The Bridge Classic Cars team have been working their way through our 1987 Maserati BiTurbo bit by bit. Our restoration technician Jon has been spending his Saturday’s getting the much loved 1980’s turbo coupe back together – this time completely rebuilding the rear brakes and sorting out the front bumper.
As our 1996 Mercedes SL600 was won by lucky winner Mark last week, the team in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop have been working their way through the 1990’s V12 roadster to get it ready for its new owner. As with all of our competition cars, the Mercedes had a thorough PDI carried out as […]
With it’s PDI complete, and the car safely strapped down in our enclosed trailer – the 2006 Lotus Elise Sports Racer has made its way to its new home with lucky winner David Glaves who not only won our Lotus Elise but also the signed David Coulthard visor from the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix!
As part of the extensive restoration of our 1970 Aston Martin DBS, the fabrication team have been working alongside the restoration workshop to safely remove the engine from the classic Aston Martin for the fabrication shop to carry out some rust repairs. Each of the system have been carefully disconnected, labelled and stored away before […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been busy on the 1991 Jaguar XJS V12. Our technician Jon has got the rear axle back underneath the car after the rust repairs were completed – so he could begin to cleaning up the underneath for painting. Next up were a series of repairs at the front of […]
The paint and body team have really knocked it out the part with this one – our 1973 Mercedes W114 250. After carrying out a series of rust repairs on the lower body panels of the classic Mercedes, Mauro has been getting the car back together with a series of small area repaints as well […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been moving at quite the pace on the 1978 Mercedes 350SL restoration here at our Suffolk HQ. Ben and Steve have been busy building up the front suspension, all freshly refurbished and in place including brake calipers, pads and discs, while the’ve also been going through the wiring harness […]
With the 1994 Rover 220 Tomcat safely strapped down in our enclosed trailer, the Bridge Classic Cars team could make the journey to unite the Tomcat with its new owner – Martin. Martin, who previously won a 1971 Jaguar XJ6 Series 1 from us, was excited to meet his latest pride and joy. All of […]
The fabrication team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been going even deeper in their pursuit of perfection on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS. Our fabricators Greg and Clinton have been working their way through the body and chassis on the classic Aston Martin to remove all of the corrosion in vital areas. […]
It’s not just classics that find their way into our restoration workshops, this 2016 Range Rover Sport came in for our paint and body technicians to repair and repaint a few scuffs and scrapes on the car. The team carefully prepared the area before blending in with paint matched from our paint camera.
The 1955 Jaguar XK140 has safely arrived at its new home with lucky new owner, Richard. The car was prepared at our Suffolk HQ before the Bridge Classic Cars transporter team carefully loaded into our enclosed trailer for its journey to its excited new custodian.
As part of any cars arrival at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ in Suffolk, they all go through a process of appraisal by our restoration technicians. This time on the ramp, is the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Our technician Jon has methodically gone through the car inch by inch to compile his report to […]
The bodyshell of the 1978 Mercedes 350SL has made its way from the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body shop over to our finishing room for our restoration technicians to begin the process of getting the car to being a rolling chassis before it goes back into the paint shop for the final time. Steve, […]
Our transport team are the first people that our competition winners often meet, with our logistics co-ordinator Tony out and about across the country transporting everything from a classic Land Rover to a modern Ferrari in our enclosed trailer. But, Tony recently hit the road with Molly and John to deliver our 2015 Volkswagen T5.1 […]
Our workshop has always got a variety of jobs going on. From servicing, to diagnostics, set up’s and check overs, there is always something going on at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. This time, our workshop manager John has been carrying out an important upgrade on the 1966 Volvo 122S – fitting a new electric […]
The 1960 Jensen 541R currently undergoing its restoration here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop has been making good progress across our various in-house departments. The mechanical workshop have begun to fit in some of the smaller pieces to the car such as boot latches, oil filter housing and the heater control valve whilst […]
The 1991 Jaguar XJS V12 is in the restoration workshop at our Suffolk HQ for the Bridge Classic Cars team to begin work on after its appraisal. Our technician Jon has been heading up the project on the mechanical side of things – carrying out various repairs in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. ”Start service. […]
Last night, our director Craig was invited to a true petrolhead attended evening – Alex Brundle hosted an evening with the Fressingfield Oily Rag Club. Alex, son of former F1 driver Martin Bruncle, is a well established and revered driver across multiple championships but recently he’s been more involved in the world of classics. From […]
With it’s new owner eagerly awaitings its arrival, the Bridge Classic Cars restoration team have been working on getting the 1955 Jaguar XK140 ready to meet its new home. Our technician Jon began working his way through his meticulous check-list on the car starting from the headlights, all the way to the end of the […]
Our restoration workshops have been a hive of activity over the past few days with several cars leaving us to start their journeys with customers, and a handful of new arrivals like these two – a 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, 1989 Jaguar XJS and a 1995 Jaguar XJS Convertible which the team will soon […]
The team in the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body department have taken on their side of the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupe project recently. Our paint and body technician Mauro has been working his magic on the bulkhead of the rare, vintage Aston Martin.
The 1978 Mercedes 350SL is well on its way to getting back to a former glory, if not even better. The paint and body team have been working their magic on the classic Mercedes convertible over the past week or so. Chris, our paint manager, has seam sealed the entire underside and engine bay of […]
The fabrication team, Greg and Clinton, have been working their way through the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage bit by bit. Due to the car living out in the elements for quite a while, the rust and corrosion are pretty extensive but its nothing our team haven’t seen before at our Suffolk HQ and are […]
As part of the cars competition preparation, our team at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been in the classic lounge to finish off a small job on the 1998 TVR Chimaera 500. Our technician Jon had ordered a new set of number plates for the car in the correct size. Because of the size […]
The 1973 Mercedes 250 which is currently in the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop is getting some much deserved TLC by the team here at our Suffolk HQ. Our paint and body technician Mauro has been working his way through the bottom of the classic Mercedes on a mission to cut out any rust he […]
During the test drive of the 1994 Rover 220 Tomcat, our restoration technician Steve noted quite alot of freeplay in the gear linkage. So, as the 1990’s turbo coupe made its way back to the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops inside our Suffolk HQ the team were determined to find out. After a thorough and […]
The restoration team here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ have been steadily making progress on the 1969 Audi 70L. Our restoration technician Dave, who is handling the reassembly of this rare Audi, has been methodically working his way through each job. Recently, he’s been test fitting the alternator and finding which order things in […]
Our 2015 Volkswagen T5.1, which was won recently by Eric, has been in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for the team to carry out the last few jobs before it makes its way across the country to its new home. As part of a PDI on a more modern vehicle, our technician Jon checks to […]
The Bridge Classic Cars logistics team have had quite the busy week. Not just delivering cars but collecting them too – Our logistics coordinator Tony has been back and forth to Coventry in order to collect a pair of Jaguar XJS’s which are making their way back to our restoration HQ for the team to […]
The weather is on the turn. It’s definitely feeling colder, the leaves have fallen and autumn is in full swing so shoots outside become a luxury. Filming out TVR V8S was great fun. This is a beautiful Classic so make sure you are on the mailing list if you want to insure a discounted ticket!