The heater matrix and radiator for the 1960 Austin Healey 3000 has made its way back from being refurbished by a trusted local specialist to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for our restoration team to get it back in place and plumbed into the car very soon.
As the 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 restoration project is on the march towards getting back on the road for the first time in decades. Our restoration technician Steve has been heading up the reassembly of the rare and handbuilt classic GT car, with this time refurbishing the cast exhaust manifolds. After cleaning up, sandblasting, and […]
The restoration teams at Bridge Classic Cars are often working on multiple areas of the same project simultaneously, like the 1960 Jensen 541R. Our trim shop have finished off the work on the front seats to have them ready for the workshop team to install them when the team begin reassembly. Meanwhile, the workshop team […]
Our paint and body team are making moves towards the aesthetic comeback on the 1991 Jaguar XJS V12. Our paint and body technician Adam has been working alongside of our fabrication team going around the preparing, sanding and levelling the areas needed before the car is repainted in its stunning Gold paintwork. To gain better […]
The Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop have been busy recommissioning the 1956 Land Rover Series 1 here at our Suffolk HQ. Our technician Jon has been working his way methodically and meticulously through the various systems of the classic off-roader to get it back on the road. ”Fuel pump. Strip and remove old pump. Lower […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2026 – Bridge Classic Cars has launched a new Theatre in Education school tour, bringing live performance, storytelling and hands-on learning into primary schools across Suffolk, completely free of charge. Running from April, the programme combines theatre, history, engineering and sustainability through an original production called The Story of Rilee. The […]
Some of you may recognise this particular 1939 Morris 8 Tourer, it was previously won by Graham through our classic car competition. The car has come in to have a few bits and pieces done on the pre-war convertible. ‘Remove drivers side mirror. Modify customer supplied mirror clamp. Trim clamp bracket and test. Fit to […]
Our 2002 Ford Thunderbird has been loaded up by the Bridge Classic Cars logistics team to go on an adventure to find its hopeful new owner at Anglia Car Auctions.
Peter Parker has some competition when it comes to being the only Spiderman, as an American climber has climbed a skyscraper with no ropes, harness, safety net, or climbing equipment. The climber, Alex Honnold, climbed Taipei 101,in Taiwan. The building is 508 metres tall and looks a bit like a rocket. It’s made from glass, […]
As I’ve mentioned several times already recently, just over twenty years ago, the Bugatti Veyron changed the definition of what a car can be. It had over 1,000 horsepower, a top speed of more than 250mph, and was completely usable as a daily driver! Now, two decades later, Bugatti has created a tribute to the […]
For the first time ever, a battery‑powered electric heavy‑goods vehicle (a big lorry) travelled through the Channel Tunnel using LeShuttle Freight, a special train service that carries lorries and their drivers under the English Channel. After going through the tunnel, the electric lorry carried on its journey and eventually travelled more than 1000 miles across […]
It’s another milestone at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops – our 1969 Audi 72L is now up and running thanks to our incredible team of technicians. Will, with the help of Jon, has been working on getting the 4-cylinder engine running smoothly and evenly. First of all, the team disconnected the ingition coil for […]
I had a conversation in the Bridge Classic Cars office earlier with Nick about how often the term “Game-Changer” is used and how it is not always completely true of its subject. However, we both agreed that one example of something that can only ever be described as a true “Game Changer” is the Bugatti […]
The team have welcomed a trio of new cars to our classic car workshop. 3 absolutely stunning GT cars that at their time were the best of the absolute best – a 1989 Mercedes 560SEC, a 2007 Mercedes SL55 AMG and a 2010 Bentley Continental GT Supersports. All 3 of these period-correct powerhouses will have […]
The What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2026 took place last night. Judged by What Car?’s road test team, the awards focus on value, usability, safety and performance in everyday driving and named the best cars of the past 12 months. Overall Car of the Year: BMW iX3 The BMW iX3 was named Overall […]
The 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 has been one of the most comprehensive and interesting restorations for the Bridge Classic Cars team. So, at every stage of the build our technicians check and evaluate each component and their fit within the car. During one of these checks, our technician Steve noticed a small leak from the […]
Our workshop team have been preparing and making the adjustments to the 1960 Austin Healey 3000 at our Suffolk restoration workshops. Rob, one of our amazing technicians, has been make several adjustments and upgrades to the car for the owner. One of the customers requests was for the team to make the cars classic soft […]
Alpine will continue its 70th anniversary celebrations from last year at the 2026 Rétromobile Classic in Paris with a three-car display dedicated to the A110. The specific cars will be two historically significant Berlinettes and the most extreme version of the model ever built: the A110R Ultime. Held from 28th January to 1st February, Rétromobile […]
The Classic Lounge had a very exciting visitor this morning here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ – a 2025 Alpine A290GTS. Belonging to one of our customers, the A290GTS is a modern take on the legendary Renault 5 Turbo. This all-electric hot hatch has been proving very popular with everyone including petrolheads across Europe […]
It isn’t just award winning restorations and competitions for you to win your dream classic that we do here – the Bridge Classic Cars team also do servicing, repairs and maintenance here at our Suffolk HQ. This is one of our amazing technicians Jon replacing the dried and weathered door seals on a 1956 Land […]
Two important pieces for two restoration projects have arrived back at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops. The propshafts for both the 1978 Mercedes 350SL and 1970 Aston Martin DBS have arrived back at our HQ ready for the time when team begin reassembly of the cars.
The longest part of all paint work, is in the preparation. Our paint and body manager Chris spent most of yesterday and part of this morning getting the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage ready for its first coat of paint here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. After scuffing, cleaning, recleaning, checking over, cleaning once […]
Tempcover, the temporary car insurance provider, has looked at 10 years of DVLA registration data to predict which car models are quietly disappearing, and when they might disappear completely. The Tempcover team looked at how many of each model are still registered every quarter and used that to estimate when the numbers will reach zero. […]
Our paint and body team are racing forward with the 1991 Jaguar XJS V12 project. Our paint and body technician Adam has been working his way round the V12 GT car treating a few areas of rust, bare metal and exposed bodywork before levelling those areas to prepare the car for priming. Adam, who is […]
Our 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage has reached the next milestone in its resurrection – bodywork. After being in with the Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team, the classic Aston Martin has been moved into our paint and body department for our paint manager Chris to begin his work on the vintage GT car. Chris will […]
We’ve had two very different arrivals at the Bridge Classic Cars – a 2025 Isuzu D-Max Vcross aswell as our new 1989 TVR V8. Very different to one another, the D-Max is being tested and reviewed by the Bridge Classic Cars team whilst the TVR will be headed into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for […]
In a few days time, on 21st January, Volvo will reveal its all-electric EX60. This will be slightly different to your standard mid-size SUV though, as you’ll be able to hold a proper conversation with the car, thanks to Google’s Gemini AI assistant. This is the first Volvo to launch with Gemini built in, meaning […]
New year and a new sign has gone up at Box 19, our home away from home. When you pass through the corridors of the Cobbold boxes at Ipswich Town’s Portman Road, be sure to look out for the sign. Snap a picture with it and send it on to us, we’d love to see […]
The 1954 Jaguar XK120’B’ project is moving along at the rate of knots recently! Our fabricator Clinton has been working his way through the firewall of the one-off classic Jaguar off the car. What started as sheets of flat aluminiumn have now got there shape and form – with Clinton beginning to add suports into […]
This week has been a busy week in the workshop, multiple cars each day coming in and out of the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops. But, this afternoon I managed to go through our restoration departments to grab a few photos. For these, I wanted to give someone a look of what things look like […]