Our 1954 Daimler Conquest has been successfully delivered to its lucky new owner who won this stunning classic through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
During the pre-delivery inspection of our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster, Jonn noticed an issue with the driver’s door. Here are his notes on the repair: Attend to report that drivers door will occasionally open whilst driving. Found catch spring not functioning to maintain pressure on catch. Strip and remove door panel.,found handle mechanism fitted upside […]
We had the privilege of being the headline sponsors of the Festival of Classic & Sports Cars at Helmingham Hall this past weekend, and it was a huge success. As the main sponsors, we wanted to make a big impression, and we’re thrilled to say we think we did just that! A Stand to Remember […]
Set up began early for us on this year’s stand at the Festival of Classic & Sports Cars at Helmingham Hall Gardens. The week prior to the event was glorious sunshine all week and the forecast looked good going in to the weekend so with that in mind we started the installation of the stretch […]
Number 22 of just 47 Conquest Roadsters ever made, our 1954 Daimler Conquest was delivered new on October 5th, 1954 and is now live on Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. This rare car features blue bodywork, complemented by a blue hood and blue leather interior. As a pre-1956 model, it has a 2433cc straight-six engine with […]
Our transport team recently loaded up our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster into our enclosed trailer for our marketing team to take it on a special adventure for a photoshoot which you’ll all get to see very soon! The car spent the day at local country house and then was actually driven back to our HQ. […]
Our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster has been moved from our restoration workshops, across our site to its new home in the Classic Lounge. This unique, handbuilt roadster was loaded in by the team to be kept safe ahead of the marketing team taking it out on a very special photo/video shoot. But, since the car […]
Jon has been working on getting our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster back into tip top condition. This handbuilt, unique and rare example of the car needed some expert attention to get it running and driving just as it should. The final part of the work, is to sort out the last few little leaks and […]
Jonn has been fitting the window assemblies to our 1954 Daimler conquest. As they both were hitting the A-pillar, Clinton modified them to get a better fit. The driver’s door window mount was drilled out and a nut and bolt were fitted to secure it.
Loads has been happening this week on our 1954 Daimler Conquest as we continue to work through the recommissioning process. Some key activities include; securing the ignition switch into the dash. Jon has remove the reserve tank cable and blanked hole with a grommet. He has remove the carburettor suction chambers and pistons. We have […]
Technician Jonn has been hard at work on our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster preparing it to soon go live on Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Here are his notes from his recent work: While drivers seat out, take chance to fit new battery. Remove old battery from behind drivers seat. Fit new battery and secure and […]
Jon is working through some of the tasks required on the recommissioning of our 1954 Daimler Conquest. First things first, he has completed the assessment on the ramp and took the car out on a road test drive. We have compiled a list of parts required so now we begin to work on the tasks […]
Our technician Jon has been begun his inspection on our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster in the workshop of our Suffolk HQ. With some estimates showing less than 60 of these unique cars ever to have been built, the team wanted to go through the entire car to check it over. The first step is a […]
Lydia in the Bridge Classic Cars trim shop has been working on tidying up the interior of our unique 1953 Daimler Conquest. He has carefully replaced the boot floor and glued the new pieces into place, she also modified the pattern to take into account the external fuel pump. During the pattern making process, Lydia […]
With part of the Bridge Classic Cars being at the Suffolk Show for the last couple of days, it was only right we had a set of classic cars there along with our 2011 Morgan 4/4. The team took over our 1977 Triumph TR7 along with our 1954 Daimler Conquest to be displayed on our […]
Yesterday, we welcomed two new classics into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, our 1966 Daimler 250 V8 and our 1954 Daimler Conquest Roadster. Once they had been unloaded from the transporter, both were parked up ready to be inspected and assessed by the workshop team. They will then go on to be won through Bridge […]