1964 Amphicar 7-70

Amphicar Transport

Tony has recently transported our 1964 Amphicar 770 from our secure storage facility back to the workshop.

By Road And Sea

Our 1964 Amphicar 770 is now complete! It’s great to see this stunning classic in its fully restored state. Before going home to its owner, it will spend some time in our secure storage facility.

Amphicar Kick Panels

Lydia has been working on our 1964 Amphicar 7-70. Firstly, she made a template for the kick panels to ensure the correct shape and fit. Then she cut the panels out of plywood and cut a hole on the passenger…

Amphicar Trim Fitted

The side mouldings have now been fitted, this involved James making the tapered ends and ensuring they were a snug fit and secured in place to the back of the trims before being fitted to the car. Then the centre…

Finishing Off The Interior Of Our Amphicar

Lydia has finished off the rear seat back that she was making for our 1964 Amphicar 770 and fitted this to the seat. Next, she has remade the full set of door cards, using the new grey fabric that we…

Lots Of Progress For Our Amphicar

Our 1964 Amphicar 770 has made great progress as of late. Brian has been fitting the roof and roof cover. After glueing the floor side panels back down, he cleaned the main floorboards and fitted them into the car. He…

Amphicar Sound Deadening

Interior trimmer Lydia has managed to re-fit the original sound deadening to the car, which also has a coating that she assumes to be fireproof/ retardant. Where it was too damaged to be replaced, Lydia has pieced in new patches…

Mechanical Work on Amphicar

The new clutch has been fitted and the engine re-installed in the car. All of the ancillaries have been refitted, the radiator has been tested and refitted also along with the exhaust. The engine has been run up with new…

Amphicar assembly continues

More progress fitting the doors and locks, bonnet catches and lock covers, final assembly of the dashboard and controls including cables. The front and rear bumpers and over riders have been fitted along with the outer door handles.

Amphicar Hood

Brian is fitting the new hood to the car.

Amphicar – reassembly commence

James has started to reassemble our 1964 Amphicar. Starting with electrics, wiring and lighting units he has had to tidy and check all wiring behind the dashboard as a previous wire had melted. All of the wiring has been checked…

More Prep

Classic car technician Alan has been prepping a range of parts from our 1964 Amphicar 770 to be painted DTM black. Once they were prepared, they went into the paint booth for Alan to apply the paint.

Polishing And Prep

Classic car technician Alan has been polishing our 1964 Amphicar 770 and preparing the engine bay for raptor to be applied. Once his prep work was complete, Alan applied raptor and the engine bay is looking great. It is exciting…

All Painted

After going through its prep and prime process with classic car technician Alan, our 1964 Amphicar 7 70 has had its new coat of paint applied. As you can see from Alan’s photos below, the car is looking good now…

Amphicar Back In Paint

Classic car technician has been hard at work on our 1964 Amphicar 770 again. After undergoing several rounds of repairs on its body, it’s great to see the car now starting to come back together again.

Amphicar Progress

Our 1964 Amphicar 770 continues to make progress through its restoration here in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. Classic car technician Alan has taken some photos of some of the work that has been completed on the car as it…

Engine Back Together

Classic car technician Scott has been putting the engine of our 1964 Amphicar 770 back together again. Now that is rebuilt, it will soon go back into our amphibious vehicle which continues to progress through its restoration journey in the…

Removing The Engine From An Amphicar

Our 1964 Amphicar 770 has recently had its engine removed by classic car technician Scott. Once the engine was out of the car, Scott was able to start prepping the engine bay for paint as well as repairing any components…

The Back Of Our Amphicar

Classic car technicians Christian and Monty have been doing more work on our 1964 Amphicar 7-70. They have been completing repairs on the boot lid and the rear quarter of this very interesting vehicle. Any repairs of classic vehicles need…

Pre-Paint Repairs

Our 1964 Amphicar 7-70 recently spent some time with our fabrication team before going into the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop for a new coat of paint. As we await the next stage in the process of the restoration of our…

Amphicar Repairs And Paint

Classic car technician Chris has been repairing the door and rear arch of our 1964 Amphicar 7-70. Once these were repaired, the car was moved into our paintshop where epoxy primer was applied ready for a new coat of paint….

My Other Car Is An Amphicar

The owner of our 1964 Amphicar 7-70 recently visited us here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and he arrived in style! If an amphicar wasn’t cool enough, the 2021 Jeep Wrangler Rubicorn is certainly an eye-catching vehicle. It may…

New Parts For Our Amphicar

Now that our 1964 Amphicar 7-70 has been stripped back to bare metal for rust repair, our classic car technicians have been able to closely inspect and assess each part of this interesting vehicle. Once many of the components had…

A New Roof

While our 1964 Amphicar 7-70 is being stripped, classic car technician Brian has been completing some work on the roof of this interesting vehicle. He has been removing the cover of the roof. This process started by removing the catches…

The Strip Down Continues

The strip down of our 1964 Amphicar 7-70 has continued recently. Classic car technicians Chris and Mauro have now stripped the car back to bare metal. Now that it is in this state, repairs can be made to the bodywork…

Inside the Bridge Classic Cars Workshop – January 2023

Molly recently spent some time in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and took a closer look at some of our current projects.

Stripping Down An Amphicar

Classic car technician Mauro has been stripping down our 1964 Amphicar 7-70. This is a very interesting vehicle and it is one that you probably don’t see many of while out on the road let alone in the Bridge Classic…

Just Arrived – 1964 Amphicar 7-70

After its recent visit to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, our 1964 Amphicar 7-70 has returned to us ready to be restored for its owner. Amphibious cars are always interesting vehicles to look at and to work on and this…