As so often found when restoring classic cars, many components simply cannot be sourced and need to be fabricated in-house. Mauro, one of Bridge Classic Cars vehicle technicians has today been fabricating a new window bracket on our Triumph TR6…
Our 1973 Triumph TR6 had her windscreen removed to be treated to a full respray in our in-house spray shop. The car body has been sprayed a eye catching magenta, we’re hoping that coupled with this slick black windscreen frame…
As we near completion on our TR6 Restoration, Mauro is working hard refurbishing components to fit back into the car. He has refurbished all of the dash buttons and switch gear which are now all ready to be installed into…
Mauro has been working on our Triumph TR6 restoration. He’s made fabulous progress over the past week, the car is really starting to take shape now. Mauro has recently fitted the Heater box with a new matrix. He has also…
Mauro has been making some great progress on our TR6 restoration. Since the last major update he has now fitted the door locks, installed brake and fuel lines, fitted rear brake lights and the gorgeous stainless steel exhaust.
Mauro has sent a load of components needed for our TR6 restoration through to Chris in the Paint shop. Chris has now painted all the metalwork and it is ready for Mauro to continue assembly on the car. Great work…
Mauro is trilled to be working on this beautiful Triumph TR6. He’s shared some snaps on Facebook as this project starts to pick up momentum. Superb work, Mauro! We will be updating this blog with every major milestone in the…
Our TR6 has reached another exciting milestone in it’s restoration journey. The Triumph TR6 has now left the paint shop and is with Mauro in the Workshop. Mauro will now be building the car. All components will either be refurbished…
Darren has now completed the final stages of painting our stunning magenta 1973 Triumph TR6. After masking up to protect the already painted inner sections of the body, Darren firstly applied primer to the prepared surface. He then applied several…
These chrome items have been completely transformed and are shining bright once more. The first step in the process of re-chroming is the stripping process. Grease, paint and rust that has accumulated on the car bumper over the years is…
Darren has been progressing with our Triumph TR6 Restoration down in the Paint Shop. We’ve fitted a new boot for our TR6 and adjusted the fitment to perfectly align with the bodywork. We’ve also prepared the boot, side sills, doors…
We have returned from our short period of closure, due to the awful Covid-19, to the wonderful sight of our 1973 Triumph TR6 dials having been completely overhauled by our good friends at Speedograph Richfield.
Darren is meticulously working on our stunning triumph TR6. He’s ensuring the panels are perfectly gapped and positioned before we apply any paint. He’s also making sure the panels are completely smooth and true to achieve the perfect paint finish….
The transformation of our 1984 Suzuki GSX400 is one step further forward today as we painted the metal components in the new satin black finish. At the same time, we resprayed the repaired dash of our 1973 Triumph TR6, ready…
Mauro has been stripping down the Dash and Heater box in preperation for sandblasting and repainting.
A large assortment of our chrome work is now in the hands of Douglas Metal Finishing to be repaired, plated and polished. Brightwork from our Peugeot 504 cabriolet, Morris Mini Deluxe and Triumph TR6 projects are in the latest collection…
Our Triumph TR6 body is starting to really take shape now. It’s currently down in the paint shop having the body panels fitted up and prepared for paintwork. We’ve also had a shipment of TR6 parts arrive in, ready to…
We’ve been making great progress on our 1973 Triumph TR6 restoration. Within our in-house paint shop, Darren has been working hard on our Triumph TR6 body. Originally brown, Darren has taken the bodywork back to bare metal to ensure the…
Darren has been working on our 1973 Triumph TR6 Restoration. The TR6 has been stripped down to bare metal and prepared for paint. The new Triumph wings have been stripped of paint and the entire vehicle has been prepared ready…
Mauro has started work assembling the rear of our TR6 restoration. He’s fitted the rear springs, differential and rear hubs. Mauro has also fitted the upper and lower front arms as well as the front anti roll bar to the…
Darren has been hard at work getting our TR6 body ready for paint. He’s carrying out a complete strip down to bare metal, finding and treating rust and carrying out any nessasary bodywork repairs. Our client has requested this vehicle…
Mauro has picked up work on our Triumph TR6 Complete restoration. He is making great progress continuing to build up the chassis today. The front hubs, gearbox mounts and engine mounts have now been installed to the car. Mauro has…
The boot and doors off our Triumph TR6 complete restoration are now being prepared in the paint shop by Darren. They have been ground back to bare metal and had the badly corroded areas removed. From there, we’ve welded in…
We’ve made great progress on our 1973 Triumph TR6 restoration in the past few weeks. Coming in as a complete restoration, the chassis is now fully prepared and painted. The fuel tank and radiator have been refurbished and painted to…
We were at the oldest celebration of motoring this Sunday 3rd November, the 2019 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. More than 400 pre-1905 vehicles took took to the road. Over 120 years since the first run in 1896, it…
The rebuild of our 1973 Triumph TR6 engine is coming along nicely. The engine components have been stripped, cleaned and painted as new. The engine is now fitted with new pistons, new bearings, new rocker shaft, new rocker fingers, the…
Ady is now working on stripping our 1973 Triumph TR6 for the full engine rebuild. New seals and gaskets will be fitted and all stripped components will be carefully cleaned, tested and reinstated.
Many more images of our Triumph TR6 project as Mauro continues to work through sorting the stripped parts. These images will prove to be extremely useful when rebuilding the car and make up for a great project story once the…
Work continues on the strip down of our 1973 Triumph TR6. THe car is now fully stripped and the parts are being organised into the relevant areas, whether they need to be restored or replaced.
The body is now off which gives Mauro and Andrew access to more parts needing to be removed. We are assessing what parts require restoration and what will be replaced with new. Once segregated, all parts will be labelled and…