Ferrari 400 GT Exhaust
September 13, 2024
After Tony collected the exhaust for our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT, Jonn began working on fitting it to the car. Here are his notes: Start
1979 Ferrari 400
Ferrari 400 Repairs
August 29, 2024
Here are Jonns notes on the repairs he has been making to our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT: Rebuild door handle and test. Remove striker/ actuator
Ferrari Repairs
August 21, 2024
Jon has continued his work on our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT. Here are his notes: Continue repairs where I left off. Boot release cable. New
Ferrari Repairs
August 19, 2024
Technician Jonn has continued his work on our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT. Here are his notes: Continue repairs. Fit new boot cable and handle. Thread
Ferrari Stone Guards
August 12, 2024
Christian has been repairing the stone guards on our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT.
Ferrari Inspection And Repairs
August 8, 2024
Classic car technician Jonn has been inspecting our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT and has started making some of the repairs it requires. Jonn stripped the
Competition Cars Update
July 19, 2024
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
Stripping the centre console of our 1979 Ferrari 400
July 11, 2024
Workshop manager, and electrical guru, John has been working on stripping down the centre console of our 1979 Ferrari 400. The wood itself will be
A Classic Ferrari
July 5, 2024
We recently welcomed an exciting new arrival to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the form of our 1979 Ferrari 400. Once it has been
Ferrari 400 GT Exhaust
September 13, 2024
After Tony collected the exhaust for our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT, Jonn began working on fitting it to the car. Here are his notes:
Start preparing new exhaust. Remove old downpipes and pass pipes. Heat and cut pipes to remove bypass pipes fully. Clean flanges and mating surfaces. Found one front section pipe corroded and holes. Clean and prep for welding.
Continue with exhaust. Repeat procedure for other side silencers. Weld small,bypass back securely to silencer so able to remove remainder of old pipe. Clean and weld small pipe. Find sealing rings and exhaust gasket material from stock that will do the job.
Continue exhaust. Weld repair 1 nearside front pipe and dress weld. Mount both sets of silencers to each side and hang on mounts. Apply sealer to nearside rings and tighten both nearside front flanges.
Ferrari 400 Repairs
August 29, 2024
Here are Jonns notes on the repairs he has been making to our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT:
Rebuild door handle and test. Remove striker/ actuator i made and bend slightly and refit. Seems to be ok but lock stiff and key nearly broken. Stop and wait for new keys to arrive. Investigate passengers seat back insecure. Found inner hook for relaesing seat back been wired 8n open position. Cable inside seat broken. Make small bracket to fit to hook so able to lift manually. Fit and paint black. Coolant leaks. Start with corroded jubilee clips on heater pipe. Remove pipe and found pipe split badly, and connector corroded. Remove connector and clean. Use JB weld chemical metal to repair holes on connector and leave to set. Clean mating surfaces and make gasket for connector.
Strip and remove exhaust system. Cut of rear sections and cut and remove what’s left in rear sections. Re rivet heatshiels to floor both sides. Fit new P clip to secure offside handbrake cable. Fit water connector to rear of head and leave to go off overnight.
Fit coolant hose to heater. Pressurise system and trace leaks. Rad hoses leaking and all jubilee clips corroded and won’t tighten. Remove rad hoses and inline thermostat. Thermostat broken inside housing. Clean all pipe connections. Wash down front of engine waterpump area. Fit new hoses that we had in stock and order new thermostat and hoses we don’t have. Rek9ve offside front wheel and strip and remove brake flexi hoses fro replacement. Fit 2 x new hoses to offside front and secure.
Bleed offside front brake and pressure check for leaks, ok. Top up brake fluid. Refit wheel. Attend to horn not working. Connector missing inside steering wheel. Remove steering wheel and work out way to make it work. Drill out rivet from connector behind steering wheel. Fit wire andfeed through steering wheel. Tighten steering wheel and fit spade terminal to wire and connect to centre push. Fit centre and test, ok.
New keys arrived so refit nearside door handle and test lock with key. Stiff to operate but does work now. Secure handle in door.
