With our 2015 Volkswagen T5.1 Camper being drawn in a couple of days time, our restoration workshop have been working on getting the car ready for its future owner. Our technician Jon, who handles the majority of our competition vehicles, has been working his way through his checklist on the van to make sure everything […]
Recently, our 1971 Land Rover Series IIA has made its way from our secure storage facility over to the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops for the team to check over and prepare. Jon, one of our technicians, was put in charge of the appraisal and repairs of the beautifully restored off-roader. ”Get Land-Rover out of […]
The fabrication team here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ have been working deligently away on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS. Firstly, Greg has been removing the wiring harness from the inner wings of the classic GT car. Then he could finish off the repairs to the cars B pillars.
Our workshops just wouldn’t feel the same without at least 1 Jensen 541 in our care at any 1 time. Yesterday we had another classic Jensen GT car join our workshop stable with this stunning 1956 Jensen 541 – this car is a familiar face to us here at Bridge Classic Cars as we have […]
With our 1965 Jaguar Mk2 having been recently won by very lucky new owner Carl, the car was taken into the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop for our technician Jon to complete his final checks and repairs. This included centring the steering wheel and check all fluid levels as well as correct tyre pressures etc. […]
With all systems go on the 1969 Audi 70L project here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, our restoration team have shifted into top gear and the progress is moving at a furious pace. Lead technician on the project, Dave, has been working through the car meticulously and carefuly to ensure the very best fit […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]