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1937 Austin Nippy has arrived at Bridge Classic Cars

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bridge Classic Cars have just taken delivery of a beautiful car collection. All the cars are being recommissioned in our workshops in Ipswich. 1937 – Austin Nippy – Truly beautiful and in fantastic condition.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” interval=”3″ images=”873,872,723,639,633,638,636,635,634,880,879,877,875,733,730,729,728,727,725,719,724,722,721,720″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

1967 MGBGT has arrived at Bridge Classic Cars

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bridge Classic Cars have just taken delivery of a beautiful car collection. All the cars are being recommissioned in our workshops in Ipswich. 1967 – MGBGT – Signal Red, black leather piped in red…lovely![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” interval=”3″ images=”618,619,620,621,622,623,624,625,626,627,628,629,617″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Great things happening to Ipswich Town Centre

Tower Ramparts: Work to convert the shopping centre into “Sailmakers” is well under way, costing £4 million. This has prompted existing tenants like Top Shop to commit themselves to the centre while new stores like Pandora jewellery are on the way. Buttermarket: The first phase of the conversion of the shopping centre into a shopping […]

The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show 2015

Friday 13 November 2015 – Sunday 15 November 2015 From: £20.00 Halls 1 – 5 & Pavilion Car Parking: £12.00 per day Public Show If you’ve got a passion for motoring then head to the NEC this November to The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show. With over 1,800 classic cars, 300 motorcycles, 600 trade stands, […]

Chris Evans to be new Top Gear presenter

TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up, the BBC has announced. Evans said he was “thrilled” to get the job, describing the motoring show as his “favourite programme of all time”. “I promise I will do everything I possibly can to respect […]

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£43 million private car collection…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For sale: £43 million private car collection. It’s so extensive they’ve had to open up another day just to flog them all. Ladies and gentlemen, on 13 August 2015 at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction, a private collection of 30 cars will be offered up for sale. What makes this newsworthy however, is that the […]

Maserati Merak

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bridge Classic Cars can now reveal that the next restoration will be… a Maserati Merak. This 3 litre version, believed to be an SS but still has to be confirmed was purchased after the owner realised that after four years the restoration was beyond his reach. The car originally in Verde Indy Green with red […]

A classic act by Mr Charlie ‘Pimlico’ Mullins!

It’s not everyday that the plumber turns up wearing top hat and tails in the company van – but then it’s not every day a plumber is summoned to Buckingham Palace by the Queen. The occasion was last month when Charlie Mullins, founder of London-based Pimlico Plumbers, was awarded an OBE for services to plumbing, recognising […]

Jaguar XJS Convertible – 63000 miles

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]JAGUAR XJS CONVERTIBLE Automatic 5.3 V12 63000 miles with FJSH Solent Blue with Magnolia Leather. Kept and loved by one fastidious owner for the last 23 years. Stored in a heated garage and maintained regardless of cost covering a mere 500 plus miles a year between MOT’s. Apparently as every XJS that has ever been […]

Discovered tucked away in a garage, it’s time to bring her back to life…

1954 – Morris Minor

More than 2,000 classic cars lined up for world-record attempts through Coventry city centre.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Parade will start from Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Sunday June 14 and also include around 1,000 Jaguars. Thousands of classic cars will parade through Coventry in an ambitious bid to set two new world records at the same time. Coventry Transport Museum has teamed up with classic car insurance brokers Footman James and the Ricoh Arena […]

Classic Car Weekly – January 2013

Our 1973 Aston martin AMV8 featured in Classic Car Weekly in January 2013. ‘Fancy an Aston Martin but don’t have much dosh? Well, if you’re handy with the spanners, ACA’s barn-stored V8 automatic project could be just the thing to keep you occupied this year. V8’s aren’t the cheap DB alternatives they once were, but their olde-worlde […]

Car And Classic – January 2013

Our 1924 Riley 11/40 Sports Tourer and 1973 Aston martin AMV8 featured in Car and Classic in January 2013. 1924 Riley 11/40 Sports Tourer ‘…there’s a marvellous 1924 Riley 11/40 sports tourer with fascinating history, exported new to Australia, it was discovered in the early eighties in a semi-derelict having been rebodied as a farm […]