On The Brakes – Working on the 1939 Jaguar SS100

On The Brakes – Working on the 1939 Jaguar SS100

The 1939 Jaguar SS100 has been back on the ramps here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop for our technician Jon to refit the new brake shoes. After cleaning up the backing plates, lubing up the adjusters and actuators Jon could get everything back together and the car on the ground for road testing […]

Transport and Delivery of the 1931 Austin Twelve Six

With its final checks and repairs completed by the Bridge Classic Cars restoration team, it was handed over to our transport logisitics team to get the pre-war saloon loaded into our enclosed trailer and delivered to its very excited new winner Keith this morning.

Rear Lights on the 2006 Lotus Elise Sports Racer

The Bridge Classic Cars team have been working their way through a list of small jobs on the 2006 Lotus Elise Sports Racer – the main one being replacement rear lights. Our technician Jon has been in the classic lounge to test and fit the new rear lights to the mid-2000s sports car.

Checked Over and Shipped Out – PDI and Transport of our 1972 Ford Capri

With our 1972 Ford Capri having been won last week, the car came out of the classic lounge and into the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop at our HQ for our technicians to do the final checks and repairs before it heads off to its new home. Our restoration technician Jon, who prepares all of […]

In Depth – Checking out the 1970 Mercedes 280SL Pagoda

The Bridge Classic Cars team have been looking into this recently arrived 1970 Mercedes 280SL ‘Pagoda’, The car has been brought into the restoration workshops at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ for our technician Jon to go through the car thoroughly and meticulously in order to create a report for the cars owner.

The Next Stage – Epoxy on the 1978 Mercedes 350SL

The paint and body team have taken the freshly restored and improved bodyshell of the 1978 Mercedes 350SL. In the paint and bodyshop here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops has been moved into our in-house paint booth for the team to completely and totally clean down, then clean it again and then clean […]

Headed Back – Taking our 1998 Citroen Saxo VTR back to storage

With all of the work being finished on our 1998 Citroen Saxo VTR, the Bridge Classic Cars transport team have loaded up the 1990s hot hatch into our enclosed trailer and taken it to our safe, secure and discreet storage facility.

Arriving and Appraisal on the 1991 Jaguar XJS V12

Earlier this week, we welcomed this 1991 Jaguar XJS V12 for the Bridge Classic Cars restoration team to take a look at for its new owner. Once the classic Jaguar coupe was in the workshop under the keen and sharp eye of our technician Jon, he carried out a full and complete appraisal for the […]

Repairs on our 1998 TVR Chimaera 500

The restoration workshop at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ have been working on getting the 1998 TVR Chimaera 500 ready for a very lucky winner very soon. As part of all of our competition preparations, our technician Jon goes through each and every car with a fine tooth comb. Here’s what Jon has been […]

In Place – Installing the engine and gearbox to the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe

The 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe, which is being fully restored from the ground up here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops Suffolk HQ, has met another massive milestone in this amazing project. The freshly rebuilt straight-six and manual gearbox arrived back recently at our restoration workshop ready to go into the refurbished […]

Fixing Up – Welding on the 1973 Mercedes 250

Mauro, one of amazing restoration technician here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, has been working on getting the bottoms of the rear wings repaired on the 1973 Mercedes 250. With the bottom of the rear wings having corroded, Mauro has carefully cutaway the rust to expose healthy metal for the team to be able […]

Final Changes – Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type heads to auction

With the winner of our 1967 Jaguar E-Type deciding to take the cash alternative instead of the car, the team had to move to the alternate plan for the car. The car would be heading to auction, but regardless of its the auction block or a customers driveway our technician Jon had to get the […]

Digging Deep – Repairing the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage

The Bridge Classic Cars fabrication team have been digging deep into the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage which is being rebuilt from the ground up here at our Suffolk restoration workshops. The car, which was trapped in a local barn for 30+ years, has had a series of extensive metal work repairs done to it […]

On The Ramps – Repairing the Bodyshell of the 1978 Mercedes 350SL

Go behind the scenes of our restoration workshops here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, as we catch up with our classic car restoration technician Greg as he works his way through the metalwork needed to get this 1978 Mercedes R109 350SL back to better than new condition.

