One recent addition to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop comes with much more importance than first meets the eye. Our 1991 Maserati Bi-Turbo Spyder E
Adrian Fuller was the lucky winner of our 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco Storm in the live draw held on 27th October 2022 with ticket number 809.
Soon to be on its way to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop is our 1973 Jaguar E-type. As you can see from the photos below,
The time recently arrived for us to say goodbye to our 1958 Jensen 541R. This beautiful classic car came to us from Holland and spent
The lucky winner of our 1981 MGB GT LE, Martin Godwin, took delivery of his classic car earlier today. Martin was randomly selected as the
You can’t get much rarer than our 1905 Riley 9HP. With only 3 believed to be left in existence (including the one in our workshop),
Bridge Classic Cars would like to invite you to our live draw on the evening of Thursday 10th November 2022 where someone will win our 1966 Ford Cortina
So many of us here at Bridge Classic Cars have been feeling very nostalgic ever since our 1966 Ford Cortina MK1 1500 GT arrived. This
Classic car technician Al has been working on our 1956 Jensen 541 lately. Recently, he has been focused on continuing the painting of the chassis
As much as electric cars have gained in popularity in recent years, a key issue that has put some people off from making the switch
Newly listed on MyClassics.co.uk is a 1970 Land Rover Series IIA. It is in need of some restoration work but it will no doubt be
Classic car technicians Monty and Christian have been spending quite a bit of time with our 1975 Jensen Interceptor MK3 lately. From removing the front
Classic car technician Brian has made a new glovebox for our 1992 Rover Mini Cooper 1.3. He did this by first making the patterns he
Since the chassis of our 1959 Jensen 541R has been back in the workshop, classic car technician Rob has been busy rebuilding the car. He
We recently delivered our 1970 Jaguar XJ6 Series 1 to the very lucky new owner – Martin Tyte. Martin won this impressive classic car through
Since returning from the sandblasters, the chassis of our 1956 Jensen 541 has spent some time in our paint shop being painted. It’s not very
Classic car technician Jon has been investigating a leak on our 1972 Rover 4500S. The leak was found to be coming from a hose to
Rumours have been circulating over the past couple of days that the Ford Fiesta will be removed from production soon. Ford has now confirmed that
Our 1977 Triumph Spitfire came into the workshop for the team to investigate some running issues it was experiencing. Classic car technician Jon has begun
Now that the chassis of our 1959 Jensen 541R is back in the workshop, classic car technician Rob has started the process of putting everything
The interior trim of our 1978 MGB GT has had new hardboard panels made. The finish of the new panels goes a long way in
A little over a year ago, we said goodbye to our 1972 Chevron B20. Everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars loved this formula 2 car
Classic car technician Chris recently started the body shaping process on our 1986 Daimler DS420. Quite a bit of restoration work has already been completed
The classic car technicians here at Bridge Classic Cars spend their days working on a wide range of classic vehicles. As quite a few of
If you’ve ever wanted to own a classic mini, you have the chance to do just that over at Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Entry is
Another new arrival has made its way to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the form of our 1991 Maserati Bi-Turbo Spyder E. The car
Along with its new interior, sun visors, and roof, our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible has a new pinstripe too. Classic car technician Chris made
Everyone at Bridge Classic Cars is extremely sad to hear about the unexpected passing of GenX Radio Presenter Tim Gough. Our director Craig was recently
Last month we were a finalist in the medium business of the year category at the Suffolk Business Awards. We had a great night at
If you like classic Mercedes, then the newly listed 1969 Mercedes 300 SEL might be a great car for you. With lots of restoration work
One recent addition to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop comes with much more importance than first meets the eye.
Our 1991 Maserati Bi-Turbo Spyder E was previously owned by Robert Furniss Riding. Known as Bob, Robert was a hardworking man. He progressed in his banking career into the role of Group Treasurer of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Bob had a keen interest in sailing while working in the city. However, after moving to the Isle of Man, his attention turned to collecting quality cars. He ended up getting involved with numerous car clubs and was even appointed as Chairman of the Conister Trust and Manx Classic Car Club. He was also President of the Manx Motor Racing Club and he became something of a classic car enthusiast.
