This week, our 1957 Mercedes 190SL had a retro look Becker radio fitted into the dashboard. But don’t be fooled by its 1960s façade, as behind it lies an all-singing-all-dancing modern system that includes navigation, telephone, radio and card reader. Although a slightly larger gap had to be made in the dash for it to […]
Normally, the quieter of our locations, today Mauro, Freddie and Craig spent the day at RAF Bentwaters at our Hangar Showroom. Mauro was looking over the cars we have in our facility to ensure they are all up to standard; our weekly task is to ensure the cars are driven, checked over and brought up […]
Ady, Bridge Classic Cars Engine Expert has been working on the complete rebuild of our 190SL Engine. This is the first time it’s fired up in months. He just needs to adjust the timing and a few other minor tweaks, then it’s ready to be run-in. Great work, Ady! The engine was firstly mounted to […]
Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist has been working on one of the last pieces of our 190SL restoration. The old flywheel had some cracks in the metal so we have replaced with a bespoke machined steel flywheel. Along with the cracks, the flywheel teeth had signs of excessive wear. The old starter motor was […]
Ady, our engine specialist, continues to strip down the engine on our 190 SL.
Our 1959 Mercedes 190SL is going through a complete engine rebuild due to a warped head. We’ve dropped the engine out and it is now with Ady for it’s rebuild. Ady will firstly be welding the cylinder head before refacing both cylinder head and block. Once the refacing is complete we will then have a […]
Mr Bertram Mills, one of the greatest showman of modern times, was brought up in a family that was for generations attached to the coach building trade. Recognised as one of the finest judges of horses in the world, his name is well-known in the racing world. He achieved fame as the promoter of great […]
Thanks, as always to Matt Wood from motorshots.co.uk who has done a fantastic job of capturing the beauty of our ‘un-restored’ 1957 Mercedes 190SL.
The day of our 1957 Mercedes 190SL and 1971 Jaguar E-Type photo shoot at Bentwaters Park. Automotive photographer Matt Woods from motorshots.co.uk shared some behind the scenes images with his 5000 followers.
The cars are prepped and ready for this year’s Kersey Mill Drive It Day We weren’t as fortunate with the weather as last year’s incredible sunshine but we still had an amazing day at Kersey Mill for this year’s Drive It Day. “A showcase of spectacular Vintage & Classic Cars. A day out for all […]
Owning a right hand drive Mercedes 190SL himself, British racing driver Max Chilton saw, liked and shared our 190SL with his 96,000 followers on Instagram. Thank you so much Max, glad you like the car. Source: Wikipedia Max Chilton is a Britishracing driver currently racing for Carlin Motorsport in the IndyCar Series. Prior to IndyCar, he competed in Formula One, […]
We are currently preparing our 1957 Mercedes 190SL for resale. This very rare and unique car has been sitting for a little while and although in great mechanical order she is not running perfectly so we are spending some time getting her back to her best and ready to find a new home. As you […]