The front assembly of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type is really starting to take shape with the wishbones, calipers and discs all now fitted.
With the new screen being made as we speak the frame work has now been built up and fitted into position to ensure all curves and lines meet the areas that it should. And as you can see, we now have the eyes back on the car! The brand new headlights have now been fitted […]
We’ve now completed the work on re-covering our 1949 MGYT dash. With the edging strips already re-chromed and the centre plate fully restored the dash can now be pieced back together.
With the sun shining down in Suffolk today we’ve taken our 1989 Volkswagen T25 Camper outside to continue fitting out the interior. John from Baylham Automotive Solutions paid us his final visit yesterday on the camper so now the electrics are complete, the new sound system is installed and ready to go.
The big day is almost here…the day our 1960 Jensen 541S body preparation is complete and ready for first stage primer. Within the next few days we’ll have the first pictures of the car in primer. As one of 3 prototypes original built and the only one to be built as an original automatic, our […]
Our recently completed 1968 MGBGT paid us little visit today with a couple of ‘niggling’ jobs that needed to be carried out. Here she is sitting outside Bridge Classic Cars HQ.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Wednesday 19th April we took our fully restored 1982 Triumph TR7 to the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich for our latest photo shoot. The Orwell Bridge was a crucial part of this shoot. It was opened to road traffic in December 1982, the very same year that our Triumph TR7 was first registered on the UK roads. […]
We had a very indecisive moment this morning in the Bridge Classic Cars workshops. The big question, should we or should we not replace the front and rear badges. These are the original badges which in itself is lovely but when you have them fitted to an almost new car they really stand out. With […]
We’ve temporarily positioned the entire interior, including the newly covered seat cushions. By doing so we can fully assess what further work may be required to ensure the perfect fit. Once Asa is happy with the overly look and the measurements are spot on we can start with the permanent refit.
The rotten areas of our 1969 MGBGT have now been fully repaired and painted. As the bumper is an original MG part, our brief is to repair this specific bumper or source, repair and re-chrome an original. Buying new in this instance is probably the most cost effective, once you take into account the labour […]
Work is well underway now on building up the bespoke interior. With first fit electrics now in place Asa has been able to shape the side walls and cover them in grey carpet.
The brand new green carpets are now being fitted to our Maserati Merak.
With the newly re-chromed and rebuilt front grille now complete we have been able to loosely refit to the car. This will be tightened once the bonnet section are fitted and secured.
A unique feature on our 1949 MGYT is the invisible cooling blind that is operated by a pulley system beside the radiator. When pulled a blind lifts up in front of the radiator but behind the front grille. It can not be easily seen but it acts as a temperature control feature. The blind itself […]
We received a very special delivery at Bridge HQ this week. Daisy’s new interior! VanWurks specialise in VW camper interiors and conversions. With superb quality and attention to detail, combined with modern features and original styling, their interiors and conversions are a popular choice with the Volkswagen camper enthusiast. We have worked alongside VanWurks on this project […]
The first fix wiring as now been installed in our 1989 VW T25 project. With the brand new bespoke interior arriving later today the second fix is currently being worked on as we speak ready for the interior installation to commence at the weekend.
Dave is now starting to refit the chrome on our 1949 MG YT. A lot of the original parts have been re-chromed however some of the parts were beyond repair so we have replaced with new. When the car arrived at Bridge Classic Cars both the front and rear bumpers had taken a serious hit […]
The body of our 1960 Jensen 541S has been successfully refitted back on the newly painted chassis. With the original colours now confirmed we can continue with the body preparation ready for the full respray. Extra images from Trevor at the paint-shop…
Another assortment of Jensen 541S components have now arrived back from paint shop ready and waiting for exciting rebuild to commence.
Extensive work was needed on our Jaguar E-Type seat brackets, so much so that a triple coating process was needed to be carried out to ensure the perfect end result. Here they are in the copper plated stage. When we next see them they’ll be 100% perfect and finished in polished chrome.
Here we have the first stages of fitting the new grey carpet set to the front Daisy, our 1989 Volkswagen T25 camper.
What better combination than Indi Verde green against the stunning red leather. It is not so much noticeable on the seats but the entire interior set up has been stitched in green to match the car colour. It is more noticeable on the rear cover. Ordinarily the rear column on the Merak’s are covered in […]
Can you re-chrome a classic car grille as one piece? The answer is yes… …but we wouldn’t recommend it. If you want to do a job right, do it properly. It may seem like a daunting task stripping a grille like this into individual pieces but it is absolutely worth it for the final […]
Received a lovely email this evening from George Merson… “Craig. I just looked at all of the restoration pictures of “Finnigen”, my 51 MG TD. I must say you did a fantastic restoration, the car looks absolutely fantastic. It should be good for another 60 years. I do hope the new owner appreciates all the work you […]
Here we have the first pictures of our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Series 3 as it returned this week from our paint shop, having undergone a full respray.
With all of the chassis preparation now complete, the gloss black finish has now been applied. We can now move forward with refitting the body that we removed earlier in the build. Once this is fitted we can progress to the paint shop for the fill respray back to the original, factory set, colour.
The final task to undertake before the chassis is finished in it’s new gloss black coating is to seam seal all of the edges. Good seam sealing will prolong the life of a vehicle after restoration. Virtually all rust problems on a car will start in the seams. Here is a very informative article written […]
It has probably seemed a little quiet recently on our 1960 Jensen 541S project but be assured we’ve been very busy making the final tweaks to the chassis ready for it to be painted. Before the chassis entered our paint shops it was so full on for Tommy and Asa working on both the chassis […]
A great example of when having the right tools operated by the right people can overcome anything… Here we have one of the L bracket covers from our 1975 Maserati Merak front seats. Unless you can find a Merak that is being broken (which we only know of one currently) these brackets are no longer […]
“Just a quick message to let you know about the red MGB GT you put a wiring loom in for me. I would just like to say how happy and pleased I am with the work undertaken. Its very nice for everything to be working on the car and not to jiggle the wires round […]