Scott continues to rebuild the offside rear hub assembly. He has fitted new drop link bushes on to the rear anti roll-bar and has now started to refurbish the rear callipers.
James has been busy repairing one of the protective covers for the brake and fuel lines, which sits underneath the back of the Jaguar E-Type V12. This one had gone misshapen and had some corrosion, from moisture being let in along a damaged edge, which is why it needed work doing to it. The other […]
Brian and Kath have been busy continuing to make the new interior for the Continental Bentley. Brian took the old covers off the front door armrests and rear quarter panels. The rear quarter panels become armrests once in the car, sitting either side of the rear seat, in this two-door car. Kath sewed up the […]
Lydia has taken a step away from the trim shop to join James C and James P in the preparation area. Parts for the Honda are now in the process of being cleaned and prepared. The door handle surrounds and wing mirrors are being prepared, ready for paint.
Tamas has manufactured a spare wheel carrier bracket to hold the carrier in place. Having recently recovered the original dash, when fitting to the car we recognised that the dash was slightly larger than required. We have now stripped the dash back to reveal the area that requires adjustment. It has now been rectified and […]
Brand new Newbury Motors plaques have been refitted to both side steps of the car to replace the existing and tired looking Newbury Motors plaques.
Coming soon to the Bridge Classic Cars workshops, we have our 1978 Land Rover Series 3. This will undergo a full restoration here with Bridge. Having been off the road for some time we look forward to getting her back up and running once again. See you soon Landy…
Scott has been busy rebuilding the hub carriers for the Jaguar E Type 4.2. He started by fitting the universal joints, and then cleaned up all the parts because they were covered in old grease! Scott then inspected all the parts and found that the near side rear wheel bearing was worn from sitting. Handily, […]
Source: BBC News Business – Theo Leggett: Business Correspondent Vauxhall owner Stellantis has announced plans to build electric vans at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire. It produced its first car, the Vauxhall Viva, in 1964, and produced the Viva, Chevette, and Vauxhall and Opel Astra. The £100m investment, which the UK government will contribute […]
We have discovered a slight fuel leak whilst preparing our VW T2. Upon closer inspection a fuel hose was disintegrating so we have replaced the hose with new and the fuel leak is no more!
Our beautiful blue Morris Minor is in the paint booth ready for paint to finish its visit.
We’re in the process of reconstructing the Aston Martin DB2/4 bonnet which is showing signs of dubious structural integrity. The team have removed the frame from the bonnet so that they can fix it. This had to be done by cutting it in half and sliding it out on either side, meaning that when they […]
This charming Beetle came into us due to a breakdown caused by a condenser wire rubbing against the body and causing issues with the distributor. Ady is attending to the engine problem whilst Mauro carries out a service.
The exhaust on our Peony Jensen has been fitted by Demand Engineering. We now need to put the seats and pins in, air filter, bleed the gearbox and modify the number plate.
We’ve been taking apart the rear axle on our green Jaguar E-Type Series 1 so that we can rebuild it back up to performance. Scott has been rebuilding the wheel bearings so that he can fit new ones.
Last week Kath was working on a new headliner and sun visors. Today, Brian is setting up the Hilux so that the ceiling cloth can be fitted. Brian first cleaned the roof, before fitting sound deadening. Once the sound deadening was in place, Brian then begun fitting the roof lining fabric, gluing it perfectly into […]
Pricey and Lydia have been working on our Honda Integra. Lydia has been sanding down various panels in preparation for paint whilst James has been taking apart the internal panels around the arch and fabricating new parts.
On Thursday, the team headed down to shoot our blue 1989 Austin Mini at Bentwaters. Although it was a rather gloomy day, Freddie and Ellie still managed to shoot a fantastic video and gallery of images with Charlotte. You can take a full look at the photos here, first up we have Charlotte’s portraits: And […]
We’ve been putting the finishing touches on the steering wheel of our Triumph TR6 before it goes back to Germany. Kath has dedicated her time to the pain-staking process of recvoering the wheel and carefully sewing it up around the inside edge, making sure the stitches are tight and strong. We’ve also been making sure […]
We’re lucky enough to have our own interior trim department in house here at Bridge Classic Cars, which allows us to maintain our high-quality services, lower costs and provide tailored custom interior trims for our clients. With a skilled team of three, we attend to worn out, dirty and tired interior, replacing and reworking everything […]
We’ve worked on this Jaguar E-Type V12 before but this time it’s only in, in part. Ady has been taking the carburettors off it to be able to strip down, clean and assist.
Matt and James have now finished Freddie’s Subaru to better-than-factory finnish. The majority of the work took place on the rear driver’s side wheel arch and sill as well as under the spoiler on the boot lid. All this Subaru needs now is a good clean once all the paint and setting chemicals have settled.
Brian has been working to remove the covers from the rear sear rub backs on our Aston Martin DB2/4. He’s taken apart the covers and used them to mark out leather for new covers. He’s then sewn the covers together and glued the original foam back onto the metal seat. Brian has added extra layers […]
Lydia has been sanding down our 1998 Honda Integra bumper panels and front grill ready for more restorative work to be done on it.
New arrival to Bridge Classic Cars, our absolutely stunning 1969 Mercedes SL 280 Pagoda has come in for a complete engine rebuild. Although driveable, the car is running very badly. Work will commence on the rebuild very soon.
Our 1960 blue Morris Minor has been in the paint shop this week with Chris and Matt, having it’s recently repaired rear wing painted to match the rest of the car and the wheel primed and painted, it’s now back to its colourful former self!
We’ve just received the chassis to our yellow 1951 Riley back from the sandblasters. With all the rust off, we can now start to build it back up.
Pricey has been repairing one of the rear sides of the Honda Integra. First of all, he welded a new inner arch, grinded it and then dressed it up. He then went on to fabricate the inner wheel arch. Next, was to clean surface corrosion off the outer wheel arch and treat it, panel beat […]
We’re delighted to see our Ford Model T starting up and running so smoothly today.
As part of the service, Mauro has replaced the rear brakes on our 1972 Beetle. The rear brake cylinder was replaced due to leaking brake fluid. The front suspension ball joint was replaced due to slight play.