Projects

Interceptor In Colour

Chris has been painting our 1975 Jensen Interceptor MK3. Once it was painted, Chris began the process of rubbing it down and polishing. As you can see from the images below, it’s looking great already!

Daimler 250 V8 PDI

Before our 1966 Daimler 250 V8 gets delivered, Jonn has been giving it a once over and found a couple of minor issues he wants to fix before it leaves us. Here are his notes: Carry out pdi and minor items to attend to. Strip bonnet secondary catch. Reposition spring and resecure/test, ok. Remove driver […]

Prepping A Porsche 914 For Paint

Our 1973 Porsche 914 has been in the Bridge Classic Cars Paint shop. While in there, Mauro has been stripping the car down and prepping it for prime. Once this was complete primer was applied.

C-Type Final Fit Up

Jonn has begun the final fit-up of our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. He fitted the rear reflectors before attaching the number plate. He then fitted and secured the boot lid cover. The front grille and badge were then remounted.

PDI

Our 1971 MGB Roadster has been undergoing its PDI with technician Jonn. Here are his notes: Carry out Pdi and road test. Adjust idle speed. Washers not working. Inspect behind dash and found pipes had come off the back of the manual pump. Reconnect and test, ok. Horn not working and switch faulty. Engine breaths […]

Fiat 1900 A Inspection

Classic car technician Steve has been looking at our 1952 Fiat 1900 A. Here are his notes: Wheel cylinders either seized or leaking and contaminated brake the brake shoes. All parts have been removed and sent away for refurbishment. Jacking mount corroded and require welding. Exhaust system corroded and poorly repaired. Picture of old frayed […]

Conquest Windows

Jonn has been fitting the window assemblies to our 1954 Daimler conquest. As they both were hitting the A-pillar, Clinton modified them to get a better fit. The driver’s door window mount was drilled out and a nut and bolt were fitted to secure it.

Our Morgan Goes Into Storage

A couple of weeks ago, James Webber won our 2011 Morgan 4/4 with just over 1000 miles on the clock. Along with the stunning car, an optional 12 months of free storage was also part of the prize that James was lucky enough to win. As James lives in London, he has decided to keep […]

Win Our Vanden Plas

Our 1981 Austin Vanden Plas is now live on the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website. On September 17, 1974, the Vanden Plas 1500, based on the Austin Allegro, was released as the successor to the Princess 1300. It was equipped with British Leyland’s ‘E’ series 1485cc overhead camshaft engine, and had a single SU HS6 […]

Driving Our 1971 MGB Roadster

Earlier today, Craig and Nick took our 1971 MGB Roadster out on the roads around the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. It’s safe to say…it was a very enjoyable drive. There are still a few hundred tickets left if you want the chance to win this beautiful classic for just a few pounds; but they are […]

An E-Type Road Trip

We recently received an amazing update from one of our customers regarding our beautiful 1970 Jaguar E-Type Series 2. Not only is the car being used, it has been used for an incredible road trip. Travelling well over 1000 miles, our E-Type was driven from Southwold to Plymouth before boarding a ferry to Santander. It […]

An Old Friend On An Adventure

Back in January last year, Steve won our 1975 MGB GT V8 through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Since then, Steve has become a great friend to the team here. This past weekend Steve took his MGB (now called Velma) to the Inter-club International Weekend at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. Not only does Velma […]

Progress on our 1956 Jensen 541R

Our workshop team have been steadily making progress on our 1956 Jensen 541 which is in the finishing workshop here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in Suffolk. Our technician, Paul, began with working on test fitting the rear window catches to line up correctly with the stunning interior built by our in-house trim team. […]

Closer and Closer – Getting the last few remaining jobs done on the 2022 Bridge C-Type

The workshop team are crossing off the last few remaining jobs left to do on our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica with Jon and John working their way around the homage to the greatest era of sports car racing. Here’s what they’ve been up to: ”Remove rear wheels. Cut rear suspension bolts and replace with new […]

Our SL returns with a noise…

Firstly, we have road tested the vehicle to experience what the customer is experiencing.Found the noise to be coming from the nearside rear wheel so we have stripped out wheel hub and replace wheel bearing. Whilst the car is in with us, we have fitted a DAB radio with DAB aerial and microphone. We’ve also […]

Another Piece of the Puzzle – Exhausts for our 1975 Cobra Project Are Back

The exhaust for our 1975 Cobra project are back at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ after being sent off to a specialist for coating. With these now back, the team can keep pressing on with getting with very exciting project back on the road and now, sounding absolutely sensational.

