Our 1967 Black E-type Jaguar had its final re-wiring before we sent it off purring back to its owners yesterday. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, this E-Type came in way back in 2016 for a full restoration. We’ve worked on her over the past 4 years for regular maintenance and repairs. She’s come a long way […]
In the Bridge Classic Cars Paint Shop, Chris has been working on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. He’s done a superb job repainting the bonnet of this series one. Chris has also painted the newly reshaped light covers for the same black E-Type. Top work, Chris
Dave, one of Bridge Classic Cars’ technicians has been working on modifying the light shield surround on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. There was previously a slight gap between the light shield and the bodywork. Dave has let in fresh metal and shaped to fill the gap perfectly. It will now go down to our Paint […]
Pete has been working on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. There was a leak coming from the choke unit. We have identified it was a failing washer that was causing the leak. Pete’s installed new copper washers to remedy the fuel leak. Top work, Pete.
This gorgeous 1967 Series 1 Jaguar E-Type is in the classic car workshop today for a front brake upgrade. The original front brakes are single piston callipers. We are installing uprated two piston callipers which will be able to apply significantly more pressure through the brake pads. Pete has now installed the new brakes. Whilst […]
It will be lovely to see the return of our 1967 Jaguar E-type into the workshops on Tuesday next week. Having now been on the road for some time with it’s new owner it is time to go over the odd snags and the first full service since leaving us. Mauro has been on the […]
Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type bodyshell is now making it’s way over to the Czech Republic to be restored by the guys at Slavik Jagspares. We are hoping to follow the progress of the restoration. If we receive photographs and information we will be sure to update our website. About Slavik Jagspares – The company Slavik […]
Looking for a new home. Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type body shell is now primed and in storage ready to find a new home or a new owner looking for a restoration project.
We have now preserved our 1967 Jaguar E-Type body shell by applying a thin layer of primer. The restoration will eventually commence but until then we know that the body shell is safely inside and not open to the elements.
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One for the future, our 1967 Jaguar E-Type shell will someday be reproduced into a complete car. At this stage no decisions have been made as to how the car will look but the shell has now been delivered to the guys at Prostrip in Nottingham to be chemically dipped before returning to us to […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The photo shoot of one of our most popular restorations was held on 23rd May 2018 at the stunning setting of The Ickworth Hotel. A huge thank you to Viv, Faye and the team down at the hotel for welcoming us so warmly on the day. The perfect back drop for one of our most beautiful […]
Behind the scenes of today’s shoot. We were lucky enough to have unlimited access to one of the most beautiful locations in Suffolk. The Ickworth Hotel is a luxury family friendly hotel nestled in 1800 acres of Suffolk National Trust parkland; the perfect venue for family holidays, weddings, celebrations, cycling bikes, strolling on foot or clambering up […]
The bonnets open on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 stunner so I thought I’d capture a couple of shots of the incredible engine bay.
Another successful test run under our belt as we continue to enjoy the Suffolk sunshine in our stunning 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.
The sun is shining so what better way to spend the day but to test drive some of our lovely cars that are nearing completion. Th 1929 Morris Cowley, the 1975 Maserati Merak, the 1974 Triumph GT6 and our stunning 1967 Jaguar E-Type have all taken to the roads today.
As we draw even closer to the completion of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type restorations we have a few new additions to mention; The interior is almost all in now, just completing work on the centre console but the rear seats, boot area are now all in and looking incredible. The rear view mirror is now […]
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We are now on to the final stretch of the full restoration of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type 2+2. John is fitting up the black interior with all of the modern additions including the bespoke Air Conditioning panels and the fully concealed blue-tooth audio set up.
Here we have John and Tommy fitting up and aligning the front bumper and over-riders.
Thanks to the guys are Aldridge Trimming for providing us with our new Jaguar E-Type interior. Here are the front seats covered and ready to be fitted.
Sounds like a simple task but it is very much the opposite. Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 door catch may look the part having been fully refurbished but upon closer inspection you’ll see the small spring is a broken. Typically, this spring is probably the most important aspect of the mechanism and is almost impossible […]
The newly re-chromed rear bumper has now been fitted.
We’ve reached the end of another busy day here at Bridge Classic Cars and as I switch the lights off in our workshops I have, sitting in front of me, our stunning 1967 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 Series 1 project. It’s lovely to look back at just how far we’ve come with this car. …and not far […]
We’ve now successfully fitted up our brand new battery tray and regulator to our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. And here we have the brand new horn and coolant relays.
Tommy has now successfully fitted up the engine heat shields. The heat shields run all the way underneath the car from down pipes through lengths of transmission tunnel. There are 4 heat shields in total.
The intricate vacuum system operating the brakes on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type are now complete and fully installed.
Against the black paintwork the new stainless exhaust is looking stunning on our Jaguar E-Type.
The brand new Jaguar E-Type reverse light is no in position and it’s one of the first sites of how stunning the chrome on black will be.
Not as easy as we had planned, our new tank just didn’t want to play fair with us today but Tommy persevered and after some gentle persuasion it’s in and looking lovely.