Paul and Scott are working on both our 1957 and 1960 Jensen 541R’s. This lovely chromework has just arrived back at the workshop and will now be installed onto the car.
We’ve completed work on this gorgeous, luxurious Rover P5B. This stunning example is now leaving Bridge Classic Cars to be enjoyed by it’s owner again. Colin from Viper Automotive Detailing has done a superb job preparing this vehicle for the customer.
Chris has been working on a wheel hub refurb. There is no job to big or too small for the team to tackle! Chris sanded down and smoothed the wheel trim surface before priming the wheel trim. He then applied a perfectly colour matched coat of paint. Lovely work, Chris
Our Aston Martin DB5 is now back to her best and running beautifully. Don, Pete and Ady have overhauled and rebuilt the carburettors. replaced the spark plugs, replaced the fuel filter, set up carburettors on the car and tuned the carburettors to run smoothly. Great work, team.
We have replaced the clutch slave and master cylinder on our 1978 Mini Clubman. The car now drives beautifully and is ready to be returned to it’s owner
Recently acquired by us here at Bridge Classic Cars with the intention of carrying out a full and well deserved restoration. Our car features in the Riley Motors V Twins article Source: Riley Motors V Twins “Also in the Register membership CW151 a 1905 1200V Twin. Engine bears the number 20850/860 cast into the side so probably engine […]
A new windscreen is required on our 1973 Triumph TR6 as the sun’s reflections are showing up all the imperfections in the existing screen. Slight scratches and a glaring fog is visible when the sun is shining so a new screen is being fitted. Whilst doing so we are replacing the existing rubbers and surround […]
As with all of our vehicle sales, our ’71 MGB Roadster went through a full pre delivery inspection. The exhaust and manifold didn’t meet our high standards so we have replaced the entire exhaust and manifold with a new stainless steel unit.
Paul and Scott are both working on our 1957 Jensen 541R restoration. Today Scott is fitting in the headlights while Paul is installing the handbrake lever. Paul has had to shorten the realise button rod to perfectly fit. It’s now being fitted back into the car. The next major steps will be to complete wiring […]
Visiting our workshops today we have our 1994 Mini Mayfair. Having been painted in 2010 the car started to suffer from a few rust issues which the customer attempted to tackle himself. The corroded areas seem to have been kept under control but has left a lot of imperfections in the paint. These are mainly […]
Pete has been busy this afternoon assessing the damage to our 1973 Triumph Stag after an unfortunate encounter with a deer. The deer has torn through the underneath; dislodging and damaging the radiator, oil cooler and fan. The front valance was also damaged in the collision. We will now report our findings back to the […]
The fuel tank is now going through a full transformation as we remove the badge housing, blast the tank and prepare for paint. The end result will be a flush, smooth finish in a high gloss colour, TBC.
We’ve carried out a remedial repair on our 1971 MGB Roadster where the paint looked a little less than acceptable. Colour match was a little challenging but we got there in the end and the results look fantastic.
With our 1960 MGA nearing completion on it’s restoration journey with us it was time for the final photo shoot. We wanted a nautical theme for our shoot as the owner has a keen interest in boats and with so many beautiful spot in and around Woodbridge we needed no further reason to get down […]
Chris has been working on our beautiful HMC Mk IV. He has repaired chips on the rear quarter panel corner and repaired the fibreglass on the bumper mount hole. Top work, Chris
Scott has been hard at work preparing our Peugeot 504 for Darren and Chris in the paint shop. Scott has finished repairing the offside reinforcement rail and repaired the rear floor under the rear seat support. To do this Scott has had to cut this and the rear bulkhead open and repair all the rust […]
Tom has been making superb progress on our Jaguar E-Type Race car. The ethos of this build has always been to keep weight to a minimum, delivering the rawest possible E-Type racing experience whilst highlighting the incredible skill of our engineers. This car will meet all road legal requirements whilst being hugely competitive on the […]
Reading through the service history we came across some good ol’ fashioned printed photographs.
It will be lovely to see the return of our 1967 Jaguar E-type into the workshops on Tuesday next week. Having now been on the road for some time with it’s new owner it is time to go over the odd snags and the first full service since leaving us. Mauro has been on the […]
Arriving in our workshops this week we have our 1973 Rover 3500S. We are awaiting a full assessment in order to decide the next steps for this project.
Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist has got our Series One Land Rover fired back into life. After several years stood still, she is in need of some TLC to get back to her best. To get the engine running Ady has rebuilt the carb. There is still plenty of work still for Ady to […]
Our 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe is starting to take shape in the beautiful, original Cherry Red finish. Darren has now completed the priming stage of the entire shell and has given the underside it’s first coat of Cherry Red. Next week we will see the car out of the paint shop ready for the rebuild […]
This week we see the return of our absolutely stunning 1957 Triumph TR3, Mille Miglia approved classic. We are even more excited to announce that very soon this car will be made available as a competition prize for some lucky person to own and cherish and MAYBE even enjoy the Mille Miglia celebrations themselves…imagine that!! […]
Mauro has sent a load of components needed for our TR6 restoration through to Chris in the Paint shop. Chris has now painted all the metalwork and it is ready for Mauro to continue assembly on the car. Great work guys.
We’ve completed work on the lovely little ’33 Austin 7. The brake shoes have been fully refurbished and relined and installed back into the vehicle.
Darren has completed the bodywork preperation on our Morris Mini restoration. He’s also completed the first coat of epoxy primer. This will be sanded back to a smooth finish before moving onto base primer coats. Lovely work, Darren
Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist has got our E-Type fired into life. Ady has noticed an occasional misfire. He has stripped the 45 Weber carb as there was a misfire on cylinder 6. Upon closer inspection, the tiny mixture screw had broken off. Ady’s now ordered up a new screw and will be reassembling […]
This gorgeous 1962 Triumph TR4 is in the classic car workshop today for repairs to the paintwork. It will be heading into the paint shop where Darren and Chris will be taking care of her.
In preparation for the upcoming live draw of our 1994 TVR Chimaera 500 in the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions we have decided to improve the look of our already stunning TVR Chimaera by removing the few stone chips on the front. In order to carry out this task successfully we have removed the bonnet so […]
I think it’s fair to say Oscar is pretty pleased with the recent addition to his garage. Hello guys, just thought I would send you a few pics of the car, it’s still super weird to go downstairs and see it there! Thank you. Congratulations Oscar. We’re glad to hear you are enjoying your Esprit. […]