The Bridge Classic Cars fabrication shop is a bit of a magical place. Derelict, bare classics come in and beautifully reformed machines leave. The 1970 Aston Martin DBS is one of those machines. The team have been methodically working their way through near enough every single inch. Much of the cars pillar have deteriorate due […]
The Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team have been digging deep into the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage which is being rebuilt from the ground up here at our Suffolk restoration workshops. The car, which was trapped in a local barn for 30+ years, has had a series of extensive metal work repairs done to it […]
Greg has been hard at work repairing sections of our 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage. As a result of the car being left for many years in a damp environment, with aluminium bodywork, the car has suffered a fair amount of corrosion which the Bridge Classic Cars team have been expertly working their way through […]
Our 1970 Aston Martin DBS has been under the knife with our technician Greg. Greg has been carefully and methodically working his way through the classic, ultra-rare Aston Martin in order to get it back on the road again. He’s been battling significant corrosion in the usual areas and is making up new pieces to […]
The Aston Martin DBS is one of those cars that sits perfectly between eras. It was the last of the straight-six Astons, and it was the first step towards the modern Aston Martins that would follow. This particular DBS is rare in both colour and configuration. I wanted to know more about its history, so […]
The instrument panel from our 1970 Aston Martin DBS currently undergoing restoration here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ in Suffolk has been stripped back and made ready for paint. Once the old coverings were stripped off the piece, Adam could prepare it for going into the paint booth and being refinished in textured black.
Greg, one of our restoration technians here at Bridge Classic Cars, has cut out the areas of rust on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage as part of the inspection to see how far the rust issue goes. After all of the effected areas had been cut out and neutralised he could completed the […]
Greg, one of our amazing restoration technician, carried out sill repairs on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage and removed rust from the wheel arch to restore the structural integrity of these areas. Ben has been in our mechanical workshop documenting the stripping of both the front and rear of the Aston with reference […]
Greg has continued progress on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage by grafting new metal into the sills and applying a protective zinc paint inside to guard against future corrosion. He has also addressed rust in the inner wheel well and uncovered significant rot on the right front frame. The front right rail has […]
In this week’s Workshop Walkaround, Molly joins our master fabricator Clinton inside the fabriction workshop here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops in Suffolk. They talk through the progress on several restoration projects such as our 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe, the one-off 1954 Jaguar XK120’B’ and the 1970 Aston Martin DBS6 Vantage. […]
Greg and Ben have been working on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage. The front suspension has been removed from the car. Ben and Greg worked on a side each and then worked together on the rear axle. They had to use heat in a couple of places to remove stubborn bolts. Mauro has […]
Part of every restoration, is the detailed cataloguing of each individual part. One of the main lessons that we have learnt in the decades of working on classic cars as a team, is to always label and catalogue trim peices – often the hardest peices to find or replace. Our operations director Anthony has worked […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been working on tracking down several key peices for our 1970 Aston Martin DBS6 Vantage, this stage sees the time finding a list of important parts of the classic GT cars interior which will soon be making their way to our restoration workshops in Suffolk as part of the […]
The Aston Martin DBS which is for its resurrection at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops here in Suffolk has been moving forward. Ben, one of our amazing restoration technicians, removed the remaining sections of the dashboard from our 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage so the gauges could be sent away for reconditioning and […]
Our restoration technician Ben has meticulously documenting the trim parts removed from our 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage that have been sent away for chroming ready for later in the cars rebuild here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops deep in the heart of the Suffolk countryside.
The paint and body team, with the help of our main worksho p technicians, have been busy completely stripping down the rolling shell of our 1970 DBS 6 Vantage. Each component which comes off the car is carefully checked, labelled and catalogued for later in the build process. The team are stripping the car down […]
A full strip down of our 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage.
Our paint and body team haven’t wasted any time in tearing down the beautiful 1970 Aston Martin DBS6 which is in our Suffolk classic car restoration workshops. Our paint and body technician Mauro, along with our restoration technician Ben, has been given the task of stripping down the car and cataloguing everything that came off […]
Our very rare 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vanatage has begun its restoration! It is currently being stripped down in preparation for work to begin bringing it back to its former glory.
Our very special and rare 1970 Aston Martin DBS 6 Vantage has arrived at the workshop. As it was unloaded from the trailer, it was the first time most of us had seen the car in person, so it got quite a bit of attention. It will now move into the workshop for a proper […]
Tony collected our 1970 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage from auction.
Aston Martin DBS ‘6’ Vantage saloon. Registration SMB 183H. Date of first registration 21/05/1970. Gordon and myself recently attended the Clarke and Simpson – Vintage and Classic Tractors, Cars, Implements and Spares as we had our eye on one of the lots up for grabs. We weren’t alone, it felt like we in a room […]