Our 1963 Bentley S3 has been safely loaded into our transport trailer ready to move on to the next phase of its restoration.
Over the past few days, Lydia has been cutting and binding the carpets for our 1963 Bentley S3. The originals were in a poor state, dirty and also covered in moth damage. She took the pattern from these and created new ones, and then bound the edges in leather which has been used on the […]
The customer has kindly supplied all the interior panels of our 1963 Bentley S3 to us so that Lydia can recover them. He has remade some of the most damaged ones using the other sides as a template. Remaking the cardboard boot pieces was the most challenging, as Lydia had to moisten the cardboard before […]
Our 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Coupe has been in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop with Chris. He has been rubbing down, applying primer, and painting it this fantastic Gold colour (Sand II).
Chris has been completing more prep work on our 1963 Bentley S3 Continental. He rubbed the polyfan down again and then removed the panels and put them into final primer. The car was masked up ready for final primer. It was first sealed with epoxy primer for any bare metal and then the final primer […]
Chris has had our 1963 Bentley S3 in the Bridge Classic Cars paint shop. He has been rubbing down the polyfan in preparation for more to go on. Once this was done, Chris then applied more polyfan to make sure everything was nice and straight.
Jon has now completed the inspection on our 1993 Bentley Turbo R. He’s carried out the necessary repairs which included; sorting the connections on the nearside headlight and main beam. He’s stripped the nearside door panel and repositioned the electric window switch. The car has been taken off the ramp and a road test has […]
Our 1993 Bentley Turbo R is now live on the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website. For just £9.00, you have the chance of becoming the new owner of this beast of a car. When the Turbo R was first introduced in 1985, it redefined what it meant for a car to be elegant and stylish, […]
The two Chris’ have been working on our 1963 Bentley S3 Continental recently. The valance has been repaired and the body has begun the process of panel leveling in preparation for paint.
It wasn’t too long ago that we went to collect our 1963 Bentley S3 and bring it back to the workshop. Before even more progress is made on its restoration, it seems like a good time to take a quick look back at when we collected it and loaded it up onto our trailer.
Our 1963 Bentley S3 has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. As you can see, from the photos below, it now looks very different to how it did a few months ago when it first arrived. When it arrived back, Jonn had to free off the brakes. To do this, he removed the […]
Our 1935 Bentley Van Den Plas Saloon sold earlier this week. After making its way to us from South Africa, it will now go on to its new home with its proud new owner. There’s no denying that this is a beautiful classic and it comes as no surprise that it was a popular listing […]
Here at Bridge Classic Cars, we have the rare and unique chance to deal with some of the most amazing classic and collectible cars on a near daily basis. Some are rare and iconic, others are storied and well-traveled. This 1935 Bentley Van Den Plas Sports Saloon is all of those wrapped into one. The […]
It hasn’t been long since our 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Coupe entered the Bridge Classic Cars workshop but, already, classic car technician Chris has begun the process of painting it. After prepping the car, Chris got to work and our Bentley is already on its way to looking great!
Our 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed has made its way from the Bridge Classic Cars HQ here in Suffolk all the way up to Scotland with its excited new owner, Terry. Terry won the stunning Bentley last week with his winning ticket 1630! We want to wish him many happy miles with this masterpiece in […]
Last night, the Bridge Classic Cars team got together to find out who the fortunate new owner of our 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed was. This week, we were joined by our friend Sam from Bruizer to help us with the new video set-up. As the clock struck 7 o’clock, we welcomed our friends to […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been shooting our latest competition: the 203MPH, 600BHP 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed. The absolute epitome of style and elegance married with pure power and performance. Before anyone could take it out and drive it, it was fully checked over by the Bridge Classic Cars workshop team who have […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 which has been in with the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team has now been completed! What started as a pretty standard respray on the classic Bentley quickly evolved into repairing and perfecting some previous repairs to the car which did not have the car’s best interests at heart. So, […]
The Bridge Classic Cars restoration teams have been working together to get the 1969 Bentley T1 back together. The trim team have been focusing on the inside of the classic Bentley. Firstly, the team refit the repaired kick panels into the footwell of the luxury 4 door saloon. Then, the team began work of fitting […]
The iconic coach stripe which adorns the lengths of many classic Bentley’s has been applied to the 1969 Bentley T1 by the Bridge Classic Cars in-house paint team. Chris, one of our painters, carefully measured and masked the coach lines along the T1. The whole car was then safely covered in order to lay down […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 which is being worked on by the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team, have been joined by the in-house trim team to work on getting the classic Bentley back together. The trim team worked on refitting and renewing the boot carpets onto the upper part of the deck lid. Along […]
The windows in the 1969 Bentley T1 have been getting built back up and refit into the doors by the restoration team at Bridge Classic Cars. With the car freshly out of paint, the team very carefully have begun the process of getting everything back onto the car. The mechanisms, glass and brightwork have all […]
The team in the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body shop has been working on refitting the trims to the 1969 Bentley T1 after its respray. Whilst fitting the window retainers/sills, the team found that one was heavily corroded and damaged. So, the team made a new piece using the original as a template to […]
The beautiful and elegant 1969 Bentley T1 has been in the Bridge Classic Cars in-house paint booth to have its first layers of paint applied. Chris and the paint team have worked hard to get the body of the classic Bentley into perfect shape before it headed into our paint booth. The Bentley is being […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 has been in the paint preparation area of the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop to have the latest round of primer work sanded back. The car has had the final stage of primer sanding done by hand in order to get the surface in perfect condition for the full respray of […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 has been moved from the Bridge Classic Cars body shop into our in-house paint shop to begin the process of getting the classic Bentley resprayed in its original Green. Chris has been working on getting the panels of the classic Bentley reshaped to make sure each piece is in the best […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 is in the Bridge Classic Cars body shop to be reworked and perfected before it goes into the in-house paint booth. The body shop team have been working on sanding and minimally filling the panels on the classic Bentley to ensure each body line and panel seamlessly blends into the next […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 has been moved from the Bridge Classic Cars body shop into the paint shop to begin its journey towards its full respray. The team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working incredibly hard to carry out the rust repairs on this beautiful classic Bentley. With those now completed properly for the […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for restoration, has had more metalwork done to get the car back into a better condition. This time, our technicians found a small hole in the driver’s side C pillar which had to be filled properly. This had previously been filled with body filler and […]
The 1969 Bentley T1 currently in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Suffolk HQ has had the first test fit of its new replacement front wing. We managed to secure the only replacement front wing in the entire country for this car. This is a reproduction piece that Dave, our technician, has had to […]