1970 Mercedes 280SL Pagoda

Refitting trims to the 1970 Mercedes Benz 280SL

Ben, one of our incredible classic car technicians, has been working on the gorgeous 1970 Mercedes Benz 280SL here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops. With the windscreen now back in place, Ben has been carefully refitting the trims and pieces which cover the pillars as well as the top of the dashboard. Then […]

Seatbelt Adapters for the 1970 Mercedes 280SL

As the team recommission the 1970 Mercedes Benz 280SL, they have turned their attention to the safety equipment on the classic Mercedes. The Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team have made new adapters for the team to be able to fit the seatbelts to their original mounts.

280SL Repair Work

As work progressed on our 1970 Mercedes SL 280, Ben carefully rebuilt the front grille, beginning with the original three-pronged star, which had broken away from its surround. He secured this first, using it as the foundation before assembling the rest of the grille with a new surround and replacement centre fins. Prior to installation, […]

In Depth – Checking out the 1970 Mercedes 280SL Pagoda

The Bridge Classic Cars team have been looking into this recently arrived 1970 Mercedes 280SL ‘Pagoda’, The car has been brought into the restoration workshops at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ for our technician Jon to go through the car thoroughly and meticulously in order to create a report for the cars owner.

New Arrivals at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop

We have had a whole host of new arrivals at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the last couple of days, as well as a restoration project which has left us to begin its new life after being resurrected by the Bridge Classic Cars team and a couple of cars which have been transferred from […]