Our paint and body technician Adam has been working his magic on the freshly painted 1975 MGB GT V8. After being painted and clear coated last week here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ in Suffolk, Adam has been carefully sanding back the paint work to remove any ‘nibs’ and also to give an […]
The Bridge Classic Cars paint shop is always busy. Today, one of the ongoing jobs is being completed by Adam as he is flattening and polishing our freshly painted 1975 MGB GT V8.
As the restoration of our 1975 MGB GT V8 continues to move forward, Adam completed the painting of the car’s shell and engine bay, applying a clear coat over the finish to give it both protection and depth. He then turned his attention to the individual engine components, refinishing them in gloss black while picking […]
This morning, the day came for the 1975 MG B GT V8 to have its bodyshell painted. Adam, one of our amazing paint and body technicians, has been in control of this side of the cars restoration – from preparing the heritage shell through the many phases of priming, sanding and levelling to get the […]
Our paint and body team have spent the last few days getting the 1975 MG B GT V8 ready for its refinish in iconic Tundra Green. To start with, Adam (one of our Bridge Classic Cars paint and body technician) has finished the interior paint and clear coat work as well as the various panels […]
As the project of our 1975 MGB GT V8 moves forward at quite the pace, the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team have been turning their attention to the interior of the classic V8 sports car. Adam, one of our technicians, has seam sealed the entire interior of the bodyshell before laying down a […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been busy working on the 1975 MGB GT V8 across multiple departments here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ as part of the cars restoration. Our paint and body team have worked their magic on the underside of the car. Our technician Adam cleaned down the primed body shell […]
Adam, one of our amazing technicians, has been continuing to march ahead with the restoration of the 1975 MGB GT. At this point, with the classic sports car on a rottisserie, he has been getting the underside prepped and ready before shooting the underside in epoxy primer prior to the team seam sealing and and […]
The paint and body team with the help of our fabrication shop got the 1975 MGB GT V8 project onto the rotisserie jig. This will allow the team here at Bridge Classic Cars to prepare the bodyshell in a more detailed manner and allowing the team to get into difficult spaces to ensure that the […]
The paint and body team at the Bridge Classic Cars workshops are charging ahead with the build of the 1975 MGB GT V8. Our paint and body technician Adam has been preparing and finessing the bodywork of the classic V8 GT car to get it ever closer to colour. All of the parts, panels and […]
One thing that we do here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ is that we show you what goes on behind the scenes of how we work and create show stopping classic cars. This is our paint and body technician Adam laying down the final stage of primer on the 1975 MGB GT V8 […]
Our paint technician Adam has been working on the 1975 MGB GT V8. As this car is being built from a new heritage shell, the team have had to work on getting the e-coat removed from the bodyshell and this time in the engine bay. Adam has worked on sanding back the e-coat so that […]
The paint and body team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been diving into the bodywork on the 1975 MGB GT V8. Our technician Adam has been working his way through the car and making sure that the cars panels were both even to eachother, and their gaps with equal as well.
Another crazy week here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ! The restoration team have been working their way through recommisions, restorations, serving and maintenance on everything from modern classics to a 1940’s Morris. Tech talk: Canon 6D Canon 24-105 L series lens Adobe Lightroom
Our painter Adam has been working his wau through the meticulous steps on the restoration of the 1975 MGB GT V8. The car has gone through epoxy primer which has helped Adam indentify any areas which he may have to level the panels to get the perfect finish. Next, Adam began to get the panels […]
The paint and bodyshop have worked their magic on the new bodyshell for the 1975 MGB GT V8 project here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ. The team have used a heritage shell for this restoration, but all though brand new out of the box, the team have had to refine and work on […]
The paint and body team have reached one of the first milestone with the 1975 MGB GT V8, the bodyshell is now in primer and ready for our paint and body technician Adam to begin panel levelling. After getting the bodyshell into the spray booth here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, Adam taped up […]
With the new bodyshell having arrived recently for the 1975 MGB GT V8 project, the fabrication team have worked on a new dolly system for the paint and body team to be able to move the classic sports cars bodywork around when needed. Our fabricator Greg has been new arms and supports with connected it […]
Our fabricator Greg has been working on the rear axle of the 1975 MGB GT V8 project here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. Greg has had to cut off, grind down and replace the shock absorber mounts for the car. These have to be carefully cut and welded as to not cause any warping […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have taken delivery of a new bodyshell for the 1975 MGB GT V8 project. Some may remember that a little while we took delivery of a body shell for this restoration project, but upon closer inspection by our paint and body team they found several issues which were reported to […]
Since its arrival last week, the heritage bodyshell for our 1975 MGB GT V8 has been a hive of activity. Whilst our technician Rob has been busy adjusting and refining the doors, our paint and body technician Adam has been hard at work panel levelling the bonnet of the ready to go into Polyfan. Using […]
Although our 1975 MGB GT V8 project has just received a brand new bodyshell, the Bridge Classic Cars team are always in the endless pursuit of perfection. So, when our restoration technician Rob began to check over the shell after its arrival he noticed it was going to need a bit of finessing. Rob has […]
The Bridge Classic Cars HQ had a special delivery today. We’ve recieved our brand new MGB GT V8 Heritage Shell. Although we have the team who could repair the old bodyshell, sometimes its just not cost effective to do so when there are products like heritage shells out there on the market. Now that it […]
The recently painted rocker covers have now been fitted to our 1975 MGB GT V8. This means that the engine is now complete and ready to go back into the car.
Chris has been painting various engine parts of our 1975 MGB GT V8, He has also been cleaning the ridges on the rocker covers.
Chris has been painting various engine components from our 1975 MGB GT V8.
Rob has begun the assembly process of the V8 from our 1975 MGB GT V8.
Rob has been stripping our 1975 MGB GT V8 in preparation for its full restoration. He stripped the engine down too in order to check the condition of all of the components. The cylinder heads were also stripped and the block and heads were cleaned ready for painting.
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