First introduced in 1972, the Ford Granada was the replacement for both the British Zephyr and the German P7-series. When it first launched, it had the recognisable Ford mechanics, with options ranging from a 2.0-litre V4 to the more powerful Essex V6 in 2.5 and 3.0-litre versions. The Granada was offered as a saloon, estate, […]
The U-bolts securing the steering rack to the cross-member of our 1977 Ford Granada were removed. It was discovered that the U-bolts had been fitted to the incorrect sides, with the offside U-bolt aligning properly with the nearside mount, while the nearside U-bolt did not fit as intended. The U-bolts were swapped over to their […]
Lydia has made new carpet mats for both the front and the rear of our beautiful 1977 Ford Granada.
The 1977 Ford Granada here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop has been under the watchful and knowledgeable eye of our technician Jon. ”Pressure test cooling system and although initially it was losing pressure slowly after a 3rd attempt it held pressure fine. Carpets wet inside, possibly when heater flushed and some water went through […]
While waiting for a replacement steering rack for our 1977 Ford Granada, a temporary tie bar was fabricated to stabilise the steering. This allowed Pete to move the car off the ramp, freeing up space in the busy workshop for other tasks.
Pete removed the very tired old shocks on our 1977 Ford Granada and replaced them with new Gaz adjustable units. The old shocks had very little damping effect and could easily be compressed by hand, while the new units should significantly improve the car’s ride quality. He also removed the power steering rack for refurbishment, […]
Some weeks at Bridge Classic Cars we have a workshop full of customer’s car, other weeks we have a workshop full of our own competition cars. No two weeks are the same and heading into the final week of 2024 we were busy as always working on both. If you watched our recent Torque Show […]