Work is well underway now on building up the bespoke interior. With first fit electrics now in place Asa has been able to shape the side walls and cover them in grey carpet.
The brand new green carpets are now being fitted to our Maserati Merak.
Big thanks to the guys at Bridge today for taking care of my car. Quick and efficient service, great bunch of guys. I will recommend you to all
With the newly re-chromed and rebuilt front grille now complete we have been able to loosely refit to the car. This will be tightened once the bonnet section are fitted and secured.
A unique feature on our 1949 MGYT is the invisible cooling blind that is operated by a pulley system beside the radiator. When pulled a blind lifts up in front of the radiator but behind the front grille. It can not be easily seen but it acts as a temperature control feature. The blind itself […]
Along with the impressive folder detailing the expenditure of the rebuild comes a fantastic binder full of colour images relating to the project.
Monday 29th May 2017 – Bank Holiday Monday Worlingworth Car Treasure Hunt Anything planned for Bank Holiday Monday? If not, why not join the folk of Worlingworth for the day on their leisurely Treasure Hunt – a gentle journey through the lanes of “Secret” Suffolk, with 50 “treasures” to spot from the car and clues […]
We received a very special delivery at Bridge HQ this week. Daisy’s new interior! VanWurks specialise in VW camper interiors and conversions. With superb quality and attention to detail, combined with modern features and original styling, their interiors and conversions are a popular choice with the Volkswagen camper enthusiast. We have worked alongside VanWurks on this project […]
The first fix wiring as now been installed in our 1989 VW T25 project. With the brand new bespoke interior arriving later today the second fix is currently being worked on as we speak ready for the interior installation to commence at the weekend.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During our recent post on our visit to Morston Hall we mentioned meeting Bernard and his wife who had, at home, a Mk1 Ford Cortina. Bernard told me as a part of his retirement that he travels around Suffolk and visits our churches and photographs his car with the church and writes about the experience. We are very […]
Dave is now starting to refit the chrome on our 1949 MG YT. A lot of the original parts have been re-chromed however some of the parts were beyond repair so we have replaced with new. When the car arrived at Bridge Classic Cars both the front and rear bumpers had taken a serious hit […]
The body of our 1960 Jensen 541S has been successfully refitted back on the newly painted chassis. With the original colours now confirmed we can continue with the body preparation ready for the full respray. Extra images from Trevor at the paint-shop…
Thank you very much to everyone who booked to have their MOT with us last month. Every MOT we carried out in April automatically entered our free prize draw to win a 3 course meal and a bottle of wine for 2 at Aurora Bar & Restaurant, Ipswich. We can now reveal that the lucky […]
Another assortment of Jensen 541S components have now arrived back from paint shop ready and waiting for exciting rebuild to commence.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During our recent post on our visit to Morston Hall we mentioned meeting Bernard and his wife who had, at home, a Mk1 Ford Cortina. Bernard told me as a part of his retirement that he travels around Suffolk and visits our churches and photographs his car with the church and writes about the experience. We are very […]
Extensive work was needed on our Jaguar E-Type seat brackets, so much so that a triple coating process was needed to be carried out to ensure the perfect end result. Here they are in the copper plated stage. When we next see them they’ll be 100% perfect and finished in polished chrome.
Here we have the first stages of fitting the new grey carpet set to the front Daisy, our 1989 Volkswagen T25 camper.
What better combination than Indi Verde green against the stunning red leather. It is not so much noticeable on the seats but the entire interior set up has been stitched in green to match the car colour. It is more noticeable on the rear cover. Ordinarily the rear column on the Merak’s are covered in […]
Can you re-chrome a classic car grille as one piece? The answer is yes… …but we wouldn’t recommend it. If you want to do a job right, do it properly. It may seem like a daunting task stripping a grille like this into individual pieces but it is absolutely worth it for the final […]
Received a lovely email this evening from George Merson… “Craig. I just looked at all of the restoration pictures of “Finnigen”, my 51 MG TD. I must say you did a fantastic restoration, the car looks absolutely fantastic. It should be good for another 60 years. I do hope the new owner appreciates all the work you […]
Here we have the first pictures of our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Series 3 as it returned this week from our paint shop, having undergone a full respray.
With all of the chassis preparation now complete, the gloss black finish has now been applied. We can now move forward with refitting the body that we removed earlier in the build. Once this is fitted we can progress to the paint shop for the fill respray back to the original, factory set, colour.
The final task to undertake before the chassis is finished in it’s new gloss black coating is to seam seal all of the edges. Good seam sealing will prolong the life of a vehicle after restoration. Virtually all rust problems on a car will start in the seams. Here is a very informative article written […]
It has probably seemed a little quiet recently on our 1960 Jensen 541S project but be assured we’ve been very busy making the final tweaks to the chassis ready for it to be painted. Before the chassis entered our paint shops it was so full on for Tommy and Asa working on both the chassis […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During our recent post on our visit to Morston Hall we mentioned meeting Bernard and his wife who had, at home, a Mk1 Ford Cortina. Bernard told me as a part of his retirement that he travels around Suffolk and visits our churches and photographs his car with the church and writes about the experience. We are very […]
A great example of when having the right tools operated by the right people can overcome anything… Here we have one of the L bracket covers from our 1975 Maserati Merak front seats. Unless you can find a Merak that is being broken (which we only know of one currently) these brackets are no longer […]
I’m guessing he wasn’t out picking her his full ‘bulk’ shop for the week but here we have this brilliant track day Caterham parked up outside Makro in Ipswich on Sunday morning.
“Just a quick message to let you know about the red MGB GT you put a wiring loom in for me. I would just like to say how happy and pleased I am with the work undertaken. Its very nice for everything to be working on the car and not to jiggle the wires round […]
Three safe arrivals in the same week. Baby Loick joined us Monday. And our Jaguar E-Type and concours Austin Morris Mini Clubman arrived on Tuesday. Brought to our Ipswich workshops from the north of Scotland by Ronnie; the owner of Karr Solutions. We use Ronnie for all our vehicle shipments that don’t require our covered […]
Congratulations to Bridge owner Craig and his partner Lyndsay on the safe arrival of Loick Ashley on the 23rd April. Weighing in at 7lbs 4.5 oz. Here at Bridge we like always look forward and obviously what every boy needs is a smart set of wheels. Welcome to the family Loick, your chariot awaits