The John’s have been working mainly on the doors recently. They’ve cut counter sunk bolts to length, fitted and secured both door locks. The door seals have now been fitted into the channels around the door before securing the front piece with clips. They they’ve moved on to the boot area where they’ve fitted hose […]
Chris has now prepared and painted the new/old stock Rover P5 replacement door.
Monday morning we saw the Rover P5 leave us to head off for some gearbox work to be done. Prior to the car leaving our workshops we had a replacement door to prepare and fit. Rather than spending many hours perfecting the existing door and replacing all of the corrosion with new metal, we were […]
Our technician Steve has been working his magic on the 1975 Cobra project in our workshops ahead of its inspection and tests. This time, Steve has been working on getting the brake hard lines routed safely throughout the engine bay of the replica. After working out the best route for the lines, Steve could get […]
The progress on our 1956 Jensen 541 is flying along as the car heads towards initial road tests very soon around the area of the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. Before then, the team still have a bit of work to do. This time the team have been working on the inside of the classic GT […]
Our paint and body team have been working their magic with the Dino 246GTS we have at our Suffolk HQ for restoration. Like all of our restoration projects, the team here are obsessed with the details as that is where we strive for perfection and the 1973 Dino 246GTS is no exception. Chris, our head […]
Our technician Jon has been busy working on getting our 1960 Triumph TR3A back up to scratch here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. To Begin with, Jon checked the roof on the classic sports car to make sure it fit and there was no damage along with checking the side screens. With the side […]
John and Jon have done a few more hours on the Merc this weekend. Fitted new clips to all fuel pipes in the boot heading to the expansion tank. At the same time, they’ve tidied up the boot area. Route wiring around rear of boot and screw into place using original clips. They’ve then moved […]
Technician Jonn has been working on the brakes of our 1956 Jensen 541. Here are his notes: Started by reassembling the rear brakes, Fit rear shoes and refit drums. Rears locked up once drums refitted. Unable to pump brake pedal to centralise as no shoes on front axle yet. Refit rear wheels and swap over […]
Before Tony delivered our 1970 MGC GT, Jonn gave it a final checkover and made some minor repairs. Here are his notes: Remove car from Classic lounge. Carry out full Appraisal. Adjust bonnet secondary catch. Attend to offside rear axle strap. Rethread broken stud and fit new nut and washer and apply loctite. Grease all […]
Our 1974 Triumph TR6 is live and available to win on the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website. Although, it doesn’t look like it’s going to stick around for long.
John was expecting this to be a tougher job than it turned out to be. The tank fitted into position nicely. It’s great when a plan comes together!
Looking lovely sitting in the middle of The Atelier. The final touches are being made to the door and the car is hopefully only days away from the testing stage.
We secure all the bolts and tried the clutch and it feels good. Re-fit oil filter housing and new filter. Fill with oil and run up. We’ve then topped up the oil. Tested clutch bite point on the ramp before refitting interior and the bite point seems a little high. We’ve adjusted the arm to […]
Who doesn’t love a little Fiat 500? One of the quirkiest and most iconic of classics has now arrived at Bridge Classic Cars and we’re not keeping this one a secret…of course it’s a future competition. We’ve been looking for a nice one for some time and when this little gem was offered to us […]
Our Rover 75 has been though paint and is now back in colour having been prepared by paint technician Mauro. Next job is to flat and polish the car before reassembly in the coming weeks.
A trip to our storage facility first off to start to get our Jensen Interceptor ready for arrival into the workshops. A few boxes of parts and the windscreen are now back in the workshops and on the shelves. Then on to Orwell Precision to collect some parts for our SS100 that need to be […]
Today’s the day we get our 1960 TR3A on the ramp for it’s full appraisal. Jon is working on this one. He has fully greased all points, adjust the nearside front wheel bearing, stripped, cleaned and checked brakes. The drums, wheels have been refitted and knocked up tight. All tyres required a little air. Next […]
Our 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser is coming to the end of stage one of its restoration. The rust issues are almost repaired and the integrity of the underside has been returned. We are now looking forward to stage 2 of its restoration and its journey back out onto the road.
The engine of our 1964 Mercedes 230SL has made fantastic progress and will soon be reunited with the car. As you can see from the photos below, the engine is in the final stages of assembly.
Once our 1956 Jensen 541 was up on the four-post ramp, Jonn was able to chock the engine and remove the gearbox. He then cleaned the bell housing and fitted new thrust bearings. Once this was done, Jonn cleaned the flywheel and fitted a new clutch and refitting the gearbox.
Technician Jonn has continued his work on the brakes of our 1977 Triumph 2500TC. He has been looking at the rear brake on the nearside. He cleaned and painted the backplate before making a new brake pipe. All components were cleaned and a new wheel cylinder was fitted as well as the newly made pipe. […]
Our 1956 Jensen 541 is coming toward the end of its restoration here at Bridge Classic Cars. It has been a long process but now, technician Paul is starting to put the last few pieces back together. Although the car will still need testing and other minor bits, it’s safe to say that it is […]
After a brief trip to our friends at Auto-Transmissions, our 1973 Rover P5 is now back in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
John’s still in the process of getting our Ford Thunderbird running but no luck so far. A brand new fuel pump is what we need so we have removing the existing to make sure we order up the correct replacement. Now we wait for the arrival…
IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval) is edging closer and closer for our Cobra project. Every step of the way it is vital that the rules are met in order for the car to pass. The front part of the wiring loom was very untidy and too long so we have now cut it down to length, […]
So we closed the week off with Dave having finished stripping the MG B Roadster in order for Chris to prepare the car for underseal. All of this took place over the weekend which meant that Chris could successfully seal the underside with Schutz and let it settle through to the Tuesday when the technicians […]
Progress is being made on my 1987 Mercedes 500 SL. I keep hoping and wishing that there is not much longer to go but time seems to be forever running away. Both John’s/Jon’s are working on the car on Saturdays so as to not affect the scheduling in the busy Bridge Classic Cars workshops but […]
Tony has been very busy lately delivering a number of our competition cars to the lucky winners (and now the new owners! Andrew Graves took delivery of his 1970 Jaguar E-Type Series 2, Garry Smith is the very happy owner of our 2010 Land Rover Defender 90, and Stephen Chesters can now drive our 2001 […]
On Tuesday we called up Garry Smith to tell him the amazing news that he’s now the proud owner of our 2010 Land Rover Defender 90. Having been with us here at Bridge Classic Cars for a number of years this car was an exciting but emotional give away for us…especially me! This has been […]