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Our friends at Wyatt Polishing recently completed some restoration work and zinc plating for a number of seat runners and bonnet struts for the Jensens currently in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. When components like this look as good as…
The time recently arrived for us to say goodbye to our 1958 Jensen 541R. This beautiful classic car came to us from Holland and spent a few months with us while our team of classic car technicians bought it back…
Classic car technician Brian has continued his work on the interior floor of our 1958 Jensen 541R. After attaching the transmission tunnel cover, he then refitted the tunnel into the car before fitting the carpet. He then went on to…
For the last few weeks, the interior of our 1958 Jensen 541R has been getting lots of attention from Lydia and Brian. Recently, Lydia turned her attention to the boot of the car – specifically, the boot carpet. After lots…
Brian continues to work on the interior of our 1958 Jensen 541R. He finished cutting the centre section foam to fit around the centre pad before glueing the cover and calico backing down and fitting the brackets. Brian then installed…
Classic car technician Paul has been making several different parts that will eventually be used on one of our Jensen restoration projects. These include parts such as seat runners, bonnet supports, gutter trim, and door frames. All of these will…
Brian and Lydia continue to work on the interior of our 1958 Jensen 541R. Lydia has been busy covering the remaining door card as well as covering the back of the rear squab with black vinyl to give it a…
The Jensen 541 was a car produced by Jensen Motors. Each one of these cars has an individual story to tell, but the story of the Jensen 541, in general, is one that many car enthusiasts should be keen to…
Our 1958 Jensen 541R has been seeing lots of progress recently. This has continued with Clinton making new air vent shutters and runners for the car. In addition to Clinton’s hard work, Brian has been making the dash pad metal…
Lydia has completed more interior work on our 1958 Jensen 541R by getting the door cards and rear quarter panels finished. She used original Jensen pieces as patterns to make new leather and vinyl versions. Lydia sewed these together before…
The interior of our 1958 Jensen 541R is beginning to make some good progress. In addition to the interior carpets and the interior leather that has already been installed, work has started on the kick panels, door panels, and rear…
There are quite a few Jensens being restored in our workshop at the moment (7 at the last count including 541s, 541Rs, and an Interceptor MK3). As there is a lot of work to get done on these classic cars,…
More work continues to be completed on the interior of our 1958 Jensen 541R. Lydia has been extremely busy fitting the rear squab seat cover onto its frame. Once she had done this, her attention turned to the rear base….
With new paintwork and new seats, it was time for the internal floor of our 1958 Jensen 541R to get some attention. Some fairly tricky areas needed new carpet so a variety of patterns and templates were needed to make…
The 1958 Jensen 541R has already come a long way since its arrival at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in Suffolk. With recent work being completed on the front and rear seats, attention turned to the leather that would be…
In the workshops right now, we have 6x Jensen 541’s in various states of repair or restoration. We have 3x Jensen 541’s and 3x Jensen 541R’s. Sometimes, when fabricating parts it is much more time and cost effective for Clinton…
Lydia has now started work on the rear squabs on our 1958 Jensen 541R. the same techniques used on the front seats will be used on the rear so any existing leatherwork will be used to make up new templates…
Time for Lydia to move on to the rear squab as she has now completed the front base cushions.
The roof bars have now been removed to make way for the new foam to be glued and fitted. The bars, covered in the correct material are then screwed back into position. The headlining is then positioned and carefully glued…
The vinyl interior section are now being templated, cut out, glued and shaped into position on our 1958 Jensen 541R. The dash, A posts and parcel shelf are now all in position.
Brian spent the day outside the trim shop fitting up the headlining bars to our 1958 Jensen 541R in preparation for the new headlining to be installed.
We very much encourage new technologies and forward thinking here at Bridge Classic Cars. Research and development is a huge part of what we do here. Just because a classic car was built using a classic skillset and classic approach…
Using a combination of existing material and brand new designs Lydia has managed to re-produce the templates for the front seat covers for our 1958 Jensen 541R. With these templates a new seat of covers can be made and the…
The 1958 Jensen 541R has worked on getting all the panels onto the car to double-check fitment after paint. The team have put the one-piece clamshell bonnet and both doors and boot lid onto the classic GT cars to begin…
The trim shop at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been working on more parts of the 1958 Jensen 541R. The team have been working on finishing up the amazing fluted rear seat bases. Each line of the fluting has…
With the paint shop now finished with the 1958 Jensen 541R, the Bridge Classic Cars trim team can begin working on the interior of the car insitu. To begin with, the trim shop have made new wooden bases for the…
The 1958 Jensen 541R has been having more pieces of its interior made by the Bridge Classic Cars trim team but this time with some unique and personal touches. The rear seat bases of the classic Jensen have been completely…
The Bridge Classic Cars trim shop have been working on making more of the handmade parts for the interior of the 1958 Jensen 541R. This time, Lydia has been working on trimming the backs and sides of the front seats….
The original glovebox on the 1958 Jensen 541R has been completely stripped back in order to be retrimmed by the Bridge Classic Cars team. The original piece was carefully taken apart by the team to assess its condition. After inspecting,…
The Bridge Classic Cars trim team have been busy stripping down and retrimming the front seats of the 1958 Jensen 541R. The team have stripped the seats all the way back and removed any old padding or coverings to begin…