New Home – The 1989 Austin Mini Safe at Her New Home
January 12, 2022
The beautiful 1989 Austin Mini is safe and sound at her new home in Scotland. Also, she seems to have got some company for her
1989 Austin Mini
One in, One Out – Arrivals and Departures at Bridge Classic Cars
January 11, 2022
Bridge Classic Cars recently welcomed this new arrival to our workshop in Pettistree, Suffolk. A 1995 Dodge Viper RT10. But, in the same breathe we
Collection of the Austin Mini!
July 20, 2021
Winner of our 1989 Austin Mini ‘Pocket Rocket’ Keith Aldous visited our hangar this week to personally collected the car. Ordinarily we delivery direct to
Behind The Scenes: Blue Austin Mini
July 6, 2021
On Thursday, the team headed down to shoot our blue 1989 Austin Mini at Bentwaters. Although it was a rather gloomy day, Freddie and Ellie
Mini’s New Boot Trim
June 24, 2021
Lydia has been working on making a new boot liner for our 1989 Austin Mini. She started by making the paper pattern and then taped
Here In The Flesh
June 22, 2021
Our little blue Austin Mini has finally landed in the workshop and is ready to be fitted with its new back seats and have a
Austin Mini Back Seats Completed
June 17, 2021
Our elusive 1989 Austin Mini has had its back seats completed. The mini itself is set to be in soon. Kath has been working on
Austin Mini Gets New Interior
June 10, 2021
Our new Mini is having some new interior made up before in comes into us. Kath is working on taking apart the rear seats and
Another Mini In
June 7, 2021
This stunning baby blue 1989 Austin Mini is coming into the workshop soon. Keep an eye out for where this mini will end up…
New Home – The 1989 Austin Mini Safe at Her New Home
January 12, 2022
The beautiful 1989 Austin Mini is safe and sound at her new home in Scotland. Also, she seems to have got some company for her life up north.
The new owner of the straight cut gearboxed 1989 Austin Mini also has a very nice 1275GT which will be sharing its stable with the little blue car. The 1275GT was given the name of Little Floorie by its owner, who has decided that the name of the 1989 Austin Mini will be Little Lottie.
We wish Ken and his wife many happy miles with our little Mini and look forward to seeing more of Little Lottie on her adventures in years to come.
One in, One Out – Arrivals and Departures at Bridge Classic Cars
January 11, 2022
Bridge Classic Cars recently welcomed this new arrival to our workshop in Pettistree, Suffolk. A 1995 Dodge Viper RT10. But, in the same breathe we also said goodbye to an old friend of ours.
Recently we had been offered the chance to purchase the Viper from its previous owner in Scotland. An iconic piece of supercar history, we jumped at the chance. The Vipers owner also mentioned how he had always liked the Mini 850 we had as our competition car which was owned by Keith Aldous. After putting the two in contact, it was decided. We would own the Viper and the previous owner of the Viper would be the lucky new owner of the straight cut gearboxed Mini due to Keith debating on selling the car soon anyway.
So with that, the Mini is now on its way up to Scotland to be loved and enjoyed by its new owner and the Viper made an appearance in Woodbridge when our director took the 8 litre V10 powered supercar to pick up his son from school. Surely the envy of the entire car park!
Collection of the Austin Mini!
July 20, 2021
Winner of our 1989 Austin Mini ‘Pocket Rocket’ Keith Aldous visited our hangar this week to personally collected the car. Ordinarily we delivery direct to your local but we wlecome any of our winners down to have a look around and meet the team!
Here are a few photos from that day!
If you’d like to be like Keith and win the next competition car, our red 1959 Jaguar MK 1, or any of our future classic car competitions, check out the collection here click here
Behind The Scenes: Blue Austin Mini
July 6, 2021
On Thursday, the team headed down to shoot our blue 1989 Austin Mini at Bentwaters. Although it was a rather gloomy day, Freddie and Ellie still managed to shoot a fantastic video and gallery of images with Charlotte.
You can take a full look at the photos here, first up we have Charlotte’s portraits:
And here is the full product gallery of the mini:
Mini’s New Boot Trim
June 24, 2021
Lydia has been working on making a new boot liner for our 1989 Austin Mini. She started by making the paper pattern and then taped it onto cardboard. She then double-checked that the pattern would fit, by fitting it into the boot. She then cut out the plywood to get the shape for the middle and used the template to cut the fabric out. Lydia also cut out black strips of vinyl for the binding. She then laid the carpet out over the top of the wood and fitted it.
Here In The Flesh
June 22, 2021
Our little blue Austin Mini has finally landed in the workshop and is ready to be fitted with its new back seats and have a thorough service before we decide its fate…
Austin Mini Back Seats Completed
June 17, 2021
Our elusive 1989 Austin Mini has had its back seats completed. The mini itself is set to be in soon. Kath has been working on refurbishing the back seats. She’s added pipping and a skirt around the edges and then fit the cover over the foam base. She then sewed up the cover for the squab and taken off the rust from the wire frame. She added in 12mm of scrim foam on the front and 3mm on the back. After gluing the foam to the frame, Kath then cut out the pipping, back flap and side skirt. After fitting new foam and the new cover on, Kath could sew up the final pieces.
Austin Mini Gets New Interior
June 10, 2021
Our new Mini is having some new interior made up before in comes into us. Kath is working on taking apart the rear seats and recovering them. She begun by removing the old covers, making new vinyl which she mounted on 12mm scrim foam. Kath then made up some piping, sealed the edges and trimmed off excess foam. Next up, Kath cut out the calico to sew into the base for attached the foam to. Once she’d sewn up the flutes and sewn in the calico, she could attach the piping along each side.
Another Mini In
June 7, 2021
This stunning baby blue 1989 Austin Mini is coming into the workshop soon. Keep an eye out for where this mini will end up…
