The paint and body team are moving forward on the aesthetic refresh of the 1996 Bentley Continental R. With the bumpers completely removed from the car, our paint technician Adam has been meticulously stripping down both the front and rear units taking extra care to mark and document each piece how it attaches, its angle […]
The team have begun to get to work on levelling the panels on the 1996 Bentley Continental R. Our paint and body manager Chris has been turning his attention to getting the body work ready for a full respray of the 1990s icon.
As part of the resurrection of the 1996 Bentley Continental R, the Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team have been working on stripping down the front end of the 1990s GT car. Greg, one of our fabricators, has carefully taken apart the front valace, headlight surrounds, grills and everything else on the front end. Also, the […]
Our fabricator Greg has been dividing deep into a few areas of corrosion on the 1996 Bentley Continental R. With the quarter windows removed, Greg could begin to repair the areas with small, handmade patch panels that were placed piece by piece to avoid any warp and have the window not fit back during reassembly. […]
The fabrication team at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been working their magic on the 1996 Bentley Continental R which has a few areas that require the teams attention. As with all classic, and even modern classics, there is always some amount of corrosion that rears its head during a project. Our fabricator Greg […]
Our workshop team here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshops have been going through some of the jobs on this 1996 Bentley Continental R. First up, our technician Steve has been looking into the cause of a slight leak from the cars gearbox. Once Steve had removed the pan, he could take his time cleaning […]
During the check over of the 1996 Bentley Continental R, our workshop technician Jon thought the suspension geometry looked too far out in terms of its camber – we later discovered this is a common issue with this generation of Bentley. ‘Remove heatshield/cover from top arm offside front. Remove nut. Fit camber guage and adjust […]
After checking over the 90’s Coupe, our technician Jon has set to work on carrying out the various repairs around the 1996 Bentley Continental R here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops. In the checkover, Jon noticed that the rear caliper had several issues – so a new one was ordered and once it […]
The 1996 Bentley Continental R has been over in our secure storage facility for a couple of months waiting for its slot in the workshop. Our restoration technician Jon has been casting his eye over the fast, luxurious 1990’s GT car. ‘Carry out appraisal. Charge battery while I inspect. Offside rear caliper looks wet and […]
Our restoration workshop is always buzzing with activity, today its the turn of this 1996 Bentley Continental R. Our restoration technician Jon has got the 90’s luxury coupe onto our main ramp to carry out an inspection on the car. ”Get on 4 post ramp and check front suspension. Visually looks to have too much […]
As we look forward to the next H&H Auction, held at Pavilion Gardens in Buxton, we take a look back at images from the most recent auction at Kelham Hall. Highlights from the Kelham Hall auction can be found here. We were recently treated to a loan of the 2025 Lotus Emira V6 from our […]
Last week was a crazy busy week for the team at Bridge Classic Cars. Rob and Myself spent most of our week in a car together on the motorway. Luckily, the car in quesiton was our 2025 Lotus Emira so we didn’t have too much to complain about (apart from the M25 tunnel being completely […]