The Bridge Classic Cars workshop team have collected the 1981 Triumph TR7 V8 from its MOT after failing to start. The team got the classic convertible back to our Suffolk HQ to get things fixed, and then back for its retest.
A recent arrival at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ is this 1973 Triumph TR6. Collected by our amazing transport team. the TR6 made its way to our restoration workshops in Suffolk. Once at our workshops, our technician Jon got the car up on the ramp to begin his inspection.
Will, one of our amazing technicians, has been working his way through the carburettors and the batteries on the 1972 MGB Roadster here at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk restoration workshop. ‘Remove air filters, remove throttle and choke cables off carbs, remove carbs from car, clean up spacing blocks and replace gaskets behind spacing blocks, […]
As the team work on getting the 1991 Jaguar XJS V12 back onto the road stronger than ever. As the Bridge Classic Cars restoration team work on getting the V12 GT car ready for its excited owner, they have had to go through and fix a few faults as the team begin to test the […]
As the Bridge Classic Cars team pull ahead with the gearbox swap on the 1959 Jaguar MkIX, our technician Jon has been carefully and methodically working through the finer details of the job. Jon strip down the bellhousing to fit up the new and modified release bearing along with its mount, Then, Jon could carefully […]
Our technican Steve has been working on the 1978 MGB GT. Since its return to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, the team have been making their way through the work orders to get this classic back to strength and ready for summer with its owner. ‘Replaced thermostat housing gasket as it was leaking and removed […]
Our in-house trim shop have been working their magic on the seats of a 1972 Porsche 911. Lydia got the seats onto the bench here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop and begun to strip them down. With new foams, underlays and webbings, Lydia built the seats back up and carefully stretched the new […]
With the 1996 Bentley Continental R moving closer and closer back to the road, the team have been working on the smaller details of the luxury twin-turbo coupe. Our technician Greg has been re-seam sealing the bumper to the car as part of its reassembly.
With the Bridge Classic Cars team having gone through and recommissioned the 1980 Toyota Hilux, the stunning classic pickup truck was loaded up by our transport team for the journey back home to its excited owner.
As the team discovered a leak in the original fuel pump on the 1980 Toyota Hilux, they have come up with a new way of keeping this fabulous truck looking totally original. The team have used our synthetic fuel partner, FU3L, to put in the tank of this incredible pickup when it returns to storage […]
With the recent arrival of the 1983 Toyota Hilux, our technician Jon has been working his way throug the recommission of the classic pickup truck aswell as carrying out some other work for the trucks owner. ”Get on ramp and painful tank. Disconnect fuel line from pre filter and blow back to tank. Removeair filter. […]
Our paint and body technician Mauro has been working alongside our technician Greg to get the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe ready for the next phase of its restoration. Mauro has been preparing the body shell and one-piece aluminium front clamshell with several rounds of panel leveling, panel gapping and hours of sanding and […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been busy working on the 1975 MGB GT V8 across multiple departments here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ as part of the cars restoration. Our paint and body team have worked their magic on the underside of the car. Our technician Adam cleaned down the primed body shell […]
Our transport and delivery team made the journey up to Halifax to deliver our recent winner Callum his 1973 MGB Roadster. The whole team want to congratulate Callum on his win and wish him many happy miles ahead.
We’ve had a whole host of new arrivals at our Suffolk restoration workshops. An old friend has made its way home in the shape of our 1972 Rover P6 4500S ‘Beastie’ that the team will be looking over and getting back to running like a champion. There’s also a 1973 MGB GT for a tune […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have welcomed a new arrival to our Suffolk HQ. This 2023 Porsche 911 is being cared for by our team on behalf of its owners as it goes into our secure storage facility.
The Bridge Classic Cars workshop team have welcomed a new arrival this week – the 2nd Toyota Hilux for the team to go through and recommission. Much like the orange 1980 Hilux, the team will give the entire truck a check over to double check and make sure that this gorgeous classic pickup truck runs […]
Adam, one of our amazing technicians, has been continuing to march ahead with the restoration of the 1975 MGB GT. At this point, with the classic sports car on a rottisserie, he has been getting the underside prepped and ready before shooting the underside in epoxy primer prior to the team seam sealing and and […]
Our technician Steve has been working on the 1978 MGB GT getting it fully serviced and ready for the year ahead. With this being a full service and maintenance checkover, Steve has also inspected brakes and performed a nut and bolt check for the customer.
As part of the preaprations to get the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe into colour, our restoration technicians have been working their way through the various panels and pieces to perfect the metalwork and give the car its new look. As part of the that, our technician Greg has had to cut out and […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been busily working away on the 1996 Bentley Continental R. Since the car came out of our in-house paitn and body department, our technician Greg has been working his way through getting the bumpers and grill back into the place on the 1990s twin-turbo GT car. At the same […]
Registered in 2000, our Hayabusa is one of the early UK bikes, built right at the beginning of the model’s now legendary run. Back then, the Hayabusa wasn’t just fast; it pretty much redefined what fast meant. Built to Beat the Blackbird In the late 1990s, Honda made the world’s fastest production motorcycle in the […]
Limited production vehicles are always interesting to me. I love how they usually have a level of importance and meaning to the manufacturers, the owners, and the community of enthusiasts who have a passion for them. That’s why when a collection of rare Ducati motorbikes showed up the other day, I wanted to dig a […]
Our paint and body technician Mauro has been preparing the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe for epoxy. Mauro has had to rework many of the edges on the bonnet of the classic Aston Martin undergoing its complete restoration here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in Suffolk. Having rewelded certain areas and adjusting the […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been getting to work on the 1991 Nissan Figaro at our Suffolk restoration workshops. John, one of our amazing technicians, has been carefully removing the trims, door cars and wheel arches from the iconic bite-sized Japanese coupe in order to give the car a whole new look as well […]
After being in the paint shop, the 1996 Bentley Continental R has begun to be put back together by our paint and bodyshop manager Chris. Chris has carefuly and methodically put the various panels, clips, trims and accessories back onto the iconic 1990s GT car for the rest of the Bridge Classic Cars team to […]
Bridge Classic Cars workshops have been getting this 1993 Jaguar XJS Convertible repaired after its MOT. Jon, one of our technicians, has been making his way through the list to make sure the XJS runs and drives as it should. ‘Carry out MOT repairs. Remove nearside track rod end from hub. Strip and fit new […]
The interior of the 1960 Jensen 541R is a little bit different to what we normally do. The client has asked the Bridge Classic Cars trim shop to basically ‘pre-age’ the seats in the rare British GT car, to make them more comfortable for the owner. These allow the cars owner to sit lower in […]
Will, one of our restoration technicians here at Bridge Classic Cars HQ, has been working his way through recommissioning the 1972 MGB Roadster in our workshop. This phase of the reawakening of the classic convertible involved work on the brakes, clutch slave and fuel pump. ‘Fit new clutch slave cylinder replace pin with bolt, fit […]
Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops have been busy this week preparing for the changes scheduled to be done on the 1959 Jaguar MkIX. The team are carrying out a gearbox swap on the classic saloon car, so with that they have had to remove both the engine and gearbox from the car. In order to […]