Projects

Stripping Down the Suspension of the 1973 Dino 246GTS

Our technician Steve has been working on the 1973 Dino 246GTS at our Pettistree workshop. At this point he is beginning to strip down the suspension of the car to be inspected, so with that he has taken many reference photos for the car when it goes into the finish room for reassembly.

Under Lock and Key – The 1967 Morris Traveller Transported to Storage

Another classic is on its way to be looked after at our secure and discrete storage facility – The Hangar. This 1967 Morris Traveller has been at the Bridge Classic Cars workshops in Pettistree to have a few jobs done by our classic car restoration technicians in the past couple of weeks but this morning […]

BMW leaving storage…

Having been in storage with us for a little while, the beautiful 2016 BMW S1000 XR leaves us to enjoy the sunshine. We’ll be seeing it back in a few weeks to correct a little paint imperfection but for now, it’s goodbye from us.

Upgrades to the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe

Jon has also been working on a few upgrades to the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe whilst its in our workshops. This time, he’s been fitting electric pull through fans to the radiator of the car to help with cooling that glorious 3.5-litre V8. Jon built up the new fans onto the cage to make sure […]

Continuing to Tune our 1973 Porsche 914

The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars are continuing to get our 1973 Porsche 914 running as good as it looks. Jon has been tuning the car through multiple road tests to get it to behave correctly in all different conditions – after making some adjustments, he noticed the car had a slight misfire. He […]

Repairs on the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe

Our technician Jon has been working his way through the list of jobs on the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe which is in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Pettistree site. Here’s what Jon has been up to, ”Start repairs. Customer reported one rear door doesn’t lock. I found NSR door button doesn’t go down […]

Fit Up – Getting Everything Lined Up on our 1975 Cobra Replica

Our paint and body team have been working their magic on the 1975 Cobra Replica currently in at the Bridge Classic Cars workshops here in Suffolk. Our technician Mauro has been on this project and at this stage, he’s been working on getting the panels onto the car (bonnet, boot and doors) in order to […]

Good Deed 6/20 – Hadleigh & District Classic Motorcycle Meet

This past weekend our Managing Director Craig, an avid biker, took a trip down to a local bike meet with his Ducati Scrambler. The event took place in Whatfield and was being held by the Hadleigh & District Classic Motorcycle Club and was raising money for East Anglian Air Ambulance. Craig went along with his […]

A Few Quiet Moments with our 1960 MGA Roadster

As this project comes closer to completion, earlier this week before the Bridge Classic Cars restoration team began work on the 1960 MGA Roadster I got a few quiet minutes to photograph this truly stunning classic sports car. The paint and body team have worked incredibly hard to perfect the fit and finish of this […]

Special Motorcycle in Storage

We get to caretake and look after some incredible machines, we also share that passion for storing and preserving them to ensure they are kept perfectly for their owners. Much like one of our recent arrivals, a 2013 Harley-Davidson Breakout. One of just a handful of these sensational cruisers known to be in the UK, […]

New Arrival – 1995 Toyota Celica GT-Four

The team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ in Suffolk have welcomed a new addition to our classic car workshops with this 1995 Toyota Celica GT-Four. This 4-wheel-drive, 2-door coupe will be checked over by the team here to make sure everything works as good as this thing looks!

Building Up the Idler Arm of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe

The 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe has been making some incredible progress in the last couple of weeks at the Pettistree workshops. As part of the restoration of this vintage Aston Martin, our technician Rob (who is the technician in charge of the project) has been working on building up some of the suspension […]

Inspection of the 1963 Fiat 500

Our technician Jon has been tasked with taking a look at our this beautiful 1963 Fiat 500 which has come in with a quite the noise according to its owner. Here is Jon’s report: ”Raise car on ramp and go through customers list of issues. Fit small circlip to offside wiper linkage beneath scuttle panel […]

Repairing the 1973 Dino 246 GTS

The beautiful 1973 Dino 246 GTS which is in the fabrication bay at our Pettistree workshops has been under the skilled knife of our fabrication Christian. For this stage of repairs to the 70’s sports car, Christian has been repairing the passenger side of the car. To begin with, Christian has begun to repair the […]

Washer Jets and Intake on our 1956 Jensen 541

Our Carriage Green 1956 Jensen 541 is getting closer to the end of its restoration here at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ. Paul, the technician heading up the project, has been making amazing progress in the past couple of weeks. Today he’s been fitting up the washer jets into the car before plumbing them […]

