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A Double Winner Gets His Second Classic Prize

We have recently delivered another classic car to double-winner Roger Woodcock! Back in December 2021, Roger won our 1975 MGB GT V8 and then, last week, he was the extremely lucky winner of our 1987 Volvo 240 GL. Everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars would like to congratulate Roger on being our second double-winner and […]

A Stag Enters The Workshop

Our 1974 Triumph Stag recently arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars Workshop. As you can see from the images below, it needs a good clean and will obviously undergo a thorough inspection and assessment with the workshop team. Once our classic car technicians have given it the all clear, we will be able to put […]

A Harley-Davidson Arrives

Our 2008 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 has just arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. Now that it is here, our team of classic car technicians will thoroughly inspect and assess its condition before its future is decided. As you can see from the images below, this stunning bike is in need of some attention but […]

Talking Classics With Simon Bennett

Simon Bennett has been a huge car enthusiast from a very young age. He is now the founder and CEO of Vint-tro. He also has an E-type with a very interesting story too! We were fortunate enough to sit down and have a conversation with Simon about his business, his love of cars, and the […]

A Short Film Based On Group B Rallying

If you are a rally fan then you have likely heard about Group B rallying. Before its ban in the 1980s, it featured some of the most powerful and truly spectacular rally cars ever seen. Richard Madden, of Game of Thrones and Bodyguard fame, stars in a short film all about Group B rallying which […]

Coming Together

Our 2022 Bridge C-type Replica has been making good progress recently. Our team of classic car technicians have been busy putting everything together and this very special vehicle is starting to take shape. Despite there still being quite a bit more work to do, it is already very obvious that this is an extremely exciting […]

Another New Arrival – 2004 Mazda RX-8

Our 2004 Mazda RX-8 has just arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. As it is a new car in the workshop, it will have to undergo a full and thorough inspection by our team of classic car technicians. Once they have inspected and assessed our RX-8, a plan of action for the future will […]

Just Arrived – 2015 Land Rover Defender 110

We have very recently welcomed our 2015 Land Rover Defender 110 to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. This isn’t any old Defender though as it comes with quite a bit of history, despite it only being 8 years old. Belonging to explorer and adventurer Ed Stafford, this imposing vehicle was stolen and stripped of a […]

Our Ferrari Delivered

We recently delivered our 1985 Ferrari Mondial to lucky winner Daniel Fallon. Daniel became the new owner of our Ferrari when his ticket number, 754, was randomly selected at the Bridge Classic Cars festive live draw held on Thursday, 22nd December 2022. Everyone here would like to congratulate Daniel again and we hope we enjoy […]

Mercedes-Benz Club – Coffee & Tour Visit

The Mercedes-Benz Club hosted a private and exclusive event at Bridge Classic Cars on Thursday 30th March 2023. Members of the club had the opportunity to have a tour of our workshop as well as enjoy refreshments and spend some time with other Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts. This event was for members of the Mercedes-Benz Club Only […]

A Mobile Repair – 1965 Aston Martin DB5

Our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 may have left the Bridge Classic Cars workshop a while ago, but that doesn’t mean we don’t still give it some attention from time to time. Recently, classic car technician Jon and workshop manager John visited our DB5 at its owner’s home to investigate why it wasn’t starting. The two […]

Featured In East Anglian Daily Times

The East Anglian Daily Times recently published a list of the 5 major shows and events running in Suffolk in January 2023. The Bridge Classic Cars New Year’s Car Rally was included in this list which we are very excited about. Our rally was a great success and we had a lot of fun spending […]

Good As New

Our friends at Wyatt Polishing recently completed some restoration work and zinc plating for a number of seat runners and bonnet struts for the Jensens currently in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. When components like this look as good as they now do, you can tell that the fully restored cars they become a part […]

Original Number Plates Of The White Lady

The White Lady is a very special car. It was the first-ever car made by the Jensen brothers all the way back in 1935. The owner of The White Lady and friend of Bridge Classic Cars, Joerg, recently had the original number plates of this impressive car refurbished by Tippers Classic & Vintage Plates. It […]

Entry Now Open – 1975 MGB GT V8

You can now enter the draw to win our 1975 MGB GT V8. This beautiful classic car is 1 of only 30 finished with the rare Bracken bodywork and Autumn Leaf trim. There is extensive paperwork and history that comes with this car and it is a fantastic example of how good these classic British […]

