Jonn carried out a detailed inspection and service on our 1973 Porsche 914, beginning with the gear lever mechanism. He stripped out the interior components, including the centre console and carpet, to access the gear lever assembly. This was removed, thoroughly cleaned, and fitted with a new bush. After greasing and rebuilding the assembly, he […]
Jonn completed the remaining work on our 1973 Porsche 914’s horn and indicator system. He began by crimping a small terminal onto the horn push wiring before refitting the centre section of the steering wheel. Following this, the fuse box and indicator relay were reinstalled. With all components in place, he tested the horn and […]
Jonn continued work on our 1973 Porsche 914 by completing the fitting of the trims underneath. One screw bolt was cut down to the correct size and installed to replace a missing unit. A new nearside heat exchanger was mounted and secured, followed by the installation and securing of new ducting. The cable and clamp […]
Jonn refitted the alternator on our 1973 Porsche 914, beginning by connecting and securing the wiring to the unit before reinstalling the rear cover. Once the alternator was properly mounted, he tensioned the belt accordingly. He then proceeded with fitting the surrounding trims around the alternator. After reconnecting the battery, Jonn tested the charge rate, […]
The workshops at our Suffolk HQ are always busy with cars constantly coming in and out. Sometimes though, we get to see an old friend come back to the Pettistree workshops and this week we welcomed back a previous competition car of ours which was won some time ago by Karl – our 1973 Porsche […]
Karl Reilly is one very lucky man having bagged himself his second prize in our competitions. Back in October 2020 Karl received the call that he had won the Triumph TR3. 4 years on, he still owns the TR3 and is now the proud owner of prize number 2, our Porsche 914. But before the […]
We had the privilege of being the headline sponsors of the Festival of Classic & Sports Cars at Helmingham Hall this past weekend, and it was a huge success. As the main sponsors, we wanted to make a big impression, and we’re thrilled to say we think we did just that! A Stand to Remember […]
Set up began early for us on this year’s stand at the Festival of Classic & Sports Cars at Helmingham Hall Gardens. The week prior to the event was glorious sunshine all week and the forecast looked good going in to the weekend so with that in mind we started the installation of the stretch […]
Jonn has been working on our 1973 Porsche 914, in preparation for it to go live on Bridge Classic Cars very soon. Here are his notes: Strip and fit new spark plugs. I dropped one plug inside engine covers so had to remove cover to retrieve plug. Refit covers and fit ht leads. Run and […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars are continuing to get our 1973 Porsche 914 running as good as it looks. Jon has been tuning the car through multiple road tests to get it to behave correctly in all different conditions – after making some adjustments, he noticed the car had a slight misfire. He […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on getting our 1973 Porsche 914 tuned and set up to run perfectly. The classic aircooled sports car was brought up to temperature by our technician Jon, to correctly set the timing of the car before taking the car out on road test. On road […]
1989 Daimler Double Six: Our 1989 Daimler Double Six has been worked on by our incredible technician Jon. He has been going through and doing a few repairs on the luxury V12 saloon before it is ready for its excited new owner. He had to look into why the horn had stopped working which Jon […]
The team have started to work on the mechanical side of our 1973 Porsche 914. Our technician Jon put the mid-engined, air-cooled sports car up on the ramp to check it all over. Here’s what Jon got up to: “Remove wheels and check brakes. Rub down brake pipes to each brake and pai t black. […]
Our paint and body team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been busy at work with our 1973 Porsche 914. Although the car looked good, the paintwork had become tired. So, the team have made the decision to revitalise this beautiful aircooled sports car. The team worked on getting the body in perfect […]
Mauro has been prepping our 1973 Porsche 914 for paint. Once it was fully prepped and masked up, it was ready for colour to be applied.
Our 1973 Porsche 914 has been in the Bridge Classic Cars Paint shop. While in there, Mauro has been stripping the car down and prepping it for prime. Once this was complete primer was applied.
This week, we’ve welcomed a few new classics to our Suffolk HQ – the first being this beautiful 1973 Porsche 914. Revered by many for its lightweight, low-slung simplicity, the 914 is the equivalent of the 1970’s Boxster and was a favourite amongst sports car fans of the time. So, it’s always a pleasure to […]