The newly arrived Land Rover Series IIA has made its way into our restoration workshops and onto the ramp of our technician Jon. As part of the car arriving, Jon carried out a full appraisal on the classic Land Rover and found a couple of jobs to crack on with. ”Remove wheels and check brakes. […]
The Bridge Classic Cars fabrication shop is a bit of a magical place. Derelict, bare classics come in and beautifully reformed machines leave. The 1970 Aston Martin DBS is one of those machines. The team have been methodically working their way through near enough every single inch. Much of the cars pillar have deteriorate due […]
With the Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team steaming ahead with their part of the restoration of our 2005 Mercedes Vito, our paint and body tech Adam has been working his methodically through the car. This time, he found a small patch of rust on our van so it had to go. He carefully […]
Another Jensen 541 at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ is this 1960 Jensen 541R that the restoration team are building from the group up for a customer. With most of the jobs complete under the bonnet, with the exhaust and inlet manifolds fitted to the 4-litre engine, the team here at our Suffolk workshops could […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team are no strangers to the Jensen 541 – over the past 10 years we have restored numerous examples of this lesser known British GT car to the point where we tend to know them inside and out. This 1956 Jensen 541 recently arrived at our Suffolk HQ for a few […]
With work moving rapidly here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ on the 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4, sometimes we run into hurdles. As our technician Steve was get the wooden sections of the doors installed, he began to screw the trim piece into the wooden only to find out the entire piece was rotten on […]
The restoration team here at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ have turned their expert attention towards the 1956 Jensen 541. Going through the list of items the cars owner had supplied, Jon could start off with us appraisal and check overs. ”Look into customer reported faults and note anything else whilst looking over. Steering […]
The latest update on the 1987 Maserati BiTurbo here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop comes to you from under the bonnet of the 1980’s twin-turbo coupe as Jon begins to get the piping routed and test fit. ”Remove unwanted hoses from 5 way connector. Fit 3 way connector and fit pipes. View pictures […]
With the 1939 Jaguar SS100 seeing some serious use over the summer, the Bridge Classic Cars restoration team have been working on giving the pre-war sports car some TLC. After finding some uneven wear on the brake shoes, the team have fitted up a new set for the car. ”New brake shoes arrived. Remove wheels […]
As the bodyshell of the 1978 Mercedes 350SL is being worked on in the body and paintshop at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, our restoration technicians in the main workshop have been working on building up the freshly refurbished front and rear subframes of the car. Steve, with the help of our technician Ben, has […]
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 […]
We have been super busy filming lots of competition cars for you to win!! Nick has stepped back from competitions and is focusing on the masterful work which is happening in the workshops here at Bridge Classic Cars. But that means we welcome John to the team who will be filming the competitions from now […]