1951 MG TD Competition Abington MkII

Hayley at F1 Silverstone

Our good friend Hayley (owner of Halo Entertainment) enjoying the sunshine and celebrations at this year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. You may recognise Hayley from our 1951 MGTD Competition photo shoot at Priory Hall.

Mr Merson

Received a lovely email this evening from George Merson… “Craig. I just looked at all of the restoration pictures of “Finnigen”, my 51 MG TD. I must say you did a fantastic restoration, the car looks absolutely fantastic. It should be good…

Barons Annual Christmas Brochure – December 2016

Our 1951 MG TD Competition Abington MkII featured as the main car on the front cover of the Barons annual Christmas brochure. It also appeared inside, spread across a double page within the edition. The Barons annual Christmas brochure was given…

Lots of images from our engine stripdown

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we’ve said on many occasions, when carrying out any work on your classic car (or modern for that matter!) take lots of photos! Some of them you’ll look at in years to come and think “what did I take…

1951 MG TD Competition Abington MKII at Priory Hall, Hadleigh

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Tuesday 20th September our completed 1951 MG TD Competition Abington MK II was taken to Priory Hall in Hadleigh, Suffolk for the celebratory photo shoot. We were welcomed at the beautiful hall by owner Cyndy who showed us her…

New UK registration has arrived

It’s been a long time coming but the new V5 UK registration is now with us. The new UK plates have been produced. Unfortunately it was a little too late coming so our wonderful photo shoot by Jason at Sugar…

Behind the scenes at today’s MGTD Competition photoshoot…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With our incredible 1951 MGTD Competition now complete there is only one thing left to do… A stunning Suffolk shoot! As this little beauty is believed to be the only one left in the world it was only right for her…

Getting ready for our 50’s inspired shoot…

Another amazing photoshoot by Jason at Sugar and Spice Photography scheduled in the next few weeks and this time we are adding a bit of sugar and spice to the shoot with a little help from Halo Entertainment. Here we are…

The roof is now complete

So that’s it…she’s almost complete. The brand new double duck roof is now fitted and secure. We are just waiting back on the registration documentation so the new plates can be made and fitted and she’ll be ready to set…

Removing the overspray on the hubs

Bizarrely, it seemed somebody had decided to paint the wheels of our wonderful little MGTD whilst they were still on the car. We’ve been looking at these ever since she arrived with us at Bridge Classic Cars, all the way…

1951 MGTD Competition refitting the new roof

Our stunning 1951 MG TD Competition is almost complete, but not before the brand new hood is built and fitted…and today’s the day we get started on this fantastic and very rewarding job. If you’re going for the traditional look…

1951 MG TD Competition Touch Ups

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The reassembly task is almost complete on our 1951 MG TD Competition, so one last look over to assess for any imperfections in the paintwork. One last trip to the paint shop we go… [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”6041,6042,6043,6044,6045,6046,6047,6048,6049,6050,6051″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

MGTD Competition Engine Repaint

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today, John has been busy working on fitting up more of the 1951 MG TD Competition. We had a visit earlier in the week from Mike, owner of NTG Motor Services Ltd (MGbits if you know them online), Mike is a…

Our 1951 MGTD Competition is taking shape

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”5803,5804,5805,5806,5807,5808,5809,5810,5811,5812,5813,5814,5815,5816,5817,5818,5819″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Work is now well underway reassembling our 1951 MGTD Competition. Due to it’s rarity it is imperative that we make decisions that will compliment the car and preserve it’s history. Some original components that were already fitted to…

Back with us at Bridge Classic Cars

Work is now underway on reassembling our beautiful and very rare 1951 MG TD Competition. We have already had lots of interest in the progress of this restoration but we’d love to hear from you, if you would like to…

Collecting our 1951 MGTD Competition from our Ipswich paintshop

It’s a beautiful  sunny day today here in Ipswich which is exactly what we wanted as today’s the day we collected our very rare 1951 MGTD from our paint shop in Ipswich and return her to our assembly workshop on Deben…

Our 1951 MGTD Competition has been painted

This Wednesday we are due to see the return of our 1951 MGTD Competition from the paint shop. She has been completely stripped, perfected and undergone a full respray.

One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

We all have different likes and dislikes, ideas of what is acceptable and what isn’t and there’s nothing wrong with that at all. When our lovely little 1951 MGTD arrived from Canada we were expecting to carry out a bit…

Stripped and off to paint

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We expected the paintwork to be in slightly better condition that what we discovered so in true Bridge Classic Cars style…we’ll do it the way it should be done. Today, Asa and John spent the day stripping the 1951 MGTD…

1951 MGTD arrived in Suffolk

It’s been a long time coming, with a long trip from Canada but our 1951 MGTD has finally arrived with us here at Bridge Classic Cars. Here we are collecting her from Felixstowe docks. It was a beautiful sunny day…

Our MGTD is possibly the only one left in the world…

If you are as passionate about cars as we are here at Bridge Classic Cars, you’ll know yourself that it is always wonderful to hear the stories and the history behind these amazing classics we get to see everyday. Just…

MGTD and Jaguar E-Type coming soon…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We’ll soon be welcoming in to the workshops 2 new classic car projects. They are currently en-route from Canada so will be hitting our shores in approximately 5 weeks time.   [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”1971 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 Convertible”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The £125,000…