[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the weather’s holding up, this afternoon Craig has taken our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit for a nice drive around Ipswich. Whilst en-route we
The brand new air filter and housing has now been fitted to our 1967 E-Type.
This morning, we bid farewell to our wonderful and very desirable 1966 Jaguar E-Type, 4.2 litre 2+2. We are very pleased to have been able
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s the end of another day at Bridge Classic Cars and as I’m here on my own (Craig) I thought I’d take some up-to-date pictures
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are currently in the process of removing the engine and gearbox from our 1974 Triumph Spitfire. Once removed, the engine and gearbox will completely
The eagerly awaited Australia package arrived with us this morning from Jensen Spares. Here we have the brand spanking new interior metal covers. As is
Work has now commenced on refurbishing the original rear interior panel of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. Now the brand new interior has arrived from Aldridge
As with the majority of our wiring harness’, we deal directly with Autosparks. Autosparks are the market leaders in manufacturing bespoke harness’. They use British Standard
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today we had a visit from Brian Classic Assessments and the owners to look at the progress of our Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster. Unfortunately they were
A late finish for Craig this evening as he bids farewell to Daisy. Our 1989 VW Volkswagen Camper is now loaded up and ready for
Our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit has now arrived back in our Ipswich workshops from the paint shop. What a huge transformation from the full
Coming in to the Bridge Classic Cars is this beautiful 1974 Audi 100. She’s been sitting around for a number of years but generally is in
We’ve just taken delivery of our brand new aluminium Jaguar V12 radiator with cowls and fans, including header tank. Alicool produce Intercoolers, radiators, oil coolers,
It’s Big Sky Classic Car Hire‘s busiest time of the year and with almost all weekends booked out they needed a helping hand to repair the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Wednseday 21st June we ventured out in our completed 1989 Volkswagen T25 camper to Priory Park in Ipswich, Suffolk for the celebratory photo shoot.
Our Jaguar E-Type Roadster is due to be painted tomorrow, here she in after her second stage of primer. The blowers are on and we
We are now in the final stages of building the new interior for our 1949 MGYT. The brand new camel carpet has also arrived with
Tommy has been hard at work today blasting and refurbishing our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster top and bottom wishbones.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first of two coats of primer have now been applied to our Jaguar E-Type V12 roadster. We are now only days away from the
Work is now underway on stripping our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit. The Rolls Royce Walnut and Rolls Royce Regency Bronze combination have been confirmed
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We had a very special visitor into our workshops today, a stunning 1934 SS II. As she was being taken out for a top up
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When our 1949 MG YT arrived at our Ipswich workshops back in November 2016, she was missing a lot of her character: A very different car to
We are very fortunate to have one of the world’s leading MG parts suppliers right here on our doorstep. NTG have provided us with a brand
With the dials back from Speedograph, having been completely overhauled, rebuilt and re-polished, we have now been able to securely fit them in our newly
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit has arrived in to us to have a traditional Rolls Royce two-tone respray transformation. The base colour will remain
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s the end of another day at Bridge Classic Cars and the Maserati Merak is parked up, ready and waiting for the final trip to
Our 1982 Triumph TR7 featured on UK Road & Rally Classics, reaching (at the time) over 23,000 subscribers and 23,000 followers.
We reported earlier in the project that our original horn push came with the car damaged. Because of the rarity of almost everything on the Merak,
The brand new upgraded throttle linkage has now been fitted to our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. As you can see, the stunning new set up is
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Arriving at Bridge Classic Cars in just over a month’s time, a 1967 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, right hand drive in burgundy over black with creme
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the weather’s holding up, this afternoon Craig has taken our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit for a nice drive around Ipswich.
Whilst en-route we stopped to take a few nice pictures of the new two-tone (Walnut and Regency Bronze) finish.
It certainly got some attention!
Quoting the guy at the Shell garage on Norwich Road “I get to see loads of cars here but this is my first classic Rolls Royce”
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The brand new air filter and housing has now been fitted to our 1967 E-Type.
This morning, we bid farewell to our wonderful and very desirable 1966 Jaguar E-Type, 4.2 litre 2+2.
We are very pleased to have been able to offer this original UK matching number E-Type, Series 1, 2+2.
Our initial intention was for a full concours rebuild but having been approached by a customer wishing to carry out the work himself we have accepted and will sadly see her go today.
it will be a very exciting few months for her as she makes her new home in central London. The restoration project will continue almost immediately and we hope that the new owners will continue to show Bridge Classic Cars the progress.
But for now, it’s farewell…until we see you at a few shows next year I’m sure.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s the end of another day at Bridge Classic Cars and as I’m here on my own (Craig) I thought I’d take some up-to-date pictures of our latest projects.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are currently in the process of removing the engine and gearbox from our 1974 Triumph Spitfire.
Once removed, the engine and gearbox will completely stripped back before we start on a full engine rebuild of both.
Our intentions, initially, are to get the car safely through an MOT. Then once the key components are as we want them, we will then look to discuss the next stages on the rebuild.
