Arriving with us on Saturday, John has got stuck in to fitting the brand new wiring loom to our 1963 MGBGT. The loom has been supplied to us by the car’s owner Mark so all we need to do is fit it up and get it back on the road. If you wish to simply use […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Friday Craig and Asa spent the afternoon with Ady at Scholar Engineering to test run our 1967 Jaguar E-Type Race Replica Engine. The 4.2 E-Type engine has been fitted with upgraded Weber Carburetor for optimum performance. During the test we were able to achieve just under 250bhp but Ady is confident with a little tweaking […]
We now have the first few pictures from Tuesday’s Riley 11/40 Sports Tourer photo shoot at Helmingham Hall. Jason from Sugar & Spice Photography is busy working through the hundreds of photographs taken in the day but as always, he gives us a sneak peek at a couple of them right away.
The sun was shining this afternoon and with the door open and our 1971 V12 roadster on the front ramp we couldn’t resist parking up our 1965 Jaguar E-Type and our 1970 Jaguar E-Type out the front to show off this wonderful collection. 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 – Green 1970 Jaguar E-Type Series 2 […]
Here we have a couple of up dated pictures taken by Tony at Wyatt Polishing as he gets stuck in to the MGYT chrome work. We should be expecting all of the chrome back with us next week just in time for the refit.
We’ve now fitted the triple SU carburetors to our E-Type engine and Ady has carried out the first few test runs.
Our 1970 Jaguar E-Type Shhhhhhhhhhhshhh has returned to our workshops for the yearly MOT and service ready for the summer. Asa has already carried out an all round check in our workshops to ensure he is generally happy before it moved into our MOT workshop, Bridge MOT Centre, next door ready to be tested.
Images of the underneath of our 1976 Maserati Merak. Dave and John are currently designing and producing the bespoke polished flooring that will be fitted later in the week.
The final task ahead of it’s return is to under seal the car for extra protection on the Suffolk roads.
With reports of uneven tyre wear to the offside front we were asked to investigate to see whether we could establish and rectify the issue. The camber had already been adjusted and it had been looked at by a number of other garages who were unsuccessful in diagnosing the problems. Our Tommy has been trained […]
We’ve just arrived back to our Ipswich workshops having collected the beautiful little MGB Roadster for recommissioning, ready for the summer. We were first introduced to the car back in October 2016 during our 1951 MGTD photoshoot at Priory Hall in Hadleigh. She’s been garaged for a couple of years and only taken out on a […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the day we put our 1968 MGBGT into storage the weather was awful and even the short 100yd distance from the trailer park to the storage unit was enough to get mud on the arches. …and we can’t leave a freshly restored car like that, it’s just not right. It was a beautiful sunny […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Waking up to thick fog this morning we were all looking at the possibility of having to rearrange today’s photo shoot. Jason from Sugar and Spice Photography was reporting on the weather conditions in Felixstowe. All morning the visibility was very poor and with the beautiful open fields at Helmingham Hall he was expecting the visibility at […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tommy has now completed the repair work on the body. With the chassis arriving back soon from the paint shop, the freshly repaired body will now be permanently fixed back on the chassis ready for preparation and paint. Lots of work has gone into perfecting our Jensen 541S body. The bottom of the A post […]
After the full respray our 1984 Mercedes W123 300TD engine bay was in desperate need of a good clean to freshen up the look. Previously, someone had been a little happy with the WD40 over the engine which is not ideal when you want to inspect the engine. With it now cleaned and detailed it will […]
Here we have our 1982 Triumph TR7 in the paint bay being resprayed.
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The final task on our 1965 Jaguar E-Type respray project was to fit the new motif bar and badge. The existing bar was broken and had been temporarily fixed with superglue but as the car was stripped for paint we purchased a new bar and badge but due to low stock with the supplier this […]
Just a few weeks away from completion of our 1976 Maserati Merak. It’s been a long and challenging build but we are now very close to reaching the end. This week John has fitted the water tank and hoses. He then filled the system ready for the engine test run next week. The air filters […]
Our 1984 Mercedes W123 300TD has returned to our Ipswich workshops from the paint shop. With the offside front arch now fully repaired, the trims can once again be fitted to the car to help finish off the exterior. The new screen and rubber have been installed so all that is left to do in this phase […]
With the new wiring loom securely in position we have now been able to fit the engine and gearbox of our 1949 MG YT.
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We have now positioned the newly rebuilt V12 engine in our workshops ready to be fitted to the reinforced engine stands.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1971 Jaguar E-Type V12 roadster is now ready for the paint preparation. At this stage we are estimating a further 150-180 hours will be spent on the preparation before the complete respray commences. Various conversations have been had but at this moment in time the colour combination is undecided. Our original plan of black […]
The respray is now complete on our 1984 Mercedes W123. With a few more components to work on our next job will be to finish off the refit before carrying out a full polish and thorough clean. This is a stage restoration project, agreed with the customer. Stage 1 was to repair the bodywork, carry out […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today, we have inspected a 1969 MG BGT that was involved in an unfortunate accident yesterday. From first impressions; the original bumpers and front grille will need to be repaired. During the impact to the front, the weakness around the front headlights, due to age related corrosion, have been further weakened so will need to be […]
Due to the rarity of our 1949 MGYT the wiring loom as been specially manufactured, for us, by Autosparks. It was an 8 week lead time but due to forward planning it arrived within our time scale. Forward planning reduces the risk of set backs, doesn’t always work this well but on this occasion it […]
Our wonderful Riley 11/40 Sports Tourer returns! She was part of the Bridge Classic Cars family back in 2012 and we loved her. We are very pleased to say that we own her once again. Here she is arriving this morning from Grays in Essex.
Work has now commenced on stripping our 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Series 3 ready for body preparation and paint.
Today, we said goodbye to our beautiful 1949 Austin Healey ‘Frogeye’ Sprite as she makes her way down to Grays in Essex to settle in the Vintage and Prestige showroom. John had the last drive of her for now but who knows if we’ll see her again. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get any photos […]