This weekend , the 2nd and 3rd of July, sees the return of the most prestigious classic car spectacle in Suffolk of the year. The renowned Heveningham Concours. Held on the lawn of Heveningham Hall here in Suffolk, the house
The beautiful bright-blue 1971 MG B GT which recently arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop has been bought by a member of the team! Our Marketing Manager Freddie has bought the classic sports car which he’ll be using as
This beautiful 1991 Nissan Figaro arrived into the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops at our Suffolk HQ just before the Bank Holiday weekend. The classic Nissan has come in for our interior trim team to take a look at the
Coming soon to our safe, secured and private storage facility, The Hangar, is this incredible 1973 Saab 96V4. This car is going to be stored with us for some time before it is bought over to our Pettistree workshop for
There’s been some big progress on the 1970 Dodge Charger currently in the trim shop at Bridge Classic Cars. Kath had to cut the carpet to get a good fit during the test fit of the piece but rather than
This barn find Ford Model T is a turn of the 20th Century classic. Dating back to 1926, this unique green Ford is part of local history, with its life both beginning and being in Suffolk as an agricultural and
Our 1967 Black E-type Jaguar had its final re-wiring before we sent it off purring back to its owners yesterday. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, this E-Type came in way back in 2016 for a full restoration. We’ve worked on her
This weekend , the 2nd and 3rd of July, sees the return of the most prestigious classic car spectacle in Suffolk of the year. The renowned Heveningham Concours.
Held on the lawn of Heveningham Hall here in Suffolk, the house is opened up to a country fair with a separate area for the county’s petrolheads to fall in love with the priceless metal put on display for people to see.
You can get your tickets over on the Hevenigham Hall website by clicking here! And hopefully, we’ll see some of you there.
Until then, enjoy some of the photos taken by our own Nick a few years ago!
The beautiful bright-blue 1971 MG B GT which recently arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop has been bought by a member of the team!
Our Marketing Manager Freddie has bought the classic sports car which he’ll be using as his daily commuter and also for sunny days out to use and enjoy.
Freddie has promised us that he’s going to keep us updated with the little jobs he does on the car and the trips out he makes in his amazing first classic.
This beautiful 1991 Nissan Figaro arrived into the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops at our Suffolk HQ just before the Bank Holiday weekend.
The classic Nissan has come in for our interior trim team to take a look at the retractable roof on the car to get it sorted for the owner.
After its inspection and assessment, the team will get to work on making this wonderful Figaro as good as new.
Coming soon to our safe, secured and private storage facility, The Hangar, is this incredible 1973 Saab 96V4.
This car is going to be stored with us for some time before it is bought over to our Pettistree workshop for our incredible in-house restoration teams to look into a few jobs for its lucky owner.
If you would like your car stored with us here at Bridge Classic Cars, head over to our storage page to find out more or get in touch with us!
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There’s been some big progress on the 1970 Dodge Charger currently in the trim shop at Bridge Classic Cars.
Kath had to cut the carpet to get a good fit during the test fit of the piece but rather than leave it, she has bound the edge to match the original edging fitted to the carpet set. Now with the piece ready to be fitted, it was time to get the final bits of sound deadening in place.
Carefully the trim shop put the new sound deadening material into place using reference photos to get them into the same placement as the original.
Once the sound deadening was firmly in place, Kath then began the process of laying the carpet panel into its place and securing it. Using high-spec carpeting adhesive, the carpet was laid into the Charger’s front footwell and firmly in place.
Next will be getting the trims, consoles and seats ready to go into this iconic American Muscle Car.
This barn find Ford Model T is a turn of the 20th Century classic. Dating back to 1926, this unique green Ford is part of local history, with its life both beginning and being in Suffolk as an agricultural and taxi vehicle, hence the unique green. Henry Ford famously said that “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black.“, making this green unique to work vehicles.
This Model T has had quite the life, being owned or looked after by the Potters for the majority of its life. In 1915, this Ford was delivered by train from Old Trafford and was bought by A.G Potter, who then supplied it to Mr Funden Self of Marlseford who used it for deliveries, provisions and as a taxi service once a week to Ipswich Market, an exciting journey from Framlingham at the time. Mr Self used it until he died. In the early 1930’s this Ford became the property of Mr Walker, Sir Colin’s father. It then remained in a barn until 1954 when A.G Potter was employed to look after and restore the car with the agreement that he could use it as and when he wished. In 1963, the car was used in A.G Potters Golden Jubilee celebrations where it was used to collect Lord Cranbrook in Great Glemham to perform the opening ceremony.
Mr Potter, who handed his beloved Ford over to us today for recommissioning, owns a selection of other classics including Ford Popular, a Willies Jeep and another Model T, this one being a black 1926 model. All of which have been stored in his barn at his house, making these classics almost barn finds.
You can read more about the history of the car, here:
The black 1926 Ford was his fathers who acquired it from Rv. John Waller from Walderingfield, who had, in turn, bought it new in 1926. The Waller family still reside in Suffolk. Both of these Ford Model T’s have spent their whole life in Suffolk and mostly owned by the same family. Such a sentimental and personal link to these cars is always lovely to see as their history and their stories become more tangible.
The Ford Popular is unfortunately in a great state of disrepair and cannot be restored however the Willie’s Jeep is in running order.
Our 1967 Black E-type Jaguar had its final re-wiring before we sent it off purring back to its owners yesterday.
Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, this E-Type came in way back in 2016 for a full restoration. We’ve worked on her over the past 4 years for regular maintenance and repairs.
She’s come a long way from the total rebuild we received in 2016! It’s always a pleasure to have such an iconic vehicle in the workshop.