Our objective is to hand the car back to the customer as a usable classic. It has been off the road for some time and they simply want to have her back up and running.
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The eagerly awaited Australia package arrived with us this morning from Jensen Spares.
Here we have the brand spanking new interior metal covers. As is often the case with classics and certainly the Jensen 541S’s certain parts are only obtainable from one source.
The metal trim covers are very rare and Tony at Jensen Spares in Australia owns the tooling that can manufacture these parts. Similarly, here at Bridge Classic Cars we have produced the tooling to manufacture the front grille and have subsequently been able to supply a number of them all over the world to fellow 541S owners.
Work has now commenced on refurbishing the original rear interior panel of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type. Now the brand new interior has arrived from Aldridge Trimming we can now start to build the interior ready for the refit.
As with the majority of our wiring harness’, we deal directly with Autosparks.
Autosparks are the market leaders in manufacturing bespoke harness’. They use British Standard 6862 PVC insulated automotive cable where applicable. This can then be braided to replicate the classic braided cable look with the modern day PVC cable properties. Once the harnesses are laid they can then be bound in either PVC harness tape or a cloth braiding depending on vehicle.
Original Manufacturers colour coding is used where possible; terminals and fittings are supplied where necessary. Autosparks go to great lengths to obtain original-type terminals but on older vehicles some wiring accessories may no longer be manufactured. If terminals and fittings are unobtainable they may omit or substitute for a suitable alternative.
The new harnesses are not labelled but will follow the pattern of an original harness. A good tip is to label the old harness up as you take it off. You can then use this as a guide for the replacement. Wiring diagrams are useful to identifying each branch on the harness and location for the wiring in each vehicle however, be aware there can be a few out there for the same vehicle but will say different things.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today we had a visit from Brian Classic Assessments and the owners to look at the progress of our Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster. Unfortunately they were a few days too early from seeing her in the new Golden Sands finish but none-the-less they were very happy with seeing the second stage primer.
Now we have the big decision to make on what interior finish.
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A late finish for Craig this evening as he bids farewell to Daisy.
Our 1989 VW Volkswagen Camper is now loaded up and ready for the long trip back to Inverness to meet her new owner.
Margaret and Daisy will have many many years of driving pleasure ahead with trips and tours already booked up for 2018.
We hope to see lots pictures of her enjoying the Scottish countryside.
Our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit has now arrived back in our Ipswich workshops from the paint shop.
What a huge transformation from the full Walnut exterior to our new two-tone Walnut and Regency Bronze finish.
Coming in to the Bridge Classic Cars is this beautiful 1974 Audi 100. She’s been sitting around for a number of years but generally is in good health.
We’ll be looking to sympathetically restore her ready for next year’s shows.
We’ve just taken delivery of our brand new aluminium Jaguar V12 radiator with cowls and fans, including header tank.
Alicool produce Intercoolers, radiators, oil coolers, fuel tanks and aluminium fabrication work. The company was set up thanks to the coming together of industry leading professionals. Their design and drawing team have 25 years’ experience in aluminium cooling products and have worked on projects from super car cooling packages in air, water and oil to radiator design for cooling in the vintage and fast road market place.
Lightweight 66mm high performance alloy core, over 45% more efficient than the original copper and brass radiator. This radiator will keep race or road cars perfectly cool even in high ambient conditions. Alicool water cores are vacuum braised in a controlled atmosphere to comply with IS09001 quality assurance standards. Available with oil cooler for automatic models. please contact us with your preference.
It’s Big Sky Classic Car Hire‘s busiest time of the year and with almost all weekends booked out they needed a helping hand to repair the broken roof on their 1978 Triumph Stag roof before the next hire.
Having been forced shut on a recent hire the roof bracket had been bent out of shape which resulted in the full mechanism be unable to work properly.
Due to our busy schedule time was not on our side but Tommy was confident he would be able to strip it, weld it and repair it within the time we had.
Whilst carrying out the roof repair we also noticed that the seat was not operating properly. So we also carried out the necessary repairs on that too.
All complete within the day and back on the Suffolk roads ready for a full season of enjoyable driving.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Wednseday 21st June we ventured out in our completed 1989 Volkswagen T25 camper to Priory Park in Ipswich, Suffolk for the celebratory photo shoot.
Meet Daisy, our 1989 Volkswagen T25 Camper – G617JPW
A huge thank you to Priory Park‘s owner James Little for allowing us access to the wonderful grounds. We are so lucky here in Suffolk to have so many beautiful and picturesque views and Priory Park is certainly up there as one of the best. Everywhere you turn presents you with another stunning view.
