Lydia has been continuing her prep work on the 1998 white Honda Integra Type R. She unclipped one of the rubber seals on the underneath of the door she’d been sanding down and filling, before cleaning off old glue and dirt with panel wipe solution. The paint on the inside of the door then got […]
We call it the Jensen bible and in order to protect it Kath has made a bespoke leather book bag. Jensen Genome Richard Calver July 2019 Edition She started the process by drawing, measuring and working out the dimensions and design for the bag. Black leather was cut out to the required shapes and measurements […]
Brian has been continuing his work on the interior for the Continental Bentley. He began off by taking the original leather and foam off the door cappings, and then cleaned up the wood. New 3mm foam was cut to shape and glued into place. New leather was then cut out, using the original pieces as […]
Huge congratulations to Peter Atchison, winner of our 1976 Volkswagen T2 Westfalia Camper with ticket number 1473. Mauro delivered early this morning with the sun shining! Interesting article written by Debbi Kirkham for Forbes on the popularity of camping: “It’s easy to see how camping has developed such widespread appeal over the centuries – leaving […]
The electronic ignition was the issue with the Mustang not starting upon collection. John has worked his magic and now she’s all fired up! We still can’t go anywhere as we have no brakes…well we can go places, we just can’t stop!
The Jaguar E-Type series 1.5 has been getting new front carpets made by Kath, in the trim shop. The original ones were marked out with “notches”, which help when putting the new versions together, then taken apart and were used as patterns on a roll of new carpet. Leather strips were cut out for the […]
Please to show our Jensen 541S bursting into life and sounding beautiful. Next job will be to set the gearbox up.
The sun was shining here in Suffolk this afternoon, the perfect weather for a lovely run out in the 280SL. Craig headed up to Rendlesham to experience the issues with the engine running. It’s one of those classics that oozes class and sophistication. Lots of smiles and admiring glances as we drove through the villages…we […]
We are delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Lotus Cars and the Norwich Community Sports Foundation charity to run this special 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition as a competition with all profits raised from the draw going to the NCSF charity enabling them to provide vital services for people with […]
We shared a behind the scenes insight into our shoot at Lotus’ HQ in Norfolk a few days ago. We’ve also got a large collection of official campaign visuals shot by a photographer from Norwich City Sports Foundation. For your chance of winning our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition, and help raise thousands […]
Gordon popped in to Chris Self Motorcycles today to discuss the progress of our 1977 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing. The carburettor bodies have been sent away for media blasting. All of the parts are now on order to fully recommission the bike. We look forward to getting it back to enjoy the end of the […]
This weekend gone saw the the return of the incredible Goodwood Festival Of Speed. Bridge Classic Cars and lots of our friends were there to enjoy the weekend and it was also where we launched our latest competitions in partnership with Lotus and Community Sports Foundation. Introducing the 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition; […]
Tyre Assist Ipswich, formerly know as We Fit Any Tyres Anyway has successfully re-fitted the tyre to our freshly painted Morris Minor wheel. It was caught up in a spot of bother when a vehicle collided with our Morris but failed to stop. The car is in with us now being repair. Thanks as always […]
Before marrying up the gearbox to the engine, Ady has done an incredible job of thorough cleaning the internals. It’s not just about the things you see, it’s important to worry about the things you don’t see too!
Being around classic cars all day, everyday they all have a story to tell and we love to hear about them. The history, the life that the car has had and the owners that have sat in the seats all make up a great story. We see and work on a lot of rare cars. […]
Lydia is continuing to work through parts of our Honda Integra to get the panels stripped, cleaned, prepared and ready for paint.
Thomas has been fitting the mushroom shade leather front seats into the peony red Jensen. He first had to fit runners into the front of the car, these are bolted in, either side, as a pair. The seats then slide onto these with attachments on the bottom of each front seat. These runners are what […]
Thanks to jimmysclassiccooper for sharing our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition with his Instagram audience. Glad you like the car…it’s a stunner!
The oil pump gear would not turn so with the use of a marker pen, Ady was able to show where the pump was rubbing and then he could relieve the high spot to allow it to turn. One that was done, Ady had to sort out the end float as there are two thickness’ […]
Chris and Matt are starting to shape up the E-Type body shell. The car is now in Epoxy primer and once prepared will be ready for the paint application process. Exciting times ahead for our 1973 Jaguar E-Type.
From trim-shop to paint-shop, our 1955 Aston Martin 2/4 seat frames and accessories are currently being blasted, treated, prepared and painted prior to the new covers being refitted. There would be nothing worse than seeing our beautifully manufactured interior coverings fitted to the old, existing and tired looking frames.
Dave has successfully cut out the corroded areas within the wheels arches of our Jaguar 240 Mk2. He is now working on repairing the areas with treatment and welding in new metalwork.
We’ve been keeping something very exciting under wraps and we’re now delighted to be able to tell the world that we’ve partnered with Lotus and Norwich City Community Sports Foundation to run a charity competition with the to win a very special Lotus Elise. Our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition is set to […]
The two John’s have been working on our Ford Escort Twin Cam rewiring project. The front loom has been stripped and refitted to take an electrical fan. The middle loom was very good so having cleaned it up we felt it was best to leave it alone. On running up we diagnosed an issue with […]
Take a look at this little firecracker! Owner Ross has brought his wonderful Austin morris in to see Ady, our engine specialist. Ross noticed the car wasn’t running quite right as the air/fuel mixture looked to be running a touch rich. Ady has diagnosed the issue as a faulty choke. The choke cable wasn’t correctly […]
Lydia, can normally be found in the trim shop, has been helping out with getting the Honda Integra ready for a re-paint. She’s been sanding down various panels, including the front grill, spoiler, wing mirror surrounds and fuel tank cover. Most of the panels only needed a light sanding with a DA and soft sanding […]
Ady has been balancing the carbs on our 1963 Jaguar MkII to improve the running and overall performance of the car.
Customer reported that he was having difficulty in getting the overdrive to engage every time. We established the overdrive unit was functioning correctly which lead us to believe was, possibly, all we needed to do was change the oil. When we started to drain the oil we found it was of a water consistency. We […]
Kath has been busy manufacturing the new seats for the Aston Martin DB2/4. She’s started with the front base seats. The first step was to unpick the seams of the original covers. Then laying out a new hide of deep red leather and placing all these original base seat pieces on top of it, marking […]
Graham Cousins entered one of our classic car competitions. His ticket, number 382 was drawn and today he has come to our classic car workshop to collect his prize. New, these CL600’s were £100,000! A dream car for many, Graham won this car from a £5 ticket! Graham is fairly local to us, so accompanied […]