Christmas can be a lonely and difficult time for people in care, so for the 2nd year running the Bridge Classic Cars team have loaded up our hamper and headed out on the road with a fleet of classics to try and spread the festive cheer. Molly, the Bridge Classic Cars team and the other […]
A relatively successful trip was had heading up to The Pavilion in Buxton for the H&H Classic Auction last week. We came away with 4 cars ourselves and a 5th made it’s way down on our car transporter for some work required by our team in the workshop. The car’s have now arrived with us […]
It’s a busy Mini today in the workshops as we prepare for our Cooper S to be delivered to Geoff later in the week. We’ve carried out the pre delivery inspection and noticed a fuel leak from carb float bowl. We’ve taken the car outside to warm her up. Checked for previous fuel leak and […]
Our 1967 Mercedes 250SL has had the handbrake cables on the rear replaced. This involved the removal of the road wheels, callipers and discs on both sides to access the cable ends inside the drum of the discs. Once they were stripped down, Pete found a few more issues hidden away – one of the […]
Paul has fabricated a temporary engine support for our 1960 Jensen 541R. He then fitted the engine and the steering arms. Once this was done, Paul then fitted the front hubs and started mounting the front subframe.
During its time in the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body shop, quite a bit of rust has been found on our 1963 Rover P4. Mauro has recently repaired some of the rust spots on the rear quarter panel and rear cross member. Unfortunately, he then found some more areas needing repair.
Mauro has been busy repairing a rust spot on the windscreen area of our 1994 Land Cruiser. He also replaced some of the metal.
The headlights of our 1987 Mercedes 500SL have been stripped down by our workshop manager John.
John has made and fitted new down pipes to our 1964 Mercedes 230SL. This is because the old ones had to be cut off as they had seized. New baulk head sound deadening was fitted before John investigated the non-starting issue. He went through the wiring and traced the fault to the timer relay on […]
We continue to polish intake pipes. We finish all pipes and place in the boot ready. The radiator has been removed for painting and all parts have been taken to the bodyshop for painting in satin black. We’ve fitted new front and rear number plates. Removed all masking from engine bay and tidied the area. […]
It was noted from the appraisal that our 1993 Jaguar XJS had a faulty gearbox mount. Pete recently removed it from the car and stripped it down to its component parts. The rubber had completely degraded and was very much beyond service. The steel parts were degreased and shotblasted before being primed and top coated […]
At 4pm tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd December 2024, we reveal the winner of one of the most exciting new EV’s on the market right now, the MG Cyberster. We have one of the very first to arrive in the UK and you could be winning it on Tuesday for just £15. But before all that…we can’t […]
Paul has been fitting the front discs, callipers, and steering arms to our 1960 Jensen 541R. He also fitted the engine mounts, fitted and aligned the clutch before starting to modify the chassis in order for it to take the seat belts.
Pete has had another busy day working on our 1993 Jaguar XJS. He started with the removal of the nearside tail pipe, this was very well rusted in place and required a lot of persistent persuasion with some wood and a big hammer! He could then start cutting the rear quarter and preparing for the […]
Lots of progress has been made on our 11,000-mile, 1987 Maserati BiTurbo. Lydia removed the saggy headlining and fitted new sound deadening. Jonn has also been working on the car. Here are his notes: Carry out inspection. Engine removed and battery disconnected, so electric items and engine etc not tested yet. All brakes require replacement […]
During the appraisal of our 1967 Mercedes 250SL, it was noted that the nearside front wheel was binding. Pete removed the wheel for a closer inspection and found that the inner piston was seized in the calliper body. He attempted to free this while the calliper remained on the car. He removed the pad retaining […]
Our friends at Wheelhouse Alloys recently delivered the wheels to our 2002 Ford Thunderbird.
The fuel pump in our 1967 Mercedes SL250 has been dripping consistently since the workshop team got the car up and running. Peter removed the pump and stripped it. He found that it had previously been sealed using normal silicone sealant. After everything was cleaned off, fuel safe liquid sealant was used as a replacement.
Peter has made more progress with our 1993 Jaguar XJS. The front and rear brakes were checked over and he cleaned up any loose debris. He made minor repairs to the driver’s front backing plate as it was misshapen leading it to catch the upper arm ball joint bolt. The rear brakes were checked over […]
Jonn has been adjusting the carb mixtures of our 1956 Jensen 541. He left the air filter housing in place and removed the brass jet covers from underneath and adjusted each jet in turn. He then refitted the brass caps, jacked up each corner of the car and checked the brakes.
Earlier today, Tony loaded and delivered our 2003 Rover 75 back to its owner.
Steve has been fitting the heat shielding around the inner wings of our 1975 AC Cobra replica, where the exhaust manifold exits the engine.
Peter has been conducting an appraisal on our 1968 MGC Roadster. Here are his findings: Appraisal.. drivers door lock seized, can’t check keys, passenger door lock spinning in door can’t seem to fit a key, passenger door button sticks in handle, drivers door isn’t closing correctly, drivers sun visor mount broken, drivers quarter window handle […]
It’s been a long time coming but our 1979 Ferrari 400 GT is now pretty much ready to be photographed and filmed before going live on the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website. After Jonn took the car out for a road test, he came back to the workshop and rectified a couple of minor issues […]
Lydia has completed our Dino dash ready for install. I think you’ll agree, it looks sensational.
A few little electrical issues have occurred on our 1936 Riley Nine so we’ve welcomed the car back in to look at the problem. Turns out, a mouse has made it’s way in and has chewed on a few wires. We have addressed the issues, tidied up the wiring and the car is good to […]
It’s been a busy week in the headlines for Jaguar and it’s been a busy week for Jaguar in our workshops too. Peter started with us at the beginning of the week and he’s already making great progress on some of our cars. Work has commenced on the Jaguar XJS as he has been stripping […]
Mauro has not only been busy taking photos but he’s been working on perfecting our Rover P4 corrosion. The interior has been completely and the welding on the bottom of the A and B pillar, along with the chassis bracket for the body mounting have all been done.
The wait is over. Our 1987 Maserati BiTurbo has been in The Hangar for some time now but work has finally begun on getting the car back on the road. Although, the car has a genuine 11,000 miles on the clock it has been laid up since 1995 due to what we believed was a […]
Arriving to us for storage over the winter months is our lovely little 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider. The car is now safely tucked away in a CarCoon