Bob’s car collection grew to one of considerable size. In fact, he even moved to a large country house in order to have enough garage space to keep his ever-growing collection safe.
After his sad passing in May, Bob left his car collection (worth around £1.5million) to charity. He had been a keen supporter of local charities for a while. Even after his death, Bob wanted to continue to make a difference. He had a particular passion for maritime charities (thanks to his previous love of sailing) and for charities that helped young people.
The RNLI was named the Residuary Beneficiary of the Robert Furniss Riding estate. This meant that when his collection of cars went to auction (including our Maserati), the proceeds went to the charity. The funds raised will help support them in their extremely important work of keeping people safe at sea.
Our 1991 Maserati Bi-Turbo Spyder E is a very cool car. It is one of just 147 right-hand drive 2.8-litre Spyders made and brings a whole load of style to this modern classic.
However, what makes this car truly special is that its former owner was a hardworking individual who loved generously sharing his seemingly endless knowledge of classic cars with anyone who needed it. He supported multiple charities and has made a big difference to their operations.
Everyone at Bridge Classic Cars sends our condolences to Bob’s friends, family, and loved ones. We will make sure his Spyder is well looked after!
Adrian Fuller was the lucky winner of our 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco Storm in the live draw held on 27th October 2022 with ticket number 809.
We delivered the car to Adrian today and, as you can tell from the photo below, he looked very pleased to have won it.
We would like to congratulate Adrian once more and we wish him all the best with his new classic car.
Soon to be on its way to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop is our 1973 Jaguar E-type.
As you can see from the photos below, this is a beautiful classic car and we are very much looking forward to seeing it in person when it arrives very soon.
Once it gets here, it will receive a thorough inspection from our classic car technicians and a plan of action for the future will be put in place.
The time recently arrived for us to say goodbye to our 1958 Jensen 541R.
This beautiful classic car came to us from Holland and spent a few months with us while our team of classic car technicians bought it back to life. It leaves us looking very different to how it looked when it first arrived at our workshop and we are very happy to see it move on to its next chapter.
The lucky winner of our 1981 MGB GT LE, Martin Godwin, took delivery of his classic car earlier today.
Martin was randomly selected as the winner in our live draw held on 27th October 2022 with ticket number 1562.
Everyone at Bridge Classic Cars offers our congratulations to Martin and we wish him all the best on his future road trips in this beautiful car.
You can’t get much rarer than our 1905 Riley 9HP. With only 3 believed to be left in existence (including the one in our workshop), we understand how important it is to bring this truly classic car back to life.
Our team of highly skilled classic car technicians have been working hard to rebuild our 9HP and, despite numerous setbacks and challenges, progress is still being made in the restoration of this more-than-a-century-old car.
Bridge Classic Cars would like to invite you to our live draw on the evening of Thursday 10th November 2022 where someone will win our 1966 Ford Cortina MK1 1500 GT.
During the evening, our workshop will be open for people in attendance to look around and some of the team will be on hand to share information about the cars being restored. There will also be live music from local band The 3Buskateers, food from Woodbridge Mobile Pizza Company, and coffee from Carmello’s.
The main event of the evening will be our live draw at 7 pm, where one lucky person will win our 1966 Ford Cortina MK1 1500 GT.
You can win this classic car by entering the draw at Bridge Classic Cars Competitions
It would be amazing to have the winner in our live audience so make sure you enter the draw to be in with a chance of that person being you.
The live stream will begin at 7 pm, but everyone is welcome from 6 pm.
Come along and enjoy our musical entertainment and spend some time talking classic cars with us.
The live draw will take place at Bridge Classic Cars, The Nursery, Main Road, Pettistree, Woodbridge IP13 OHH
Enter Suffolk Plant Centre and continue up to the gates where Bridge Classic Cars can be seen on the left.
