The Bridge Classic Cars team have been diving headfirst into the 1970 Aston Martin DBS restoration. This phase sees some of the final metal work on the car being carried out. Our fabricator Greg has been working with the paint and body team to weld up the last few bits and pieces for the project.
The Bridge Classic Cars fabrication technicians have been working with our paint and body team to perform a series of small repairs on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage. Greg has been working with our technician Mauro to repair some small areas of the door as well as some small cracks in the front wing […]
With the bodyshell being worked on in the paint and bodyshop, our restoration technicians in the mechanical workshop are busy working on other parts of the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage, Our technician Ben has been building up the suspension on the classic GT car by pressing in the new bushes, races seals and bronze […]
With the 1970 Aston Martin DBS project moving along at a furious pace, our paint and body technician Mauro has been going through the process of gapping the dors to the bodyshell. This, is a crucial process as this will allow either adjustments to be made to the doors and to also make sure that […]
Our latest workshop video is now live on the Bridge Classic Cars YouTube channel. Head behind the workshop doors as we check in with 4 amazing projects that the Bridge Classic Cars team have been working on. From a classic Austin Healey rally car to a 1980s twin-turbo coupe – it’s all happening at our […]
The Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team have been preparing and painting various parts and pieces for the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage. Each was carefully prepared, cleaned and then painted. Once sorted out, the parts will be put into storage ahead of the car being reassembled later down the road.
The 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage project is continuing its march towards getting back on the road for the first time in what is believed to be 40 years. The paint and body team, along with our fabrication team, having carrying out various repairs on the car. Our paint and body team have been carefully […]
The 1970 Aston Martin DBS restoration project is really starting to move along at quite the pace! Our fabrication shop are working their way through the various parts and pieces for the classic GT car, with our technician Greg carrying out intensive and much needed corrosion repairs to the doors of the car to make […]
Two important pieces for two restoration projects have arrived back at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops. The propshafts for both the 1978 Mercedes 350SL and 1970 Aston Martin DBS have arrived back at our HQ ready for the time when team begin reassembly of the cars.
The longest part of all paint work, is in the preparation. Our paint and body manager Chris spent most of yesterday and part of this morning getting the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage ready for its first coat of paint here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. After scuffing, cleaning, recleaning, checking over, cleaning once […]
Our 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage has reached the next milestone in its resurrection – bodywork. After being in with the Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team, the classic Aston Martin has been moved into our paint and body department for our paint manager Chris to begin his work on the vintage GT car. Chris will […]
Whilst the radiator and other parts of the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage are in the paint and body shop here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops, our fabricator Greg has been working on the doors of the classic GT. The team are having to carry out extensive metal repairs to the iconic Aston […]
In the paint and body shop here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, our technician Mauro has been working on preparing some of the parts for the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage whilst the team formulate a plan for the bodyshell. Mauro has carefully stripped back the paint work to repair and treat several areas […]
The Bridge Classic Card restoration teams are not on highly skilled but highly adaptable, a good example of this is our 1970 Aston Martin DBS. Our fabricator Greg has been carrying on with doors to repair the lower sections meanwhile our paint body team have begun the process of covering the up the bottom of […]
It was the first week of 2026 for the Bridge Classic Cars team and we have dived in head first! Greg, one of our amazing technicians, has been working on repairing the doors on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage ready for the paint and body team to begin their work with the repaired bodyshell […]
Whilst the bodyshell of the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage is in the paint and body shop, our fabricator Greg has been working on parts and pieces for the classic GT car being restored here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshops in Suffolk. Greg has been carrying out repairs to the doors for the paint […]
Although the bodyshell of the 1970 Aston Martin DBS has been moved into the paint and body department, our fabricator Greg has still got work to do on the classic GT car. This time, Greg has been carrying out some repairs to the heater valve and fan box in the Bridge Classic Cars fabrication shop […]
The fabrication team at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been working their way through the metalwork as part of the restoration on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS. After finshing the final lower parts of fabrication on the classic Aston Martin, the team then began to get the car ready to be undersealed. All of […]
Our fabricator Greg, who’s been working on the metal work of our 1970 Aston Martin DBS, has been working in the engine bay of the ultra-rare classic GT car. With so much work done by Greg to sort out the metal work of the car, that the team have been applying rust encapsulator throughout the […]
Our technician Greg has been progressing his way through the metalwork repairs on our barn find 1970 Aston Martin DBS. Greg has been working his way through the entire car to make sure it is a sound base for the team to begin transforming the rare classic GT car back to its former glory. Greg […]
Full restoration by Bridge Classic Cars – due to be completed in August 2026Price upon completion: £225,000 This is our genuine factory DBS Vantage, finished new in Azzurro Blue over Dark Blue Connolly trim, which is one of the rarest specifications ever produced. Current Status: Undergoing full restorationExpected Completion: August 2026Restoration Location: Bridge Classic Cars, […]
Our fabrication team have been diving deep into the 1970 Aston Martin DBS currently undergoing its restoration here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. With each of the 70 or so DBS’s, no two are exactly the same, so Greg has had to work his magic on getting this to fit up properly as there’s […]
The fabrication shop have been working steadily on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS, this time our technician Greg has been adjusting the appeture that frames the front grille. Greg has made a template of the cars grille that we have, but it wouldnt fit as it should. To get the piece to fit, Greg has […]
The Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team have been diving in head first to the 1970 Aston Martin DBS project. Every time they turn around, theres another area of corrosion that they need to tackle. Greg and Clinton, our fabricators, have been working in tandem to get the metal work sorted on the classic Aston Martin. […]
As part of the extensive restoration of our 1970 Aston Martin DBS, the fabrication team have been working alongside the restoration workshop to safely remove the engine from the classic Aston Martin for the fabrication shop to carry out some rust repairs. Each of the system have been carefully disconnected, labelled and stored away before […]
The fabrication team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been going even deeper in their pursuit of perfection on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS. Our fabricators Greg and Clinton have been working their way through the body and chassis on the classic Aston Martin to remove all of the corrosion in vital areas. […]
The fabrication team, Greg and Clinton, have been working their way through the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage bit by bit. Due to the car living out in the elements for quite a while, the rust and corrosion are pretty extensive but its nothing our team haven’t seen before at our Suffolk HQ and are […]
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 […]