Compression Test on the 1973 Rover P5 Coupe

The 1973 Rover P5 Coupe which recently arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop has been under the careful hands of Jon and John in our Pettistree workshops. At this stage, Jon has performed a compression test on the car as part of the checks he’s been asked to do. For this, Jon removed all […]

Tuning and Set Up Work on our 1973 Porsche 914

The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on getting our 1973 Porsche 914 tuned and set up to run perfectly. The classic aircooled sports car was brought up to temperature by our technician Jon, to correctly set the timing of the car before taking the car out on road test. On road […]

Brake Lines and Master Cylinder on our 1987 Mercedes 500SL

The 1987 Mercedes 500SL is currently getting fitted out by the Bridge Classic Cars team at our Suffolk HQ. Jon, one of our restoration technicians, has been working on beginning the braking system on the 1980s V8 roadster. To begin with, he’s been laying out the brake lines to make sure everything fits correctly around […]

Revisions to our 2022 Bridge C-Type

Our workshop team have been working on fine tuning our 2022 Bridge C-Type as part of the cars sign off. The team at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, have taken the car out on test multiple times and worked on a list of revisions which need to be done to the car. Firstly, the suspension. […]

Inspection Of Our P5

Since being transported from its owner to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, our 1973 Rover P5 has been in the hands of classic car technician Jonn. He has been giving the car a thorough inspection and assessment and a report of his findings is currently being put together.

New Home – Our 1989 Porsche 928 S4 Meets Its New Owner

Our transport team made the journey yesterday from the Bridge Classic Cars workshops in Pettistree to deliver our 1989 Porsche 928 S4 to its excited new owner, Steve. Steve recently won our 928 S4 through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions and as part of winning the car, we delivered it straight to his door. The car […]

New Arrivals – 1963 Fiat 500 & 1973 Rover P5 Coupe

Our Pettistree workshops have welcomed 2 new additions this afternoon. The first, is this beautiful 1963 Fiat 500 which belongs to a long time client of ours. It’s come in for the team to get to the bottom of a few unwelcome noises with the car which the team will begin to get to the […]

Another happy winner! Our 1971 MGB Roadster heads to its new home

Our 1971 MGB Roadster has made its way up to Scotland to meet its excited new owner Jamie! Our classic MGB was won by Jamie through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions a couple of weeks ago, and the day finally came for our transport team to take the trip north from our Suffolk HQ to drop […]

Close to Perfection – Our 1975 Jensen Interceptor is finished

Our paintshop have finished work on our 1975 Jensen Interceptor here at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ. This car has had a considerable amount of work done by both our fabrication team and our paint and body team, each and every hour poured into this car perfectly illustrates the skill of our team. Finished […]

Interior repairs on the 1952 Fiat 1900A

Our trim shop can work wonders, just like with the interior of our 1952 Fiat 1900A. This incredible one-of-one Fiat has been carefully worked on at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ by our trimmer Lydia, who has been generally tidying up the whole interior and repair some small parts of the headliner of the […]

Fixing the handbrake on our 1967 Morris Traveller

The 1967 Morris Traveller which is in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Suffolk HQ, has been on the ramp for a few jobs to get done on the car. Most recently, its to fix the handbrake on the classic Morris. Our workshop manager John ran the new cable through the car before modifying […]

Repairs to be done on SS100 after Mille Miglia

John has been looking into the headlights not dipping correctly. He’s also removed the gearbox tunnel to gain access to the gear lever so he can order new bushes.

Competition Cars Update

1989 Daimler Double Six: Our 1989 Daimler Double Six has been worked on by our incredible technician Jon. He has been going through and doing a few repairs on the luxury V12 saloon before it is ready for its excited new owner. He had to look into why the horn had stopped working which Jon […]

Delicate Work – Repairing the Sills on our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe

The 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe is in the fabrication shop at the Bridge Classic Cars with one of our master fabricators, Clinton. This time, he is repairing some considerable damage to offside sill of the rare vintage sports car. There is quite a significant section missing from sill of the car which is […]

Ready to go to its new home – Our 1971 MGB Roadster

The Bridge Classic Cars Transport team have been working overtime with collecting and delivering classic cars all across the UK recently, including this one – our 1971 MGB Roadster which was recently won through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Tony, our amazing transport driver, cleaned the glorious 70’s convertible and loaded into our enclosed trailer for […]