More Progress In The Atelier At Bridge Classic Cars

Progress continues to be made in The Atelier at Bridge Classic Cars. We recently opened our bar for the very first time at our festive live draw in December and we are soon to be installing a brand new coffee machine too! The bar recently got a bit of an upgrade and, as you can […]

Porsche East Show

On Sunday, August 20th, the Porsche East show is taking place at Rickinghall Village Green. There will be food and drink available to all in attendance as well as giving you the opportunity to admire some very nice cars too. As it is Porsche’s 75th anniversary, the event will be focussing on classic cars and Porsche’s […]

Gauges And More Switches

Classic car technician John has once again been working on our 1971 Jensen FF MKII. He stripped and removed the tachometer and clock from the car as the tachometer needs to be converted to electronic ignition and the clock needs to be repaired. John went on to polish the chrome window trims at the rear […]

An Interesting Location

Obviously, everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars has a passion for classic cars. However, we love finding interesting vehicles of all varieties and, recently, we found another. On our travels, we got to experience Bassenthwaite Lake Station. This is a cafe in a restored railway station on the former Cockermouth to Keswick line. What we […]

A New Sunroof

Our 1978 MGB GT is getting even closer to leaving the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. Classic car technician Brian has been busy making and fitting a new sunroof for this eye-catching classic car. Brian started by fitting the wood sections to the metal brackets that surround the sunroof opening. He then laid the frame bars […]

Looking Back At Christmas 2022

On Thursday 22nd December 2022, Bridge Classic Cars hosted our festive live draw from The Atelier. During the event, lucky winners were found for our 2005 Aston Martin DB9, our 1985 Ferrari Mondial, and our REC Tourer Watch and there was live music from The Three Chordettes (featuring our very own Molly). The event also saw […]

Delivering Our 2005 Aston Martin DB9 To Its New Owner

We recently took a drive all the way from our Suffolk workshop to Cornwall to deliver our 2005 Aston Martin DB9 to its new owner – Nick Jones. Nick was the lucky winner randomly selected in our live draw held on Thursday 22nd December 2022. His winning ticket number was 1643. While we were on […]

A Successful New Year’s Car Rally

Yesterday the Bridge Classic Cars New Year’s Car Rally took place. The rally began at our workshop where participants enjoyed hot drinks and the opportunity to speak with fellow car enthusiasts. Once everyone had spent some time admiring each other’s cars and had a cup of coffee, we all set off, in convoy, towards our […]

A Unique Story Of 2 1964 Daimler V8 250s

Most classic cars come with a unique history of memories and stories that date back decades and even multiple generations. A lot of the time though, these stories and these memories are very personal to the current and former owners of the vehicles. However, from time to time, the story of certain classic cars extends […]

Engine Rebuilt

The engine of our 1940 Morris Gun Tractor has been undergoing a complete rebuild. This has been making good progress and we are now expecting the newly rebuilt engine to be back with us in the next few weeks. Once the engine is back at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, the restoration journey of this […]

Welding Continues On Our 1968 MGB GT

Welding work has continued on our 1968 MGB GT by classic car technician Rob. He cut out and started to repair the corrosion on the right-hand side of the rear chassis leg. Once this was complete, the right-hand wheel arch and chassis rail was finished too. Rob then went on to repair the rear spring […]

Prep Work

Our 1959 Jensen 541R has continued to make progress through its restoration journey over the last week or so. Lydia has been hard at work finishing her prep work on some metal parts of this rare classic car. Lydia’s prep work is to get these components ready to be painted at a later date in […]

The Investigation Begins

Classic car technician Steve recently began his investigation on our 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI. During his work, he found a few issues that will need to be resolved while our Alfa is here with us at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. One of the first things that Steve noted in his investigation was that […]

A New Arrival – 1974 Volkswagen Beetle

The newest arrival has arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and it is our beautiful Volkswagen Beetle. Affectionately known as Delilah (thanks to the first part of the number plate), this iconic and extremely popular car has come to us for a full restoration. Everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars will look after Delilah […]

Just Arrived – 1964 Amphicar 7-70

After its recent visit to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, our 1964 Amphicar 7-70 has returned to us ready to be restored for its owner. Amphibious cars are always interesting vehicles to look at and to work on and this one looks like it will be no different. Everyone in the workshop is looking forward […]