We look forward to welcoming you on Thursday 10th November 2022 at 6 pm
So many of us here at Bridge Classic Cars have been feeling very nostalgic ever since our 1966 Ford Cortina MK1 1500 GT arrived.
This is a classic car that a lot of people have fond memories of thanks to how popular they were through the 70s and 80s.
If you want to experience owning a Ford Cortina all over again, then you can enter the draw to be in with a chance of winning our 1966 Ford Cortina MK1 1500 GT as it is now live on Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Classic car technician Al has been working on our 1956 Jensen 541 lately.
Recently, he has been focused on continuing the painting of the chassis and its numerous components.
As well as painting the rear inner arches of this soon-to-be beautiful classic car, Al also painted the door frames too.
Work will continue on our 1956 Jensen 541 and it is great to see progress being made in its restoration.
As much as electric cars have gained in popularity in recent years, a key issue that has put some people off from making the switch over is their long charge times. Hyundai has come up with the next generation of more environmentally-friendly hydrogen-powered cars in the form of the new Hyundai Nexo.
Technically, the Nexo is an electric car. However, what makes it different to other electric vehicles is that it has an onboard fuel cell generating its power, rather than a big battery pack.
Using Hydrogen to feed the fuel cell means that you can completely fill the tank of the Nexo in around 5 minutes. This is substantially quicker than you can fully charge standard electric cars. What is potentially even more impressive is that, after a Hydrogen refill, you can expect a range of over 400 miles before you’ll need to top-up again.
When it comes to the Nexo’s environmental impact, you can drive knowing that you are keeping your emissions as low as possible. Hydrogen-powered cars, like the Nexo, produce emissions in the form of purified air and water. This is obviously much more environmentally friendly than petrol or diesel-powered vehicles.
There have been hydrogen-powered systems before but Hyundai has engineered the one used in the Nexo to make sure interior space isn’t sacrificed for the sake of powering the car. It does seem that the brand has been pretty successful in this too. The boot of the Nexo isn’t too far away from that of a petrol or diesel-powered SUV and there is a decent amount of space for passengers in the back of the car as well.
As the fuel cell and everything that goes with it have been so efficiently built into the Nexo, it has enough space to be used as a practical family car which is important considering its price.
Hyundai is expecting to sell the Nexo in large quantities. While this seems like an obvious thing to say, the price tag of a little under £70 000 might be too much for the vast majority of motorists to afford.
The Nexo certainly seems to have the potential for laying the foundations for the future of the motor industry. A practical car that drives well, has plenty of space and produces zero emissions does tick a lot of boxes of what a future-proof car looks like.
However, the cost, the low number of hydrogen filling stations, and the current popularity of electric cars could make it a challenge for hydrogen-powered cars like this to completely take over.
Newly listed on MyClassics.co.uk is a 1970 Land Rover Series IIA. It is in need of some restoration work but it will no doubt be up and running again with a little bit of attention given to it.
This iconic classic vehicle runs although the current engine is somewhat smokey. A spare engine comes with the Land Rover though which has been seen running in another vehicle.
Full details can be seen here.
The Land Rover is also listed on eBay.
Classic car technicians Monty and Christian have been spending quite a bit of time with our 1975 Jensen Interceptor MK3 lately.
From removing the front wings to working on the new body panels that arrived at the workshop, they have been busy making good progress on this special classic car.
As you can see from the photos below, things are progressing well and work continues as our Interceptor moves further along its restoration journey.
Classic car technician Brian has made a new glovebox for our 1992 Rover Mini Cooper 1.3.
He did this by first making the patterns he needed from cardboard. He then used these to cut the shapes out of mill board and using scoring boards to put creases in the appropriate places.
All the parts were fitted together outside of the car to make sure everything fit perfectly together.
Once everything had been made, checked, and finalised, Brian fit the new glovebox into the dashboard of our special little Mini.
Since the chassis of our 1959 Jensen 541R has been back in the workshop, classic car technician Rob has been busy rebuilding the car.
He has already bolted the front wheel arches and the mounting frames into place and he has also started work on fitting the body and the roof back together again.