Daisy will soon be heading up to join her new owner in the north of Scotland. Margaret already has many trips booked for later in the year and a full diary of events to be heading to in 2018.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”13872,13873,13874,13875,13876,13877,13878,13879,13880,13881,13882,13883,13884,13885,13886,13887,13888,13889,13890,13891,13892,13893,13894,13895,13896,13897,13898,13899,13900,13901,13902,13903,13904,13905,13906,13907,13908,13909,13910,13911,13912,13913,13914,13915,13916,13919,13920,13921,13922,13923,13924,13925,13926,13927,13928,13929,13930,13931,13932,13934,13935,13936,13937,13938,13939,13940,13941,13942,13943,13944,13945,13946,13947,13948,13949,13950,13951,13952,13953,13954,13955,13956,13957,13958,13959,13960,13961,13962,13963,13964,13965,13966,13967,13968,13969,13970,13971,13972,13973,13974,13975,13976,13977,13978,13979,13980,13981,13982,13983,13984,13985,13986,13987,13988,13989″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Our Jaguar E-Type Roadster is due to be painted tomorrow, here she in after her second stage of primer.
The blowers are on and we are just waiting for her to toughen up before moving into the paint booth ready for paint.
We are now in the final stages of building the new interior for our 1949 MGYT.
The brand new camel carpet has also arrived with us ready to be shaped and edged.
Tommy has been hard at work today blasting and refurbishing our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster top and bottom wishbones.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first of two coats of primer have now been applied to our Jaguar E-Type V12 roadster.
We are now only days away from the stone chip areas to be drawn out and the brand new Jaguar Golden Sands colour to be applied. The car will be totally transformed by this time next week and we can’t wait!
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Work is now underway on stripping our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit.
The Rolls Royce Walnut and Rolls Royce Regency Bronze combination have been confirmed and the break lines have been agreed.
This is a very exciting little project as it will totally transform the look of this iconic classic. A relatively small change that will make this a real head turner.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We had a very special visitor into our workshops today, a stunning 1934 SS II. As she was being taken out for a top up of fuel and a blast around the roads in Ipswich she stopped by for us all to see.
Thank you very much for popping by, it was a pleasure to see![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”13806,13807,13808,13809,13810,13811,13803,13802,13801,13800,13799,13798″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Check out some amazing historical content on the Jaguar Heritage History website
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When our 1949 MG YT arrived at our Ipswich workshops back in November 2016, she was missing a lot of her character:
A very different car to what we expected but never-the-less, a car that from day one showed so much promis.
One of the major tasks was to rebuild the engine. With the majority of it being on the leather interior, and in a number of boxes it was a huge task sourcing the missing components. Now, after a full engine rebuild, the time has come for the newly built engine to be refitted into the car once again and for it to be run up for the very first time.
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We are very fortunate to have one of the world’s leading MG parts suppliers right here on our doorstep. NTG have provided us with a brand new stainless steel exhaust for our MG YT restoration project.
Although she arrived with us looking very sorry for herself, she did come equipped with her exhaust system. However, after years of neglect the exhaust was showing signs of wear in many places.
Repairs could be made to the existing exhaust but taking into account the hours of labour involved in repairing an old unit is was far better to replace with a brand new stainless addition.
With the dials back from Speedograph, having been completely overhauled, rebuilt and re-polished, we have now been able to securely fit them in our newly refurbished dash.
We are now on to the final stretch of the rebuild, with the interior arriving back from Kim very soon having been completely remade. We have re manufactured the new door cards as brand new door cards for the MG YT seem to be non-existant…
…until now that is!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit has arrived in to us to have a traditional Rolls Royce two-tone respray transformation.
The base colour will remain Rolls Royce Walnut but we are looking to introduce a second colour of Rolls Royce Regency Bronze.
As this is not a full restoration it is very important to maintain as much of the original components as possible. This helps to keep the character of the car. The car is over 30 years old and as much as a new respray will naturally freshen up the look and feel of the car it is essential that we do not overdo it in places that will make the original parts look old and tired.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s the end of another day at Bridge Classic Cars and the Maserati Merak is parked up, ready and waiting for the final trip to the paint shop. In the diary for the beginning of next week.
Once we have completed the final few touches she’ll be ready for one of our ‘now famous’ photo-shoots…after a good detail that is!
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Our 1982 Triumph TR7 featured on UK Road & Rally Classics, reaching (at the time) over 23,000 subscribers and 23,000 followers.
We reported earlier in the project that our original horn push came with the car damaged.
Because of the rarity of almost everything on the Merak, we have commissioned Pamela David Enamels to design and re-manufacture a new one for us.
Today, we received delivery of the new horn push…
New
Old
The brand new upgraded throttle linkage has now been fitted to our 1967 Jaguar E-Type.
As you can see, the stunning new set up is far less busy under the bonnet than the regular set up. Not only is aesthetically pleasing but is far more responsive and will prevent any future play. The response is instant.
The high output starter motor is also in position and tomorrow we’ll start to fit thew new loom.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Arriving at Bridge Classic Cars in just over a month’s time, a 1967 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, right hand drive in burgundy over black with creme interior.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”13155,13156,13157,13158,13159,13160,13161,13162,13163,13164,13165,13166,13167,13168,13169,13170,13171,13172,13173,13174,13175,13176,13177,13178,13179,13180,13181,13182,13183,13184,13185,13186,13187,13188,13189,13190,13191,13192,13193,13194,13195,13196,13197,13198,13199,13200,13201,13202,13203,13204,13205,13206,13207,13208,13209,13210,13211,13212,13213,13214,13215″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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