Our 1989 Porsche 928 S4 takes a special trip

Alongside our 1958 Austin Healey 100/6, our transport team were given the task of safely delivering our 1989 Porsche 928 S4 to a special location recently for filming with our marketing team. Tony, our transport driver, expertly navigated the narrow country lanes to get this stunning long-legged GT car to location for the team to […]

Time for some TLC – Our 1998 BMW E36 M3 Evo comes over to the workshop

This stunning 1998 BMW E36 M3 Evo has been in long term storage for quite some time now. Recently, our transport team took a trip to our secure, secret storage facility – The Hangar, to pick up this incredible 1990’s sports coupe. After being taken out of its protective bubble, the car was loaded into […]

Back to its core – stripping our 1973 Ferrari 246 GTS

The 1973 Ferrari 246GTS ‘Dino’ has been in the Bridge Classic Cars workshops for a few weeks now with the restoration team getting started on revitalizing this iconic sports car. Most recently, the car has been in with our body team aswell as our workshop teams to begin the process of repairing corroded and damaged […]

Recommission work on our Daimler Conquest

Loads has been happening this week on our 1954 Daimler Conquest as we continue to work through the recommissioning process. Some key activities include; securing the ignition switch into the dash. Jon has remove the reserve tank cable and blanked hole with a grommet. He has remove the carburettor suction chambers and pistons. We have […]

Progress on our 1989 Daimler Double Six

Our technician Jon has been hard at work getting our 1989 Daimler Double Six back into fully working order. Here’s what he’s currently been doing ”Remove rear wheels. Cut rear suspension bolts and replace with new bolts fitted the other way round. Drill out rivets in nearside rear arch and apply sealer. Re drill and […]

Washer issues on our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster

John has been working on getting to the bottom of why the washers on our 2010 Renault Wind have stopped working. To check the pump, John had to jack the car up and remove one of the wheels to get access to the bottom of engine bay. After checking out the pump, he determined that […]

Charged Up – Replacing the regulator on our 1952 Austin A40

Our workshop manager has been working on our very special barn-find 1952 Austin A40 sports cabriolet. After it having its first test drive late last week, the team noticed that the charge light was not switch off while running. Looking into it further, John removed the wiring to the dynamo and checked its charge rate […]

More progress on our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica

The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been making progress on our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. Everyday the car gets closer and closer to completion and with that, the list of major jobs get smaller. Recently, our workshop manager has been checking off some of the smaller jobs on the tribute to a Le […]

Moving and Upgrades – Our 1958 Austin Healey 100/6

Our 1958 Austin Healey has been back into the Bridge Classic Cars worshops at our Suffolk HQ to have a couple of jobs finished off before it had a very special date. The team found that the original kill switch in the car wasn’t working correctly anymore so replaced it with a new one before […]

Repairing the seats on our 1952 Fiat 1900A.

Our trim shop have been giving the task of repairing the seats on our incredible 1952 Fiat 1900A. The trim shop at Bridge Classic Cars is one of our busiest departments, but our trimmer Lydia has worked her magic on fixing up the seats of the classic Italian saloon. The stitching on both seats had […]

Servicing and Checking Over our 1964 Jaguar Mk2 3.8

We recently welcomed a 1964 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 to the Bridge Classic Cars for our team to take a look at a few little issues and also to service the classic Jaguar before taking back to its owner. Here’s what our technician Julian has done ”Removed float bowls, found rear needle jet stuck on rear […]

Brake Work on the 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4

Our restoration team have been making amazing progress on our 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 at our Pettistree workshops. Our technician Steve, who is the main technician on the project, has been getting the running gear and brake system back onto the newly refinished chassis of the classic Aston Martin. He has fitted up the original […]

Off to a new home – Delivering our 1972 MGB Roadster to our lucky winner

Recently, Peter won our 1972 MGB Roadster through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. But before the team took the trip down to deliver the car to him personally, the workshop checked it all over and then it was handed over to our transport team to get loaded up safe and sound in our enclosed trailer for […]

Returning Home – Our 1996 Jaguar XJS Heads Back to its Owner

The 1996 Jaguar XJS, which has been safely tucked up in storage for a few months, has made its way to our Pettistree workshops ahead of being transported back to its excited owner. The classic Jaguar GT was loaded up by our transport driver Tony into our enclosed trailer and safely taken back home.