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Our 1993 Bentley Turbo R is now live on the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website. For just £9.00, you have the chance of becoming the new owner of this beast of a car. When the Turbo R was first introduced…

Christmas is just around the corner and we will be beginning our festive celebrations with our Mince Pie Drive 2024. On Friday 5th December, we will be taking a small convoy of our classic cars to four local care homes…

Jonn has been repairing our 1989 Alfa Romeo Spider. Here are his notes on the work completed: Check digital clock not working in centre console. Connections good, face illuminates but no digits visible. Refit and leave as requires new clock….

Mauro has been polishing the bonnet of our 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500. He has repaired the chips and cracks along with completing some light welding next to the headlights. The car was then prepped and primed.

The front suspension crossmember of our 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 has been stripped and overhauled. New bearings and seals were fitted to the main part, then the steering idler was stripped and new parts fitted. Now it has been masked…

Our 1963 Bentley S3 Continental has been in the Bridge Classic Cars paint shop with technician Chris. He finished the panel levelling before masking the car up and applying polyfan.

Classic car technician Neil has been working on the rear bushes of our 1968 Triumph Spitfire.

Christian has been repairing the bulkhead of our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe.

The hood of our 1999 Rover 216 Cabriolet is finished, cleaned and ready to go. Clinton made the side tension cables for Lydia, as these could not be sourced online and appear to not exist! As soon as the tension…

Our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. It has come back to us so we can investigate a non-starting issue. Here are Jonn’s notes for the work completed: Strip carbs and clean pistons….

Former Vauxhall MD (amongst many other influential positions), Stephen Norman recently reached out to us after seeing the arrival of our 1976 MG Midget. This is what he said: “The MG Midget went out of production in 1978, two years…

Lydia recently covered the gearbox tunnel of our 1956 Jensen 541 with sound-deadening material. Paul has also made and fitted the brake pipes from the master cylinder to the main pipe connector. Paul then went on to build up the…

Lydia has fitted the hood to our 1999 Rover 216 Cabriolet, as far as she can take it without some vital parts that she is waiting for. A set of tension cables was sent, but although the correct ones were…

It was all hands on deck to get the headlining fitted to our Ford Transit MKII Tipper in an afternoon before the windscreen fitters arrived the next day. Luckily this didn’t take too long as it’s only a small roof…

The overdrive on our 1980 Volvo 245 GL was not working. After investigating, Steve found that the connector under the gearbox tunnel had pulled out so he soldered a new connector on. The alternator from our classic Volvo has returned…

Jonn recently fitted a new fan switch into the radiator of our 1970 Jensen Interceptor. He then topped up the lost coolant and took it outside so he could run it up to temperature. When he did this, the fans…

The roof frame of our 1 of 1 1905 Riley 9HP has been in the Bridge Classic Cars paint shop with technician Mauro. Mauro painted the brackets in black before also painting the wood.

Rob has continued with the rebuild of our 1976 Triumph Spitfire. The headlamp bezels have been fitted and the bonnet has now been fitted to the car too. The door seals and B post capping finishers were fitted and the…

We have recently welcomed another car into our new secure storage facility, The Hangar. This time, it was a classic MG that is now safe and secure in its controlled environment in a Carcoon.

The Bridge Classic Cars van, our 2005 Mercedes Vito has been with technician Neil undergoing some maintenance work. Neil looked at the suspension and aux belt of our longstanding workhorse!

Mauro has been removing dents and completing filler work on our 1978 Triumph Stag. After this was complete, he went on to apply primer in preparation for painting.

Our friend Caroline, from Global Workshop, who provide us with our restoration management software recently attended the Caravan Camping & Motorhome Show 2024. While she was there, she took some photos to show just how great the day was.

What a fantastic weekend we had at Manor Park Classics for their February 2024 classic auction. It’s the first time I’ve been and the second trip for Gordon and I must say, I’m super impressed with the venue and set…

If you ever wanted to combine rock ‘n’ roll and classic cars; you’d probably end up with this…a 1973 Ferrari 246 Dino GTS purchased from new by Peter Grant, the manager of legendary rock group Led Zeppelin – and that’s…

The chassis of our 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 is back from powder coating so some small new parts have been refitted. The front suspension components have been painted, and new bushes, parts and bearings fitted ready for attaching. We are…

Alan has prepped the inside of the bonnet of our 2022 Bridge C Type Replica ready for paint. He masked up the bonnet with new masking tape and sheeting and painted the inside in fine aluminium.

We are used to seeing a wide range of interesting vehicles enter the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. However, we have recently welcomed something a little bit different – our Raleigh Chopper MK3 ‘Ben Sherman’ Limited Edition. As one of only…

We are extremely happy to be the main sponsor of the Classic and Sports Cars By The Bridge event in aid of Cancer Support Suffolk. The entire team here at Bridge Classic Cars understand how important the charity’s work is…

Our 1970 Jensen Interceptor has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for a service, which technician Neil has been undertaking.

The roof frame of our 1905 Riley 9HP has been in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop with Mauro. He has been prepping the frame before applying epoxy primer ready for it to be painted black.