The car already looks very different than it did when it first arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and it will continue to change as it moves along its restoration journey.
We recently delivered our 1970 Jaguar XJ6 Series 1 to the very lucky new owner – Martin Tyte.
Martin won this impressive classic car through Bridge Classic Car Competitions in our live draw on 20th October 2022, with ticket number 18.
Everyone here is very pleased to hear that Martin loves his new car and we wish him many happy years (and miles) in his stunning new Jaguar.
Since returning from the sandblasters, the chassis of our 1956 Jensen 541 has spent some time in our paint shop being painted.
It’s not very often that you see the chassis of a car in this state so it’s always interesting to see this stage of restoration work.
Classic car technician Jon has been investigating a leak on our 1972 Rover 4500S. The leak was found to be coming from a hose to the radiator.
Jon tightened all the hoses and checked the pressure in them too. While he was working on this eye-catching classic car, he also looked at the intake pipes. The ends of these were cut off and refitted to the air filter.
No leaks are coming from our special Rover now so it seems to be ready to get back out on the road very soon.
Rumours have been circulating over the past couple of days that the Ford Fiesta will be removed from production soon. Ford has now confirmed that these rumours are, in fact, true and the Fiesta will be no more as of June 2023.
Since its introduction in 1976, the Fiesta has become a common sight on UK roads and consistently featured in the list of most popular cars in the country.
The Ford Fiesta has become something of an icon over the years and it is a highly recognisable car. With so many people having owned a Fiesta, been driven around in a Fiesta, or fallen in love with a Fiesta, this news will likely bring a sense of sadness. Fond memories of this little car will be commonplace and it’s hard to not feel that this is the end of an era.
Ford has said that the reason for the discontinuation of the Fiesta is linked to their “planned transition to an electric future.”
The statement from Ford states:
“As we get ready to transition to an electric future, we will discontinue production of S-MAX and Galaxy in Valencia, Spain in April 2023 and discontinue Fiesta production in Cologne, Germany by end of June 2023….We will introduce three new exciting electric passenger vehicles and four new electric commercial vehicles in Europe by 2024. We plan to sell more than 600,000 electric vehicles in the region by 2026, and the electric passenger vehicle production at the Cologne Electrification Centre will reach 1.2 million vehicles over a six-year timeframe.”
This statement also confirms the end of the Ford S-Max and the Ford Galaxy to make way for a new range of electric Ford vehicles over the next few years.
Whatever the reason, the Ford Fiesta is coming to an end so it’s time to say goodbye to the little Ford that made a big impact on the motoring world.
Our 1977 Triumph Spitfire came into the workshop for the team to investigate some running issues it was experiencing. Classic car technician Jon has begun looking into these issues and already found and rectified some of them.
The first thing Jon did was to charge the flat battery. He then removed and regapped the spark plugs. While doing this he found that the gap on 2 of the spark plugs was closed completely which could be a cause of some of the running issues.
Jon went on to remove and check the carb too.
The video below shows Jon making sure the static timing is aligned and that the rotary arm is pointing to cylinder 1 as it should. The video also shows the advance moving in the distributor when the vacuum is applied.
Now that the chassis of our 1959 Jensen 541R is back in the workshop, classic car technician Rob has started the process of putting everything back together again.
This will obviously take some time and it will require a huge amount of patience and skill. Fortunately, our classic car technicians have both of these so good progress is being made.
As you can see from the photos below, Rob has fitted the sills back onto the car and he has refitted and welded the bulkhead onto it too.
The interior trim of our 1978 MGB GT has had new hardboard panels made. The finish of the new panels goes a long way in making this classic car look refined and very appealing.
The badges of the car have also been undergoing refurbishment.
Seemingly small tasks like this do a great job of bringing a restored classic car back to its original state so they are very important.
Our 1978 MGB GT continues to make good progress and we are very excited to see it back out on the road in the near future.
