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With the majority of the components cleaned up and refurbished and the shell back from the paint shop looking stunning in Snowberry White, tomorrow we all plan to get together to discuss the next step of the build. We are…

Taken in as a future restoration project, this fantastic Mercedes SL Turbo Diesel is now available to buy on eBay. The reason for sale is simply that we just don’t have the space to store her as a future restoration….

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Great team work today as the newly rebuilt Maserati Merak engine was gently lowered into the vehicle before being fixed into place. She’s finally starting to look like the gorgeous 70’s Supercar she once was.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”7595,7596,7597,7598,7599,7600,7601,7602,7603,7591″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are now well on the way with refitting our 1976 Maserati Merak. Probably one of our most challenging builds to date, not only did the car come to us as a ‘box of bits’ but sourcing parts and information…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1968 MGBGT is now back with us from the paint shop ready to be refitted. Finished in Snowberry White the shell has been completed re-sprayed and a special Snowberry White stone chip has been applied to the underneath for…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This morning we saw the return of our 1966 Morris Minor 1000 for it’s yearly MOT. She’s been with us a couple of times in the past for some remedial work to be carried out but this time, she was…

Yahoo News reports that more women are joining the predominantly male-dominated classic car market than ever before, new research has revealed. According to a study of 2,009 adults conducted by classic car insurance broker Footman James, 26% of women would…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This morning, we took delivery of the rear suspension’s larger components from Scott at B&R Bodyworks in Gt Blakenham. The smaller items we blast ourselves in-house but the larger and less delicate components are taken to one of our many…

Our good friend Tony from Wyatt Polishing in Thetford came to visit our Ipswich workshops today. He has just finished re-chroming the door handles of our 1971 Volvo P1800 and said he’d drop them off for us, fantastic customer service I…

The new windscreen has now been fitted to our freshly painted VW T25 Camper. She is now watertight. Just a few more days till we see her back in our Ipswich workshops ready for the custom design decals to be…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we’ve said on many occasions, when carrying out any work on your classic car (or modern for that matter!) take lots of photos! Some of them you’ll look at in years to come and think “what did I take…

Here we have the first images of the new Snowberry White finish to our 1968 MGBGT. Snowberry White is a very creamy white. It was a very popular colour used in the 1960’s and generally speaking was used by the…

Our 1932 Vauxhall Cadet engine has now been removed from the vehicle ready to be stripped, repaired rebuilt. As you can see from the images, the seals have not prevented the ingress of water and unfortunately as the water has…

Mark and Lauren have had a busy morning removing and loosening all of the components required to remove the engine from our 1932 Vauxhall Cadet. Hopefully we’ll have a body minus an engine by the end of the day so…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Tuesday 20th September our completed 1951 MG TD Competition Abington MK II was taken to Priory Hall in Hadleigh, Suffolk for the celebratory photo shoot. We were welcomed at the beautiful hall by owner Cyndy who showed us her…

It’s been a long time coming but the new V5 UK registration is now with us. The new UK plates have been produced. Unfortunately it was a little too late coming so our wonderful photo shoot by Jason at Sugar…

…and we’ve found the issues but unfortunately it will mean the engine will now need to be removed. It’ll be removed later today and completely stripped down for internal inspection. Whether the bloc will need to be re-bored or honed…

Our 1969 MGB V8 is in today to be MOT’d. This was due to take place in the afternoon which gave us the morning to get a few extra jobs done to the car. Our first job of the day…

It’s been a busy weekend for Trevor this weekend as he worked on getting our Volkswagen Camper T25 in primer ready for paint. On Monday morning Craig popped over to the paint shop in Needham Market to answer a couple…

Our 1969 MGB V8 has arrived this morning so John has been busy today getting her ready for tomorrow’s MOT. First job of the day was to checked it over, a fuel leak has been reported but after a thorough…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Earlier today, we too delivery of our 1932 Vauxhall Cadet. You may have seen her out and about at the Suffolk car show’s, she’s in with us today for a general check her over. We’ll be checking over the engine…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Coming to see us at Bridge Classic Cars very soon is a lovely 1932 Vauxhall Cadet from Felixstowe. A few little running issues to investigate and some work needs to be done on the suspension. We just love how original…

Thanks to Tony at Wyatt Polishing for sending through some up to date images of our 1971 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster chrome being worked on in their Thetford workshops. We’ve been very busy of late and as this project is…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We teased you with some images back in August of our 1976 Maserati Merak engine just as we were completing the rebuild. Well next week we’ll be introducing her back to the body shell once again as she gets fitted back…

We just accepted delivery of our newly refurbished Triumph TR7 wheels. As much as the 2 tone black and chrome rims did look fantastic we felt that the originals would look much better so after trawling the internet in source…

Our 1971 Jaguar E-Type v12 Roadster is now ready for the big task of welding. As we have mentioned previously, this beauty spent some time in the US with the intention of being a drag car. With this in mind,…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today, we welcomed a 1984 Mercedes 300TD in to the Bridge Classic Cars workshops. The purchase of the call was to assess the car as a potential winter restoration. The car has spent the majority of it’s life over in…

Years and years of muddy water, dirt and grit flying about underneath takes it’s toll on the underside of your vehicle. The underneath is often taken for granted and forgotten about. We like to polish up the shiny bits, the…

With the bodywork well underway it’s time to fit the engine back into the T25 Camper.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We recently took delivery of a fully restored Triumph TR7. The previous owner of 16 years did a full ‘nut and bolt’ rebuild and has enjoyed just over 15,000 trouble free miles in her. Only brought to market as he…