Early 2019 we’ll be able to introduce a new project to the workshops, a classic TVR Grantura. It is coming in as a stalled restoration with the previous company no longer trading and leaving the customer with an unfinished project. For now we have the engine in for a full rebuild with the body shell […]
Our 1973 Ford Cortina 200GT was one of the recent topics of conversation on Classic Ford For Sale, reaching out (at the time) to over 56,000 members and a huge 257,000 followers.
Today, we collected this wonderful little 1961 Austin 7 from Stanway in Essex and brought her back to her new home just down the road from us in Woodbridge, Suffolk. The current owner is in the process of relocating himself so we assisted with the movement of his classic car. A wonderful little car, welcome […]
The long awaited arrival of the E-type parcel shelves. Over the years we have accumulated a lot of Jaguar contacts and we felt we had exhausted the majority of these when we searched for replacements for our parcel shelves. We finally received a new pair and have been able to fit them up into the […]
In our workshops ready for the beginning of the week we have our 1964 Land Rover. This amazingly quirky car is somewhat of a challenge for Tommy as we look to remove the diamond plate (checker plate) from the top of the front wings and bottom of the rear wings. The car has been hand […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23891,23898,23897,23896,23895,23894″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Credit, as always, to Paul Johnson Valeting for carrying out an excellent job on detailing our 1976 MG B V8. The car is now ready for re-sale.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23899,23910,23909,23908,23907,23906,23905,23904,23903,23902,23901,23900″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few more images before she moves over to our showroom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24106,24107,24109,24110,24111,24112,24113,24114,24115,24116,24117,24118″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Not yet confirmed but a possible future project will be our 1974 Maserati Merak. The car was imported to the UK a few years ago and was essentially a good running car when it arrived. believed to be 99% complete the current owner just wanted it to be checked over mechanically, for any works to […]
Here we have a set of radiators all ready for the trip over to Sheldrake & Wells in Ipswich for their complete overhaul. In amongst the collection we have the radiators from our 1957 Jensen 541R and 1960 Jensen 541R.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brian has been busy polishing the faded bright work on our 1934 Austin 10. A little elbow grease and TLC and it’s come up lovely, a complete transformation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”24046,24047,24048,24049,24050,24051,24052,24053,24054,24055″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Work is almost complete on the refit and welding of our 1989 Ford Granada sills. The sills are brand new and have been a fantastic purchase for us. Buying pre-made sills has saved Tommy a huge amount of time and effort. Without them, he would have had to re-shape the metalwork to replicate the Granada’s […]
Dave has successfully re-manufactured the strengthening bars that hold the driver and passenger’s seat into position. Our objective was to lower the seat as much as we could to allow for more head room and hopefully a more comfortable driving position. The new structure has resulted in the seats being able to be lowered almost […]
We needed to remove the enormous head of our 1939 Packard to reveal the gasket and as expected unfortunately this is what is causing the running issues. A new gasket has been order from the US and the head is currently being machined to remove all imperfections. We can now confirm that the head is […]
There are fores and againsts’ with the Jaguar E-Type V12 engine; the fores are that it is a truly stunning engine that looks and sounds incredible…the againsts is that it is so big and tight that it is difficult to take close up pictures of things 🙂 Here we have the new heat shields now […]
We are now fitting up our body panels to check for any issues with the lines and curvatures of the bodyshell.
Our rear off side bumper required some repair work due to it being ill-fitting. A replacement bumper was becoming difficult to source so we opted for repair work instead. Dave carried out the repair work in-house to ensure a perfect fit. Once completed the bumper went away to Wyatt Polishing to be re-chromed and polished ready […]
The repair work on our 1968 Jaguar E-Type is now complete. The chrome work and fittings were removed, we have repaired and re-shaped the door, wing panel and lower bonnet. The body has been prepared and painted, blending in the quarter and scuttle.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1957 Jensen 541R (chassis 328) metalwork has now been sorted ready for the trip to Wyatt Polishing in Thetford. Tony and the team at Wyatt will now strip and prepare the metalwork ready for the re-chroming process to begin. This process can take around 8-10 weeks but as we are not in an immediate […]
Both heater matrix’ have now gone off to the guys and girls at Sheldrake & Wells in Ipswich to be overhauled.
As part of the full engine rebuild within our engine shop, Ady has successfully completed the rebuild of our 1955 Austin Healey’s rocker shaft and fingers. Now this is complete we can wrap up and store safely until such time as we are ready to refit.
Sorting through the chrome work of our 1960 Jensen 541R 1960 Jensen 541R – chassis 493 Brian has also successfully stripped, cleaned and repainted both the pedal boxes and heater boxes from both our Jensens.
It has been a tough few days and Tommy has been working solidly but we have now successfully fitted up the new sills. Still a bit of work to go before we can carry out the paintwork but we have made fantastic progress up to now.
We were informed of a water leak on our 1998 BMW 840CI the day before she arrived in our workshops so part of our task was to identify the issue and rectify where necessary. As a short term fix and to enable to vehicle to reach our workshops safely, the customer applied Radweld into the system. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prior to releasing our 1961 Ariel Leader to it’s new home, Brian first gave it a run up to ensure the engine was running as it should. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8aQ9IG16Jg” align=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Article shared from www.keepingintouchwith.com/woodbridge publication and image shared from Jetty Lane CIC East Suffolk Council has thrown its support behind the proposed landmark community, arts and youth centre in Woodbridge by granting £188,800 to the social enterprise Jetty Lane CIC. Jetty Lane CIC is working to build and run a new centre to support young people, artists and […]
Ady is now actively working on the restoration of the Corvette V8 engine that will be married up to our 1957 Jensen 541R. The block has successfully been machined and the unleaded conversion has been carried out with the 3 angled valve seats – 75′, 45′ to 30′
Tommy has now started to remove the worst affected areas to the nearside sills. Only by removing can you see the full extent of work required. Patching up may be a short term solution and may help to get the car through an MOT successfully but rust spreads and just by hiding it underneath something […]
Source: Instrgram @shelbytribble Checking in on the world of showbiz we have former Miss GB Shelby Tribble enjoying a day out (or 2) at celeb hot-spot Sheesh Restaurant in Chigwell, Essex. Here she is looking beautiful standing in front of the Sheesh fame classic MG followed by one of the ultimate classics…the Ferrari F40.
In today we have the front pair of 1936 Riley Merlin Nine seats along with a beautiful piece of hide supplied to us by the vehicle’s owner. The seats will be completely stripped back, the frames will be refurbished before we apply new cushions and bespoke covers. They’ll be good as new in no time. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We already hold the tooling to re-produce the front grilles themselves but now requiring the front grille surround it was back to design mode for Dave as he got to work fabricating the surround edging. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bridge Classic Cars at London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”23649,23650,23651,23652,23653,23654,23655,23656,23657,23658,23659,23660,23661,23662,23663,23664,23665,23666″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Source: Veteran Car Run As an unseasonably mild London was still covered by darkness, nearly 400 pioneering veteran cars, their intrepid drivers and plucky passengers gathered in Hyde Park on Sunday (4th November) waiting for daybreak to signal the start of the remarkable […]