Chris has now prepared and painted the new/old stock Rover P5 replacement door.
Monday morning we saw the Rover P5 leave us to head off for some gearbox work to be done. Prior to the car leaving our workshops we had a replacement door to prepare and fit. Rather than spending many hours perfecting the existing door and replacing all of the corrosion with new metal, we were […]
After a brief trip to our friends at Auto-Transmissions, our 1973 Rover P5 is now back in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
After being transported to our friends at Auto Transmissions, our 1973 Rover P5 had some mobile work completed by Jonn and John. Here are Jonn’s notes about the repair: Travel to Mersea island to attend to car. Poor running reported. Strip carbs and remove float bowl tops. Clean out. Remove suction Chambers and blow through […]
Jonn has removed the old number plates from our 1973 Rover P5 and removed the tape holding it on. He then marked and drilled the new plate and secured it on the car. The new bolts were then painted black.
Here are Jonn’s notes relating to the repairs completed on our 1973 Rover P5: Continue replacing coolant hoses. Cut top rad hose and fit fan control in hose. Waiting for thermostat. Raise and replace propshaft centre bearing mounts. Resecure. Lube prop slider joint. Remove offside front wheel. Strip and replace track rod end rubbers and […]
Classic car technician Jonn has been working on our 1973 Rover P5. Here are his notes: Checklist of work to be carried out. Work towards running engine as next stage. Remove all old coolant hoses. Clean all old jubilee clips to reuse where possible. Clean pipe outlets and start fitting new hoses. Continue to clean […]
Workshop manager John has been continuing to work on our 1973 Rover P5B Coupe. Here are his notes: Looking into fuel and temperature gauge not working. Wires not connected to voltage stabiliser trace wires and refit. Check gauges working. Working okay. Also check lights not working. Check operation. Side lights not working correctly. Remove switch.
Christian has been completing some welding repairs on our 1973 Rover P5 Coupe before investigating some rust issues. Paintshop manager Chris then applied schutz undercoat to the underside of the car.
Jon has been working hard on the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe, this time he’s been working inside and underneath the classic 70’s coupe. ”Adjust nearside chassis seam to avoid exhaust flange hitting floor. Flange is fixed in position so unable to turn.investigate headlights not working. Eventually trace to faulty switch and also main beam dip […]
Jon has also been working on a few upgrades to the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe whilst its in our workshops. This time, he’s been fitting electric pull through fans to the radiator of the car to help with cooling that glorious 3.5-litre V8. Jon built up the new fans onto the cage to make sure […]
Our technician Jon has been working his way through the list of jobs on the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe which is in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Pettistree site. Here’s what Jon has been up to, ”Start repairs. Customer reported one rear door doesn’t lock. I found NSR door button doesn’t go down […]
The 1973 Rover P5 Coupe which recently arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop has been under the careful hands of Jon and John in our Pettistree workshops. At this stage, Jon has performed a compression test on the car as part of the checks he’s been asked to do. For this, Jon removed all […]
Since being transported from its owner to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, our 1973 Rover P5 has been in the hands of classic car technician Jonn. He has been giving the car a thorough inspection and assessment and a report of his findings is currently being put together.
Our Pettistree workshops have welcomed 2 new additions this afternoon. The first, is this beautiful 1963 Fiat 500 which belongs to a long time client of ours. It’s come in for the team to get to the bottom of a few unwelcome noises with the car which the team will begin to get to the […]