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 […]
We can now confirm that our 1969 Pontiac Firebird is leaving Canada for UK shores. A huge thank you to our good friend Bud for arranging the transportation over in Canada. Now over to Schumacher Cargo Logistics for the shipping scheduling.
In our workshops today we have our stunning 1939 Packard 120. Having been in the showroom of world renowned classic and vintage car dealers Vintage and Prestige for over 3 years she has had little to no attention with regards to servicing and maintaining. The car is owned locally to us here in Woodbridge so we […]
Today, we took a trip to Manchester, to visit the Runway Visitor Park, a unique venue surrounding the world’s most iconic plane, the Concorde! It’s the perfect venue that caters for product launches, gala dinners, team building events, exhibitions or meetings. What an amazing place. The setting is directly next to one of Manchester’s main runways […]
Here is our 1939 Packard making it’s way to our workshops having spent some time with the guys at Vintage & Prestige in Grays, Essex. We’ll look to carry out a full re-commission of the car to ensure everything runs as it should before we find her a new home in the new year.
As part of the re-commissioning of our 1968 Jaguar 240 the customer has decided to fit the vehicle with a set of multi-spoke Jaguar wheels. In order to carry out this task firstly we need to replace the existing hubs with new ones, supplied to us from the guys MWS. Easier said than done, the hubs […]
Source: Instagram @manonlegreve Great British Bake Off‘s Manon Lagreve enjoying a day out in sunny London when she comes across this 1991 Nissan Figaro. We followed Manon‘s progress throughout this year’s show and she did amazingly well, reaching the quarter finals of undoubtedly the biggest show of the TV calendar. Not only did she achieve […]
Some very questionable repairs have been carried out to the underside of the spare wheel carrier so we’ve stripped the entire area back to reveal exactly what needs to be done to put it right. Fibreglass had been applied over the corroded areas which is only a short term fix and is not recommended. These […]
Work is now complete on our 1933 Talbot AX65. The rear boot panel and door have been repaired and painted. The rear wing has also been blackened once again and we have carried out various sympathetic touch ups around the entire car so as to improve but not detract from the originality of the bodywork. […]
Rebuilding the BMW 8 Series shocks are a very specialist skill so we called upon the experts over in Poland to help us out on this one. The results are incredible. The Nagengast company is a Polish enterprise operating on a European wide market, which has specialized in regeneration of automotive parts for 35 years. Main activities of […]