Heating Up – Refitting the Heater Box into the 1969 Audi 70L

The progress on our 1969 Audi 70/72L has been relentless recently. Our technician Dave has been flying ahead with the classic German saloon car. This time, Dave has been working on getting the heater system put into the firewall of the car. Dave has made new clips and hold on tabs for the heater box […]

Strip Down – Getting the Front Bumper of our 1973 Mercedes 250 Torn Down

The restoration workshop have begun to dive into the 1973 Mercedes 250 project head first. After Jon had worked on the engine and running gear he stripped the front bumper down so it can go off to specialist to be refurbished for the project. All went ok apart from one bolt which had to be […]

Pre-War Pre-Delivery Inspection – Final work on our 1931 Austin Twelve Six

As our 1931 Austin Twelve Six will soon be leaving our Suffolk restoration workshops to begin its life with its very lucky new owner, who’s been waiting 40 years to get a pre-war classic, the car needs to be checked over and ticked off by our amazing restoration technician Jon. Here’s what Jon has been […]

Last Part – Final Repairs on our 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1

Our recent competition car, the 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1, has been in the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops here in Suffolk to have its pre-delivery inspection and final repairs carried out. Although the car was won by Seamus, he has decided to take the cash alternative – a life changing £30,000. However, that doesn’t […]

Making Moves – Transporting our 1956 Jensen 541

Our transport team have been pretty busy here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops. Bringing in a whole host of project cars and parts. This time, its an outbound trip with our 1956 Jensen 541 as it is transported a few hours away to Anglia Car Auctions to which it will be heading off […]

Back to Base – The Engine for the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe Arrives

A very important part of our 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe has arrived back at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ – the engine and gearbox. These units have been rebuilt and refreshed by a trusted marque specialist who have decades of experience building these kind of engines, so our transport team collected it […]

Repairing the Floors and Frame on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage

Greg has been hard at work repairing sections of our 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage. As a result of the car being left for many years in a damp environment, with aluminium bodywork, the car has suffered a fair amount of corrosion which the Bridge Classic Cars team have been expertly working their way through […]

Finer Details – Bespoke Badges for our 1954 Jaguar XK120’B’

As part of our latest ‘special’ project – handcrafting a one-off bespoke Jaguar XK120, we’ve had a set of custom made enamel badges just for this car one its complete. As with everything on this project, many of the small details are entirely unique and bespoke to the XK120B. This project is steadily moving ahead […]

New Arrivals at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ

At the end of last week, the Bridge Classic Cars team had the arrival of two incredible machines. A beautifully restored 1971 Land Rover Series 3 and a wonderfully cared for and cherished 1991 TVR V8S. Both of these cars will be checked over by the Bridge Classic Cars workshop restoration teams very soon. 1971 […]

On the Ramps – 1939 Jaguar SS100

As part of our new workshop video series ‘On the Ramps with Bridge Classic Cars’, we take a look at what it takes to care for one of the rarest ‘Jaguars’ of all time – the SS100. Our technician Jon has been doing some routine maintenance and a few repairs to the pre-war sports car […]

Inspecting and Repairing our 1967 Jaguar E-Type

The 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 was won early this week, however the winner decided to take the cash alternative – which still means the team have got to get the car prepared and ready for whatever happens next. ”Carry out check over/pdi. Start repairs. Inflate tyres and knock up wheels. Grease all points. Check […]

Helping the Big Cat Roar – New Exhausts on the 1939 Jaguar SS100

One of our personal favourite projects here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ is this absolutely stunning 1939 Jaguar SS100. Since it arrived back recently from a summer of use, the team here have been working their way through a list of jobs on the pre-war sports car. This time, our technician Jon has been […]

Polishing the 1987 Mercedes 500SL

After its recent repaint here at Bridge Classic Cars, the 1987 Mercedes 500SL has been moved to the detailing bay for our paint and body technician Mauro to begin the process of getting the car to a mirror finish. This involves several highly skilled steps of flattening back the paint work before gently and meticulously […]

Removing the Centre Console of our 1994 Rover 220 Tomcat

As our 1994 Rover 220 Tomcat gets prepared to head off to its new home very soon, the Bridge Clasis Cars team have removed the centre console for our in-house trim team to take a look at. The gear stick gaiter has split apart, so its been taken out of the car for the team […]

Repairs to the 1959 Austin Healey 3000

Our 1959 Austin Healey 3000 was won recently, but the lucky new owner decided to take the cash alternative for the classic sports car but that doesn’t stop our workhsop team from getting back up into fighting health. Our restoration technician Steve has been busy getting the car ready, including replacing the O/S kingpin bushes […]

Test Fit – Checking the Sill Extensions on the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe

With so much work going on at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ its always incredible to see how the technicians devote time and precision to the tasks on these classic cars. For example, the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe. With the restoration of this ultra-rare Aston Martin moving along at quite the pace, […]