of owning their dream classic car for a few pounds.
Bridge Classic Cars is excited to announce that we can now supply beautifully hand-made stainless steel Jensen 541 front grille replacements. These are handmade to exactly match the openings and shape of the original grilles of the car. The replacement grilles offered by Bridge Classic Cars are uncut and come without any supports or bracketry, […]
The recent winner of the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions 1952 MG TD stopped by the Bridge Classic Cars workshop to check out his new car. Alan and his partner Danusia made the trip from just North of London to our Suffolk HQ to have a look a the classic MG which Alan had won on […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team took a trip over the weekend to head north and collect the 1959 Jensen 541R from its resting place and bring it back to our Suffolk HQ. It was an early start with our new van hitched up to our enclosed trailer to make the journey to the north of […]