A little over a year ago, we said goodbye to our 1972 Chevron B20. Everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars loved this formula 2 car and, although we were happy it was going to a new owner, there was still quite a bit of sadness to see this very special car leave us.
However, today we are all very happy to see it back in our workshop!
Yesterday, we collected the car and transported it back to the workshop here in Suffolk. We were excited just seeing the B20 on our trailer making its journey to us, so you can imagine how excited we have been to actually have it back with us in person.
It has come back to us to be prepared for export as its adventure is set to continue overseas. Our classic car technicians will soon get to work on this very special car and we will certainly enjoy looking after it until the time comes for it to move on once more.
Classic car technician Chris recently started the body shaping process on our 1986 Daimler DS420.
Quite a bit of restoration work has already been completed on this classic car and things certainly aren’t slowing down as progress continues to be made.
The classic car technicians here at Bridge Classic Cars spend their days working on a wide range of classic vehicles.
As quite a few of the classic cars that find themselves in the workshop are very rare, it’s not surprising that the technicians have to be creative, experienced, and highly skilled in what they do to make things come together as planned.
A classic car technician is able to look at a classic car in a seemingly ruined state and see beyond what is in front of them. They know how beautiful the shell of a vehicle once was and they know that they can return it to that condition again.
Working on such a range of classic cars provides a lot of challenges. From preparing a Jensen 541R for a repaint to trying to rebuild an ultra-rare 1905 Riley 9HP from pictures, each day provides new challenges, requires new skills, and a whole lot of passion for classic cars.
We are very lucky to have such experienced classic car technicians in our workshop. It’s only through years of experience that the team is able to restore some of the most beautiful, most challenging, and some extremely rare classic cars.
The Bridge Classic Cars workshop tends to be a pretty noisy place to be. Whether it’s the technicians sharing a joke, the body of a classic vehicle being worked on, or the sound of heated discussions about the best way of resolving one of the many problems that have to be faced every day. Whatever the cause of the noise, you can be sure it’s classic car related and that the classic car technicians are hard at work restoring a classic vehicle back to its former glory.
If you’ve never seen a classic car technician in action before, the below photos give just a little insight into what a “normal day” looks like for them.
If you’ve ever wanted to own a classic mini, you have the chance to do just that over at Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Entry is now open to win our 1992 Rover Mini Cooper 1.3.
With a higher compression engine of 10.1:1 and striking red paintwork, this is one classic mini that will not only get you to where you need to go, but will look good while doing it too.
All the information you need can be found here.
Another new arrival has made its way to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the form of our 1991 Maserati Bi-Turbo Spyder E.
The car is soon to be assessed by our team of classic car technicians before becoming a future prize on Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Along with its new interior, sun visors, and roof, our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible has a new pinstripe too.
Classic car technician Chris made sure the car was properly prepped before painting on the pinstripe.
The pinstripe may seem like a relatively small thing but, as you can see from the photos below, it makes a huge difference to the overall look of the car.
Everyone at Bridge Classic Cars is extremely sad to hear about the unexpected passing of GenX Radio Presenter Tim Gough.
Our director Craig was recently interviewed on GenX and found the team there to be a friendly and professional group of people. We would like to send our condolences to everyone at the radio station as well as to Tim’s friends, family, and listeners.
More details about Tim and his work can be seen on the GenX Radio website.
Last month we were a finalist in the medium business of the year category at the Suffolk Business Awards.
We had a great night at the awards and we are very proud to have been recognised for all the hard work the team put in every day.
If you’ve never been to the awards before, the video below shows some great highlights of our night.
If you like classic Mercedes, then the newly listed 1969 Mercedes 300 SEL might be a great car for you.
With lots of restoration work completed on this classic car, it has only done 1000 miles since the work on the engine and gearbox has been finished.
The car seems to be in great condition and, with a little bit of time and care, it could be back on the road before you know it.
Full details can be seen at MyClassics.co.uk
Bridge Classic Cars are award winning Classic Car Restoration and Maintenance specialists. Your pride and joy is in safe hands with our expert Classic Car Technicians. Take a look at our awards here.
