Classic car technician Alan has been continuing his work on our special 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. While it has been in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop, Alan has been preparing the vehicle to be painted. The next stage of this preparation was applying primer. After a change of plan, our C-Type Replica will now be […]
Classic car technician Alan has continued his work preparing our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica for its new coat of paint. Now that the new colour scheme has been confirmed, the filler and panel levelling continued as our C-Type Replica continues to make good progress through the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Our 2022 Bridge C Type Replica is going through some changes. The initial plan was for it to have a black exterior with red seats. However, Gordon has made the decision that it will actually look better with light green paintwork and green seats and interior. This looks to be a good decision and one […]
Our 2022 Bridge C Type Replica has come a long way in recent weeks and is now in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop, where it has been in the hands of classic car technician Alan. Alan has been doing filler work on the car as well as panel levelling ready for it to be painted […]
Our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica has recently gone through an IVA (Individual Vehicle Assessment) in order to get licensed with the DVLA. This time, everything went to plan and we are now waiting on the number plates to be delivered before we can finally take our C-Type Replica out on the road.
Our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica has recently undergone an IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval Test) to enable us to finally get it licensed for use on the road. After all of the work that has gone into this unique vehicle, it is great to finally see it reaching the end of its build and will soon […]
Over recent weeks, our 2022 Bridge C-type Replica has made quite a bit of progress and is looking as good as ever. Workshop manager John has fitted the trumpets and catch tank filter while Lydia made the handbrake gaiter. Classic car technician Brian has also been working on our C-Type Replica. He fitted the passenger […]
Our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica has been taken out of the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for its very first test drive. Classic car technician Jonn was behind the wheel as this very exciting (and special) vehicle drove for the very first time.
Classic car technician Brian has been making templates for various parts of the interior of our Bridge C-Type Replica. He started by removing the seats and loosening the seat belts before making a paper pattern for the rear gearbox tunnel. A pattern also had to be made for the centre tunnel section. Once he had […]
Lydia has been making the gear lever gaiter for our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. As you can see from the photos below, the gaiter looks great and will make a perfect addition to this very special vehicle.
Our 2022 Bridge C-type Replica has been making good progress recently. Our team of classic car technicians have been busy putting everything together and this very special vehicle is starting to take shape. Despite there still being quite a bit more work to do, it is already very obvious that this is an extremely exciting […]
The workshop team have been carrying on with the work on our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. They have been carefully running each part of the custom wiring harness for the car and making sure all of its routing is precise and orderly throughout the car and under the dashboard and around the steering column. At […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on getting the plumbing fitted up in the engine bay of our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. The first job was to route and fit up the radiator hoses around the engine, making sure to safely run them around any belts or pulleys. The team have […]
The paint and body team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on our 2022 C-Type Replica. This time, the team have been working to get the sills of the classic Le Mans racer into both epoxy and high-build primer.
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on wiring up our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. The harness has been routed through the body and frame of the car to be trimmed and connected where needed. The team have also fit the spotlight which will sit behind the grille of the classic racer.
The water pump from the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica has been prepared and painted by the Bridge Classic Cars paint team ready for the car. The team carefully prepped the classic Jaguar pump on the bench before it was then hung in the paint shop to first be finished in a hard, durable primer and […]
As part of the build-up of the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, the team have test-fit the new side exit exhausts. After fitting up the manifold through to the downpipe, the workshop team had to carefully and accurately open up the recess in the body for the new exhaust to […]
The team at Bridge Classic Cars have moved their attention to plumbing up the brake lines on the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Jon, one of our workshop technicians, has handmade all the various brake hard lines needed for the classic Le Mans racer. Each of these lines was measured, cut and bent to work around […]
The team in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop have begun to put the straight-six into the nose of our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Jon worked alongside Josh, during his work experience, to install the gearbox onto the engine before hooking it up to our engine hoist to begin the process of getting the whole assembly […]
The front grille of our C-Type Replica is so iconic. It immediately screams classic road and race cars because of its shape and form. It’s almost like a piece of sculpture on its own. This will be sent off to a local specialist to be finished in dazzling chrome, befitting the care and passion being […]
Brian, our lead trimmer at Bridge Classic Cars, has been making the seats for our latest project – the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Brian has been on trying to make the seats fit exactly as they would have on the original car it is based on. Handmaking each of the pieces that will make up […]
Brian, our lead trimmer at Bridge Classic Cars, has been working on creating the seatbacks for the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. The pieces have been made by Brian and are being entirely trimmed and fitted by hand to the very highest specification for this very special project. The padding for the bolsters on the C-Type […]
The Bridge Classic Cars in-house trim shop has been working on a new set of seats for our incredible 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Lydia and Brian, our in-house trim experts, have worked their magic on creating these replica buckets to exact specifications and shape for an early racing bucket seat. Finished in bright, vivid red, […]
The body for our personal project has arrived! This will form the outer skin for our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. This is a project we are going to be working on for ourselves. Allowing each member of the team here at Bridge to work on the car towards a single goal.
If the hard work and craft of our in-house trim expert Lydia could be been summed up in one single project it would be the seats for the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. These seats were templated and handmade from the original seats we borrowed from a good friend of Bridge Classic Cars. These pieces, finished […]
Lydia in the in-house trim shop at Bridge Classic Cars has hand-made this beautiful tool bag for our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Checking the dimensions of the specialist tools and pieces that may be needed on the car when it is out on the road, Lydia created this one-off tool bag to go along with […]
The fabrication team at Bridge Classic Cars are currently working on shaping and fitting several key pieces to the 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. This time, Clinton has been hand-forming and shaping the gearbox tunnel for our classic sports racer. Each individual piece aligns to a certain point on the tunnel so they have to be […]
The fabrication shop at Bridge Classic Cars are making progress on the sheet metal parts of our C-Type Replica. The C-Type Replica’s gearbox tunnel has had its final shape finished and set, so with that Clinton could then line up each piece and drill the carefully measured holes ready for all of the pieces to […]
The fabrication team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working their magic on the aluminium pieces under the bonnet of the C-Type Replica. Each piece has been handled by our fabricator Clinton, who has carefully reworked and shaped the metal panels to fit and work together on the classic Le Mans car. This has required […]