Refit door handle fully and lubricate mechanism. Test functions all ok. Refit door panel.
Fit new coolant hoses and secure. Vacuum system and check for loss of vacuum. Fill system with new anti freeze mix. Attend to oil leak. Trace to gearbox cooler pipes fractured. All pipes seized and while attempting to remove direct from cooler, cooler split. Cut off pipes and remove system complete. Remove broken cotton reel mounts.
Ferrari Repairs
August 21, 2024
Jon has continued his work on our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT. Here are his notes:
Continue repairs where I left off. Boot release cable. New cable is too short so work out how to join cables at rear. Make bracket to support both cables in boot. Route cables and join at rear.
Not functioning as intended with joined cables at rear. Find new long bowden cable and use inner which will reach to boot lock in old outer cable. Route and mount and join to lock. Adjust and test. Keep adjusting until operates lock.
Finish boot release cable. Adjust and test, ok. Refit boot trims. Restick carpet to offside quarter panel. Resecure boot floor. Tighten connections to boot light, ok. Remove fuel rrturn pipe from filler neck to fuel pump. Fit new pipe and conne t. Fit 2 p clips to chassis to secure pipe. Refit boot carpets. Resecure box with boot and fuel cap release handles next to drivers seat. Hoover out and refit carpet.
Attend to drivers seat runner. Seat base broken. Get captive nut welded to plate to fit inside seat base to secure runner. Tighten runner and refit drivers seat. Investigate door locks not working via key. Lube and eventually get drivers door lock working ok. Strip passengers door and remove handle. Found striker actuator on rear of key barrel broken. Strip and make new piece fron alloy to fit and try.
Ferrari Repairs
August 19, 2024
Technician Jonn has continued his work on our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT. Here are his notes:
Continue repairs. Fit new boot cable and handle. Thread cable through outer and measure. Remove inner cable and handle and compare to old cable. New cable approx 3 foot shorter so will have to join cable in boot to activate lock release. Cut old outer to length and retread inner cable. Make bracket to mount rear portion of cable. Drill out and mock up to check.
Cable hard to pull and bracket not strong enough. Remake bracket from thicker steel and mount in place. Rear cable section is a solid able and has kinks in inner so this may be reason for stiff operation. Adjust length of new cable.
Ferrari Stone Guards
August 12, 2024
Christian has been repairing the stone guards on our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT.
Ferrari Inspection And Repairs
August 8, 2024
Classic car technician Jonn has been inspecting our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT and has started making some of the repairs it requires.
Jonn stripped the interior and removed the boot and pedal release lever mountings. He then removed the boot cable from the boot lock. A new cable was fitted.
Competition Cars Update
July 19, 2024
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 traced and fixed the issue. Then, Jon had to do a couple of repairs to some interior trims and fix one of the fog lights before moving onto replacing a faulty starter relay.
Porsche 914:
“Finish reassembly of dash and steering column. Refit steering wheel and secure and connect and fit horn push. Put wheel brace in boot. Refit roof and fit handle that had come loose. Tighten battery terminals. Fit new terminal to starter exciter wire. Secure fuel pipe and wiring in engine bay. Put 5ltrs fuel in and take outside to warm up. Set carbs and road test. Remove and straighten steering wheel upon return. Remove jets from carbs to check which ones are fitted against the recommended ones”
1979 Ferrari 400:
Our 1979 Ferrari 400 has been in the care of Jon in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Suffolk HQ to be looked over and to collate his condition report.
Stripping the centre console of our 1979 Ferrari 400
July 11, 2024
Workshop manager, and electrical guru, John has been working on stripping down the centre console of our 1979 Ferrari 400. The wood itself will be refurbished for the car, but while it is out John is testing all the switches and making any repairs that are needed. Another part which is being worked on by John is the choke cable which wasn’t connected upto the lever which controls it.
A Classic Ferrari
July 5, 2024
We recently welcomed an exciting new arrival to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the form of our 1979 Ferrari 400.
Once it has been inspected by the team, the plan is for this classic Ferrari to be available to win through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
