Today we bid adieu to some fantastic classics we’ve had the pleasure of working with over the last few weeks. A regular visitor of ours is this exciting 1981 Triumph TR7 V8. We’ve always enjoy maintaining this stunner, this time though, she was in for a slightly different request… We updated the steering to power steering, […]
Friend to Bridge Classic Cars, Tony Burgess of Wyatt Polishing in Thetford, attended the MG Car Club Championships this weekend and kindly sent us a few snaps. Racing on the 300 circuit, the MG Car Club had all of its Championships in attendance, including the history-rich Cockshoot Cup. There’s a brilliant weekend to be had […]
Our classic car Technician Dave has repaired a couple of damaged driveshafts on our lovely 1947 MG TC. “Originally, the car came in with differential problems” explains Dave, “but once the differential had a complete overhaul we realised then that the driveshafts were all twisted.” Dave’s now replaced two of the four driveshafts and the car […]
The water leak on our 1947 MG TC is due to a leaking core plug. We have now replaced the core plug and the pool of water on the floor has now gone.
We have called in the services of Paul Johnson Valeting this weekend to give our 1947 MG TC a thorough clean up. As the car has been sitting outside (under cover) for some time the body work was looking really tired and paintwork faded. The clean has completely transformed the look of the car and […]
We have discovered that our newest arrival, our 1947 MG TC has little to no brakes so busy has got to working stripped and rebuilding. Whilst the wheels are off we will also touch up the red and black areas that could benefit from a little attention.
Arriving soon to join the Bridge Classic Cars family we have our 1947 MGTC. We’ll be looking to carry out the routine checks with an aim to get her back on the road in very little time. The car has aged beautifully and with bags of character this is a great example of when a […]
Our 1947 MG TC has arrived in our workshops for a recommission. The c ar has been regularly used up until recently so we are hoping not to have to carry out too much work to get her back on the road. A thorough service is a definite must and we look to be losing […]
One final task to undertake on our 1947 MG TC before we return her to her owner…the hood. Having spent many years out on the UK roads and a couple of trips to a ‘not so careful’ garage the hood is a bit grubby. We’ll get the buffers and polishers on her to see what […]
Today, we see the return of our 1947 MG TC which we last saw back in October 2017. We have reports of a slight leak around the rear axle and upon closer inspection it looks to be the diff pinion seal that is weeping. NTG are currently awaiting stock so the car will be with us […]
Recently we took on a project to rebuild one side of our 1947 MG TC’s woodwork. This included a full rebuild of the woodwork frame. Once the work was complete we carried out a rear re-spray of the vehicle. When carrying out some unrelated work on site last week we noticed a slight imperfection in […]
This morning, we said farewell to our 1949 MGTC. Originally in with us to have the wood frame rebuilt but shortly followed by a full rear respray. She’s now on her way back to Southend with her owner Trevor.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our original objective was to repair the woodwork that was showing signs of wear on the offside. Not as straight forward as it sounds. Coachwork can be tricky to perfect and with it being the strength of the car it is critical to get it right. Having stripped the car, we repaired the affect wood areas […]
Here we have some classic pictures given to us from our good friends. It’s lovely when we have visitors with stories to tell and pictures to show. We carried out some work on Trevor Murray’s 1949 MG TC last year and whilst here he was thrilled to see the prototype 1960 Jensen 541S we had in undergoing […]
The brand new full A and B posts have successfully been fitted to our 1947 MGTC. As you can seem we have discovered a small area of rot that has spread to the back arch panel. Rather than replacing the entire back arch for a small amount of rot Asa has decided to leave the […]
The A and B posts have been successfully removed from the offside of our 1947 MGTC. We have temporarily fitted up the components we have in but are just waiting for one more piece to the jigsaw before we secure everything into position. Due to the severity of what we have discovered we have taken […]
We have now successfully removed the majority of the affected area of our 1947 MGTC with just the A and B posts remain. It’s a surprisingly big task to take on but we are lucky to have caught it now as leaving these issues will only make the situation worse. Once the A and B […]
We have now uncovered the A and B posts of our 1947 MG TC to assess the extent of the rot and what coach work will need to be carried out to resolve the issues. As you can see, the A post has been tampered with and corrected in the past as sheet metal has […]
From time to time you unfortunately uncover more of an issue than what you first estimate and this is one of those times. We set out with the intention of replacing the main wooded beam that runs along the bottom of both the A and B post and almost from the front of the car […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1947 MG TC has arrived in to our workshops this weekend to have the underside rotten wood issue resolved. The underside wood can be purchased off the shelf which makes the workload (and final bill) much lower but that’s not to say this will be an easy job. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”14535,14536,14537,14538,14539,14540,14541,14542,14543,14544,14545,14531″][/vc_column][/vc_row]