We recently completed the full restoration of our 1976 Triumph Spitfire. Its very happy owner came all the way from his home in France to collect this beautiful classic and to take it for its first drive….back to France! As first drives go, that’s a big one but our Spitfire and its owner made it […]
Bentley introduced the fourth-generation Continental GT Speed on the first day of this year’s Festival of Speed. The car is being presented twice, once in the hillclimb and the second in an innovative ‘underwater’ display. The Continental GT Speed, available in both coupe and convertible models, is the most powerful road-going Bentley ever. Equipped with […]
Last night, Craig and I were invited to Vintage Bentley as part of an evening hosted by P1 Fuels. We also had a great stay in the De Vere Horsley Estate Hotel. P1 Fuels are synthetic e-fuels that act as a drop-in solution to fossil fuels. Any petrol car can be run on P1 without […]
Our 1971 MGB Roadster is in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for its final check over before it heads off to its new owner. During the checks, Jon found out that the stop light had stopped working so a new one was placed on order.
Earlier this week, we welcomed a new arrival to our Suffolk HQ in the shape of this 1974 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 Roadster. The car was transported over to our Pettistree workshops for our team to take a look at the car for its owner and appraise its overall condition. It’s always nice to […]
Our 2003 MG ZT V8 has been getting into shape ahead of its repaint under the watchful and skillful hands of our painter Alan. He’s worked on getting the car back to bare metal in places and then reworked certain areas so when he does lay down that stunning dark blue, everything will look absolutely […]
Our trim team are always engaged in the constant pursuit of perfection, and their most recent exploit is the dashpad of our 1956 Jensen 541. Our trimmer Lydia made the dashpad for our classic Jensen a few months ago now, but the project is now at the stage of having its interior put into the […]
Our 1970 Morris Minor 1000, which found itself stranded outside our Suffolk HQ has been worked on by the team here and ready to hit the road again! But, before it left our workshop. Tony gave the car a once over to make sure she looked her best before her excited owner came to pick […]
The 1981 Austin Vanden Plas is in the workshops at our Suffolk HQ for the team to get a few jobs done on the classic hatchback. First up, Jon has been working on the lift pump which he noted was leaking so he made up some new gaskets and sealed them back onto the car. […]
Our technician Rob has been methodically working his way through stripping the dashboard of our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe. Each individual piece that is removed was carefully inspected and evaluated before being bagged and labeled. The dash itself, which is wooden, will be repaired and restored by a local specialist while the clocks […]
Our 1966 Daimler 250 V8 has found its way to its new home with Paul. Paul recently won our classic saloon through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions and we want to wish him many happy miles with the car.
Our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster has been moved from our restoration workshops, across our site to its new home in the Classic Lounge. This unique, handbuilt roadster was loaded in by the team to be kept safe ahead of the marketing team taking it out on a very special photo/video shoot. But, since the car […]
To begin with, Jon has taken over the preparation of our 1986 Fiat X1/9. He is carrying on with repairing this rare and quirky sports car, beginning with getting the bonnet releases to work correctly. Jon had to remove the catch and latch out of the car to modify it in order to accept the […]
Our paint and body team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been busy at work with our 1973 Porsche 914. Although the car looked good, the paintwork had become tired. So, the team have made the decision to revitalise this beautiful aircooled sports car. The team worked on getting the body in perfect […]
Workshop manager, and electrical guru, John has been working on stripping down the centre console of our 1979 Ferrari 400. The wood itself will be refurbished for the car, but while it is out John is testing all the switches and making any repairs that are needed. Another part which is being worked on by […]
Jon has been working on getting our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster back into tip top condition. This handbuilt, unique and rare example of the car needed some expert attention to get it running and driving just as it should. The final part of the work, is to sort out the last few little leaks and […]
Our 1959 Jensen 541R, which was recently restored, came back to our Suffolk HQ for its first check up after being used and enjoyed by its new owner. Along with a check up and oil change, the team had to do a couple of little revisions for the owner. But, after being given the green […]
Our barn-find 1952 Austin A40 Sports Carbiolet has been moved by our transport team to its new home in our safe and secure storage facility, The Hangar. Since coming out of its slumber, the team have worked very hard to get this car back to its former glory whilst also preserving the cars originality. Now, […]
Paul, one of our restoration technicians, has been working his way through the list of finishing jobs on our 1956 Jensen 541 project. With the car now moved into the finishing room of our workshop, the team are full speed ahead on getting this classic GT back on the road. To begin with, Paul has […]
Our 1939 Jaguar SS100 has had quite the summer! Completing the Mille Miglia and then going on tour around Europe, its time for the car to get a bit of TLC and some rest. Since arriving back, the car has been looked over by the team and cleaned up ahead of our transport team moving […]
The automotive industry is going through some big changes right now. This seems to have coincided perfectly with the huge growth and continued development of artificial intelligence (AI). As a result, it should be no surprise that AI is finding its way into the automotive industry in a number of ways. If the use of […]
The fabrication team at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been working on getting our 1973 Ferrari 246 GTS ‘Dino’ back into tip-top condition. Christian, one of our talented fabricators, has been working his way through the areas of corrosion on the car to make up new panels to perfectly fit this stunning classic sports […]
Sometimes we work on projects and never actually get to see the car. Take our recent Renault Clio seat repair. The seat arrived to us minus a car, we carried out the work required and the seat went back home. On this occasion, the customer was kind enough to send us in some images of […]
Goodbye’s are always bittersweet. Our team spent so much time invested passionately in each and every project that we do, that we develop significant relationships with the cars that we bring back to life. Case and point – our 1976 Triumph Spitfire. This Java Green classic sports car arrived in our workshops in March of […]
The Festival of Speed, presented by Mastercard, is happening this weekend. Starting today (11th July), and running until Sunday (14th July), FOS 2024 is going to be full of incredible cars and bikes with numerous new vehicles being revealed for the first time. This year, MG will be a huge focal point, with a Central […]
Clinton has spent a lot of time recently working on our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead. He has been fabricating and repairing various structural parts of the body including the rear arches, wings, inner rear wings, various panels, and a lot of components that hold the rear of the car together. The car has been […]
Recently, Craig was on Suffolk Sounds talking to Jenna Ackerly about his career, Bridge Classic Cars, his future plans, and, as expected, classic cars. Listen here.
At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Honda is bringing back the Prelude! The original Prelude made its European debut 45 years ago and was produced until 2001. The new Prelude is aimed to be a fitting return for the nameplate, as it blends style with a hybrid powertrain. The name “Prelude” refers to an […]
The investigation and rebuild of the engine of our 1964 Mercedes 230SL has now begun. Cam wear was noticed and the cam chain was stretched. The tensioner for the cam chain was also worn, as were the bores. The injection pump and injectors will be serviced while the engine is out of the car. The […]
Our transport team have been incredibly busy in the last few weeks with multiple classics being moved all around the country alongside their work shuttling restoration projects in and out of storage from our secure storage location, the Hangar, back to our main workshop in Pettistree. One car that the team did move this week […]