The car is now fully primed and the first coat of paint has been applied all round.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] With the body shell once again removed, the final improvements to our Jensen 541S could then be completed. The wheel arches, boot floors, bumper hangers, body retainers, closing panels all round and all floor retainers have now be re-fabricated. We have also removed the battery casing to replace with a safer, enclosed and vented […]
Our completely rebuilt Jaguar E-Type V12 engine has now arrived back from Rushton Engineering. The body will soon arrive back from our paint shop ready for the full concours rebuild.
Progress has been further made on our 1976 Maserati Merak engine bay. The plumbing in of the brakes is now complete, the water pipes and vacuum pipes have also been connected up. We’ve replaced all of the pipes on the return system for the brakes. The fuel hoses have been fitted. John has also successfully […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been a long time away but time very much well spent. Our 1965 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 has finally returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshops in Ipswich for finishing off, completely rust and rot free and looking amazing! The new windscreen has been fitted but the existing rubber is not looking at it’s […]
As part of the restoration of our 1984 Mercedes W123 300TD, we have two full sets of Mercedes Mexican Tophat alloy wheels to refurbish. A very desirable wheel indeed. It wasn’t until we removed the set from the vehicle that we realised the car was actually fitted with odd wheels. It was sitting on three […]
All of the work is now complete on our 1978 Aston Martin AMV8. Here she is this morning looking lovely and clean waiting for owner Chris to arrive.
Tommy has now completed tacking the new rear arches to the chassis. The next stage will be to complete the welding work on the rear arches before the chassis can go off for paint preparation.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are now into the priming stages of our 1984 Mercedes W123 300 TD. The front arches have been temporarily fitted up and all lines have been checked to ensure a neat fit and finish. They have now been removed and primed separately along with the bonnet. Trevor will be concentrating this morning on correcting […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Popped in to see the Ady and the guys at Scholar this afternoon to catch up on a few tasks we are working together on. Whilst I was there I managed to get a few pictures of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type race-replica engine being worked on and looking incredible.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”10592,10591,10590,10589,10588,10587,10586,10585,10584,10583,10582,10581,10580,10579″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you visited The London Classic Car Show at the Excel in London a few weeks back you may have seen our beautiful engine on display. Our now complete Jaguar 4.2 engine which has been completely rebuilt to exceptional standards and sympathetically upgraded to our customers specification. The beautiful Weber carbs, polished manifold, linkages and trumpets […]
Here we have the window frames from a 1960’s designed classic yacht The Twister. The Twister was designed by internationally renowned naval architect Kim Holman who was one of the founding members of Suffolk Yacht Harbour. Peter has come in to us with a request slightly out of the ordinary for us but certainly something that we […]
Sources: Peter from twister.org.uk and Suffolk Yacht Harbour and Classic Boat The Original Twister Conceived by ‘Kim’ Holman in 1963 the original Twister of Mersea was designed to optimise the rating rules of the time. Based on his experience with the Stella Kim designed the Twister to have more draft, carry more sail and yet ‘rate’ the […]
We are so close now to being able to remove the shell once again and paint the chassis. Tommy is very happy with the new steps, the doors line up as they should, the measurements are mm perfect so Tommy can now move on to the next stage.
We are now busy preparing the bodywork on our 1984 Mercedes W123 300 TD. As the car spent many years in the states the hot climate has been a huge help keeping the underneath in fantastic condition. The damage to the arch is now being rectified and the existing paint is now being flattened ready […]
We had a successful day yesterday working through our list. With the majority of the smaller tasks complete, today we tackled the possible oil leak and oil change. The boot lock is now repaired, the windscreen wiper blades are now working as they should, the wiring problem that was preventing the aerial from working properly […]
Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type road race car will be fitted with a Rover SD1 5 speed gearbox. The gearbox has been stripped, cleaned and repaired. We have sandblasted the steel casings and aqua blasted the alloy casings. The full set of bearings have been replaced as well as the bulk rings and selector forks. The […]
It’s Monday morning and the first job for the team is to discuss the work for the week ahead. With a workshop full of projects, all in various stages, the whole team are busy working separately across the projects. Asa has taken control of the work to be carried out on the Aston Martin AMV8. […]
Due to our workloads, we have not been able to give our 1982 Triumph TR7 our undivided attention recently but that’s now changed as Craig has started working on the front area getting her ready for paint. Although the previous owner had carried out an amazing £16,000 full ‘nut and bolt’ restoration, when it arrived […]
This morning we took delivery of our beautiful 1978 Aston Martin AMV8. And, of course, as you’d expect the heaven’s decide to open up just as Chris set off from the other side of Ipswich to bring her to us. A few remedial jobs to do on the car to get her ready for the summer.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More pictures from today as we continue to remove the external components of our 1984 Mercedes 300TD estate. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”10379,10380,10381,10382,10383,10384,10385″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Coming in to Bridge Classic Cars next week is a 1978 Aston Martin AMV8 Mk 4 saloon. Having recently undergone a full gearbox rebuild the customer would like a number of remedial jobs to be carried out to get her ready for the Spring/Summer show season. Looking stunning at Ipswich waterfront…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here we have our 1967 Jaguar E-Type having been put through the first stages of primer. The first primer stage gives us a good visual to work to when finding the areas we now need to address. Stage one of primer highlights certain areas that need extra work. Once our thorough assessment takes place we then […]
The triple carbs are now completely refurbished and awaiting completion of the restoration of the manifold to allow the final fitting to the engine.
We’ve started to strip our 1984 Mercedes 300TD today. The front end is our main concern so this is the first sections to be removed, that way we can fully assess the damage that will need to be addressed to the offside front caused by an accident on the Californian roads.
Today we bid farewell to our 1966 Austin Gipsy as she makes her way over to start a new life in Belgium. Guy, the new owner, spends the majority of his time in the middle east for work but he intends to have the Gipsy fully restored locally to his home in Belgium. Hopefully we’ll […]
We’ve been debating over the issue of whether to polish and re-chrome the dash of our 1949 MGYT. There was no question on whether to recover the leather as this was very much needed but the metalwork was debatable. It looked tired but were we about to open doors to more issues if we start […]
With the chassis rebuild progressing very well it is time for us to temporarily refit the body to ensure all alignments are accurate. Whilst the body shell is in place Tommy will continue to work on the areas of the chassis that still require welding work but needed the body to be in position. The […]
Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type back axle cradle which houses the refurbished “Limited Slip Diff”, new discs, calipers and stub axles. As you can see, the unit has been totally stripped, blasted and repainted to compliment the refurbished and new parts fitted.
The sun is shining over Bridge Classic Cars HQ and here we have our 1960 Jensen 541S bodyshell back in the workshop ready for it to be temporarily fitted to the chassis to ensure that all dimensions are accurate in looking perfect!