Chris and Lydia have been continuing their work on the 1998 Honda Integra Type R in the paint shop. As before, Chris has been spraying primer onto various panels from the car, including the front and rear bumpers, the sills, the registration plate panel, the spoiler and the wings. Lydia has then been sanding down […]
Brian has been re-covering more panels for the 1955 Aston Martin DB 2/4. This time it’s been the lower A posts, the dash side panels, the rear seat front rail and the boot side panels. He took the original leather off all of them and cleaned off any old glue that was left behind. He […]
Chris has been re-painting the engine for the 1973 purple MG B GT V8. He painted the engine in sections, masking up along the way with tape.
James has been working on the 1998 Honda Integra Type R. He’s repaired a section on the lower quarter panel by fabricating and welding. It’s now ready to be re-fitted back onto the car.
Paul has successfully removed the engine from our beautiful blue 1969 Mercedes 280SL Pagoda. The engine will be rebuilt by Ady and the engine bay will be detailed as part of the project. Apart from a couple of small paint imperfections the engine bay is very good order so a really good clean followed by […]
Kath has been laying the carpet back down in the peony red 1960 Jensen 541S. The pedals needed some adjustment, so the sound deadening and carpet were glued back down after this was done.
Brian has been finishing the headlining fitting for the 1981 Rover SD1 Vanden Plas. In this last post about it, you can see that he was glueing in the sunroof section. https://bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/headlining-work-continues-for-the-vanden-plas/ The board with the main piece of headlining on slid in from the back of the car. Brian had to take out the […]
Kath has been finishing up the fitting of the front squab seat covers for the 1955 Aston Martin DB 2/4. At the end of last week, she completed the first front squab, which can be read about here. https://bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/the-start-of-the-aston-martin-seat-fitting/ It was exactly the same process for this second front squab seat.
What a weekend! Now we’re back at base, it’s time for a re-cap of another classic car-fueled weekend. After a canceled 2020 show, Helmingham hall played backdrop for a wonderful show. Charlotte and the Bridge team were all at the show to present our restoration projects and current competition lineup. We even closed out the […]
Scott has been working on the 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5 4.2. He’s replaced the brake line that connects to the rear axle, bled the brakes, the bushes have been replaced in the steering column, because they were worn out, he’s lock wired any bolts that needed to be, fitted a new radio and replaced […]
Dave has been carrying out work on the 1975 magenta Triumph TR6. Here’s a list and a look at what he’s been up to! There were problems with the horn so a new plate was ordered, the earth coil needs re-instating, replaced the fuel filter in the boot, the pipe got replaced, the fuel was […]
Lydia has been helping Chris in the paint shop with the 1998 Honda Integra Type R panels. Chris has been priming them, and then Lydia has been coating them in black guide coat, which shows the imperfections in the primer surface when sanded down. She sanded each panel down until no guide coat could be […]
Tamas has fabricated and welded together a new stereo box for the white 1954 Jaguar Mk VII. Kath has then covered it in dark red leather, ready to go in the car!
Kath has been starting to fit the front squab seats and their carpet backs to the frames. She began by stapling the sides of the front squab to the wooden part of the frame. She then trimmed back the foam on the flutes, to lay nice and flat on the back. Then she stapled the […]
Brian has been finishing the restoration of the headlining for our 1981 Rover 3500 SD1 Vanden Plas. Once he’d finished getting all the old foam and glue off the board, he cut a piece of nylon foam headlining to the required size and proceeded to glue it onto the board. Brian had to do this […]
As you may know, the engine bay of the white 1963 Jaguar Mk II 3.4 has recently been re-painted. You can read about it here. https://bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/engine-bay-re-spray-for-the-jaguar/ Paul has had the job of putting everything back in the engine bay, that was taken out for the re-painting!
It was a late night Saturday as Gordon and Craig arranged to collect our Lotus Elise from the home of Lotus, the world famous Hethel factory. Our incredible Lotus is now with us at Bridge Classic Cars so you’ll be seeing much more more in the coming weeks.
Work continues on our 1963 Jaguar MkII. Paul has stripped the engine bay of key components, clean up in preparation for refit. The refit will commence once the engine bay is prepared and painted by our paint shop.
We’ve been keeping something very exciting under wraps and we’re now delighted to be able to tell the world that we’ve partnered with Lotus and Norwich City Community Sports Foundation to run a charity competition with the to win a very special Lotus Elise. Our 2021 Lotus Elise Sport 240 Final Edition is set to […]
Work is soon underway on the extension to our workshop which means our storage unit has been moved to the other side of the site in preparation for the grounds work to take place. We’re eagerly awaiting this building work to start so that we can have a new exciting workshop with even more space.
We’re delighted to see that our 1973 Bristol Series 3 411 has been completed, detailed and is now ready to go back to its owners, looking good as new. Mauro spent this morning tightening the wheel bearings as Mauro felt some play so made some adjustments.
Our 1973 Bristol has gone into the paint shop to have a small dent repaired. Now finished, you’d never know it had been there.
We recently celebrated a year since our Golden Rolls Royce Silver Shadow found its new home with Michael, who’s been keeping us thoroughly updated with his adventures via Instagram. Michael recently wrote us this article about the last year which we’re delighted to share, along with some photos he’s provided. If you fancy having your […]
Another delivery to one of our competition winners! A big congratulations to Steven Lambe with lucky ticket number 950. We delivered our 1996 Mercedes 320SL up to his home north of Newcastle yesterday after Craig and Gordon took the long road trip up north. Steven, a Mercedes enthusiast, only spent only £18 with us, meaning […]
We are delighted to announce that we’ve teamed up with Car and Classic to share our Bridge Classic Cars’ services and competitions across their website. If you’re used to perusing the classifieds of Car and Classic, you’ll start to see our adverts popping up. We’ve featured several times in Car and Classic’s Magazine. Most recently, […]
Scott, one of Bridge’s Classic Car Technicians has fitted this khaki canvas tilt to our Land Rover. As with all of our competition cars, our Series II is having a full check over in the Bridge Classic Cars Workshop, with any necessary works carried out before it goes up on the website to be won. […]
Back in November, we headed over to Hintlesham Hall to photograph our opulent 1973 Rolls Royce Corniche with our friend Giles, who was our talented model and driver for the shoot. This stunning gold and brown classic is a spacious and dreamy drive, perfect for the road trip and country get away. This car is […]
Brian has begun to strip down the interior of the 1979 Arrow Daytona in at Bridge Classic Cars. Carefully Brian and the trim team have removed all of the carpeting and necessary trim panels to get access to both the dash and centre console which will be removed and stored before their restoration starts. Along […]
Here at Bridge Classic Cars, we’re a close-knit team and its not uncommon to have multiple family members, close friends and couples working together. Lydia and Scott are two of our talented technicians who also happen to be a couple. Like a snapshot from the 1940’s era, Scott and Lydia are fascinated by a vintage […]
Our Bedford J-Type truck restoration is being put to good use. Owner of Calm Indian Cow, a traditional Indian takeaway restaurant, Mahesh tasked us with restoring his 1971 Bedford Truck, fully loaded and ready for food preparation and service. Based in Shoreditch, Mahesh is cooking up a storm, serving delicious Indian cuisine from the converted […]