Dave has been working on our 1960 Jensen 541R restoration. He has taped up the side rear windows to test fit into the car for a trial fit. The rear windows are fitted in place after some polishing and filing. Dave is now bolting these fixed windows in position. Dave has had to modify the […]
Paul and Scott are working on both our 1957 and 1960 Jensen 541R’s. This lovely chromework has just arrived back at the workshop and will now be installed onto the car.
Paul has fitted the boot on our 1960 Jensen 541R. He’s custom made retaining nuts for the boot. Nicely done, Paul.
Brian has been making some superb progress on lots of smaller jobs on our Jensen interior restoration. He firstly stripped down the scuttle air vent covers ready to retrim. Brian has also stripped down and recovered the main Jensen dash panel. He has re-trimmed this in black vinyl. This black vinyl is extremely tactile, providing […]
Another milestone has been hit in our 1960 Jensen 541R restoration as she now has a doors and a floor! Paul has installed the newly painted doors onto the vehicle. We’ve also now installed the floor into our 541R.
Brian, one of our Classic Car Technicians who specialises in Interior Trim has been making superb progress on the interior of our 541R. Brian has fabricated new footpanels with back supports screwed in. He’s also stripped down the old scuttle panels. He’s cut new scuttle panels and drilled correctly placed holes. Brian has dismantled the […]
Paul has been working on our 1960 Jensen 541R restoration. He’s fitted the doors and prepared the prop shaft to paint black. A new brake servo unit has been fitted with custom brackets. We’ve installed EPS (Electronic Power Steering) and fitted in place. Paul has also installed the Brake and clutch pedal mounting box. He’s […]
Brian has been hard at work on the interior of our Jensen 541R. He’s been working on the front cubby box/ armrest. He firstly stripped off the old covers of the cubby box and sanded the wood down to a smooth finish. He then made new covers from black vinyl, using the old ones as […]
Kath and Brian has done a wonderful job transforming the roof lining of our Jensen 541R. There’s a lot of black components on this Jensen specification. The roof lining however is finished now in this sumptuous perforated cream headlining fabric, expertly trimmed by our Trim Shop team. They begun by fitting the restored roof bars […]
Brian and Kath have been flat out the past few weeks since returning to our workshop. They’ve been tackling the interior on our two Jensen 541R’s. Brian has been mainly working on creating the bespoke wooden panelling and Kath has been working with our leather and fabric. The old interior has been used by Kath […]
Our 1957 and 1960 Jensen 541R interiors have completely taken over our trim shop as Brian and Kath return to work. They get straight into the rebuild of our Jensen interiors and as you can see, a lot of the original components are beyond repair so many new templates are being made using the original […]
Dave, one of Bridge Classic Cars’ skilled Classic Car Technicians has custom fabricted mounting bracket for our Sabelt racing seatbelt setup. He’s fabricated the centre seatbelt point for the three point seatbelt harness and mounted the seatbelt point to the chassis. Wonderful work, Dave.
Dave has been installing the newly trimmed seats into the car. They really do look wonderful in position. He’s currently fitting the driver side seat. Firstly, Dave installed the seat rails before mounting the seat onto the rails. The four point racing seatbelts are being custom fitted to the chassis.
Kath, Bridge Classic Cars’ in-house trimmer is working hard on our Black 1960 Jensen 541R interior. Kath is now working on the second Jensen seat from the black leather hide. She begins by marking out the new parts, using the old components as templates. The old seat tub, base and squab has also been prepared […]
Bob, Bridge Classic Cars’ electrical specialist has been working on our gorgeous rare 1960 Jensen 541R. He’s connected the wiring loom through the bulkhead and connected up the dashboard instrumentation.
Kath, Bridge Classic Cars’ interior trim specialist has been making wonderful progress on both of our Jensen interiors. Firstly, Kath begun by sewing up the new black leather seat covers before moving on to refurbishing the upper panels near the headlining. She then began assembling the front and rear seat bases, the rear seat middle […]
The perspex is now ready to be fitted to both of our Jensens. Using the old perspex as a template, the fresh perspex was made to the exact same shape as the original was. These are now ready to be fitted to both cars.
We’ve got a few more Jensen components that are ready to be chromed. We can’t wait to see the A pillar windows fitted to the car and shining once more.
Kath has been hard at work on our Jensen interiors. For the convertible roof she has tackled the following stages Dismantled the headlining Marked out new material patterns onto the new fabric Cut out and numbered the fabric pieces Measured out a strips of calico for the convertible loops Cleaned metal bars Sewn headlining back […]
Kath has been working on both of our Jensen 541 R’s within the Bridge Classic Cars Trim Shop. She has been simultaneously working on interior components for both of our Jensen 541 R restorations. The Jensen dials have also arrived in to the workshop, ready to be fitted and wired in to the newly trimmed […]
We’ve made great progress on our beautiful 1960 Jensen 541 R. Bob has installed the wiring harness, front and rear lights and indicators. Paul has fitted the bonnet and bonnet support struts. This restoration is now really starting to come together. The next stages will be to fit the freshly trimmed dashboard and wire in […]
Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ engine specialist has begun work on our Jensen Engine restoration. He’s stripped down the engine ready for cleaning, refurbishing and then rebuild. Having completely restored several Jensens in recent months, we’re very familiar with these wonderful classics. Does your Jensen need restorative works? Get in touch to see how our Jensen […]
Bob has made great progress working on the wiring harness of our 1960 Jensen 541 R.
Bob, Bridge Classic Cars’ electrical expert has begun installing the electrical wiring into our 1960 Jensen 541 R.
Chromework has arrived back at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for our two Jensen 541 R projects. Pictured below is a selection of some of the chrome components that will be fitted to the completed restorations.
This morning the engine and gearbox have gone into our Jensen 541R chassis. See below for a timelapse of John and Paul guiding the engine into place. View this post on Instagram Teamwork makes the dream work! ? Our Jensen 541R engine and gearbox going in this morning. ••• ? 01473 742038 ? info@bridgeclassiccars.co.uk ? […]
We had a wonderful time visiting Denis Welch Motorsport. They’ve carried out work on the Jensen 493 Engine that will soon be transplanted back into the freshly painted chassis. It’s now been mounted to the fully refurbished gearbox. It was truly a pleasure to visit the wonderful workshop!
Chris has been applying the first few coats of paint to the tricky Jensen fibreglass shell.
Our beautiful 1960 Jensen 541R paint is currently setting in our paint booth. As the shall is made of fibreglass, the paint cannot be cured at regular ‘baking’ temperatures. Instead, it’s cured at a less intense 20 degrees. This will mean the car won’t be able to be perfected and polished until next week, but […]
Some of our Jensen chrome work is now away with the guys and girls at Douglas Metal Finishing. We should hopefully see them back to their best in no time.