Our paint and body technician Mauro has been preparing the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe for epoxy. Mauro has had to rework many of the edges on the bonnet of the classic Aston Martin undergoing its complete restoration here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in Suffolk. Having rewelded certain areas and adjusting the […]
Our paint and body technician Mauro has been focusing his efforts on the bonnet of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe. As part of gapping the panels on the classic Aston Martin here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops, Mauro has filed and sanded back bonnet edges to make sure they are equal […]
Our paint and body technician Mauro has been TIG welding on the bonnet of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe. As Maura has been gapping the panels on the ultra-rare Aston Martin here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, he has had to repair several areas of the aluminium work very carefully in order […]
The 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe has been in the bodyshop at our Suffolk HQ for Bridge Classic Cars technician Mauro so get the project onto the next phase of its rebuild. Recently the bodyshell of the classic Aston Martin, which had its interior paint in super durable black has been put back onto […]
Our paint and body technician Mauro has been moving ahead with the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe project. After carefully preparing the interior areas of the car, he could lay down the hard wearing and durable black paintwork to protect the inside of the bodyshell,
The Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team have worked their magic on getting the doors and inside of the bodyshell prepped and ready for paint. The team will clean down each piece to get everything just right before laying down the paint and letting it cure.
It’s been another busy week here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. Over a dozen projects happening in our restoration workshops, multiple competition shoots, rehearsals, meetings… the list goes on. But, I took the chance to go around the workshop and grab some photos of some of the amazing projects that the team are working […]
Mauro, one of our paint and body technicians, has been working on getting the bodyshell of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe ready for the next stage of its restoration journey here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. The ultra-rare convertible has been having every square inch of its bodywork looked over and refined […]
As part of the restoration of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe, the team have been working on getting all of the parts and pieces ready for the cars reassembly a ways down the road. Mauro, one of our paint and body technicians, has finished the rear seat panel, floors and parts of the […]
As the restoration of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe moves on, the paint shop is beginning to prepare and paint several of the important parts and pieces. Mauro has got together all the panels and pieces and finished them in DTM and are curing ready for reassembly.
The fabrication shop have been working alongside our paint and body technicians to get parts ready for paint on our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe. The floor sections and seat pans have had their final repairs and adjustments before our paint technician Mauro will take them into the spray booth to be painted for […]
Our paint and body shop manager Chris has had various parts and pieces in the paint booth, one of which being the spare wheel carrier of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe.
Both the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team have been working alongside our fabrication team to refine the floors and doors of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe as the project moves closer and closer to being in colour. With the body of the 50’s droptop being removed last week, the team have […]
The 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead is now on the move towards the Bridge Classic Cars spray booth as part of its ground up, comprehensive restoration. At this point, our paint and body team (with a little bit of help from us here in the Media team) have removed the body of the classic droptop […]
The paint and body shop here at Bridge Classic Cars has always got something going on – wether its a bare metal restoration project, a modern car in for paint repairs or a classic having some TLC. The guys in the body shop show off their skills every time you walk into their department. Bodywork […]
Alongside the new set of manifolds, the Bridge Classic Cars team are driving forward with the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe restoration project. Both our paint and body team alongside our fabrication team have been working together to get the panels and gaps fitted evenly and cleanly on the rare and beautiful convertible. Mauro, […]
Although the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead may be rare, each individual car is unique and different to all the others. The Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team are currently in the process of gapping each invidual panel and section of the classic British convertible to ensure an even and uniform gap through the […]
Mauro, one of our amazing paint and body technicians, has been methodically and painstakingly carrying out the adjustments on the doors of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe. It isn’t just the panel gaps on the ultra rare Aston Martin that Mauro has been working on, he’s also been adjusting and fitting the door […]
The Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team are working their way through the adjustments and panel moving on the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe here at our Suffolk HQ. Mauro, one of our paint and body technicians, has been getting both the passenger and drivers door adjusted on their strikers while also making […]
Our paint and body shop have been working their magic on the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ this week. Our technician Mauro has been fitting up and adjusting the driver and passenger doors. During that he had to adjust and modify some of the components to […]
Our paint and body technician Mauro has been working on the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe for this phase of the cars rebirth. To begin with, Mauro has prepared the cars radiator for refinishing as well as cleaning and protecting specific areas which we have known to corroded easily on the DB2 radiators. After […]
It’s not just the 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 which is making progress. Our amazing fabricator Clinton has also been hard at work making parts for the total restoration of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop. This time, Clinton has also made the Drophead Coupe its spare […]
The team in the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body department have taken on their side of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe project recently. Our paint and body technician Mauro has been working his magic on the bulkhead of the rare, vintage Aston Martin.
The 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe, which is being fully restored from the ground up here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops Suffolk HQ, has met another massive milestone in this amazing project. The freshly rebuilt straight-six and manual gearbox arrived back recently at our restoration workshop ready to go into the refurbished […]
A very important part of our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe has arrived back at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ – the engine and gearbox. These units have been rebuilt and refreshed by a trusted marque specialist who have decades of experience building these kind of engines, so our transport team collected it […]
With so much work going on at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ its always incredible to see how the technicians devote time and precision to the tasks on these classic cars. For example, the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe. With the restoration of this ultra-rare Aston Martin moving along at quite the pace, […]
With the progress racing ahead on the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops, our technician Rob has been working his way through the list of jobs on the classic 1950’s droptop. One of the big points to get the car into shape is fitting the front springs […]
It’s always a strange day of the week, Monday, here at Bridge Classic Cars. No technicians, no real noise, no movement in and out of cars. So, I thought I’d take some photos of what things look like frozen in time. Strange, non-tradicitonal angles and compositions etc. to show a world out of its context. […]
Sometimes with classic cars, especially handbuilt incredibly rare ones, you just can’t get replacements for them. But that instance, is where our fabrication team here at Bridge Classic Cars absolutely shine. Our fabricator Clinton has been making a new spare wheel carrier for the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe which is in at the […]
Rob, one of our restoration technicians, built up and fitted the front hubs on our 1955 Aston Martin DB24 Drophead Coupé, then bolted on the brake drums and connected the handbrake cables. At the same time our fabricator. Clintion, worked on the bonnet and floor as well as the spare wheel carrier. Over in the […]