We’ve just had several new arrivals at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ, one of them is this truly stunning 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe. This one has a funny connection to us! We recently were at H & H Auctions for there most recent auction and actually saw this car. As it went […]
The 1968 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 has been in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for our restoration technicians to tackle a couple of jobs on. The first task the team had was to repair part of the radiator. The joint at the top of the filler neck had broken, it had previously been glued, and was […]
The trim shop at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ have been working on repairing the seat base of the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster while at our restoration workshop. The team have removed the seat base from the car in order to repair the stitching which has come apart. For this, our trimmer Lydia carefully […]
The former owner of our 1966 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 has sent over some photos of its previous life in South Africa! The photos show everything from the car taken back to a bare painted shell to being used as a wedding car and at the top of some of the amazing scenery that surrounded its […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on wiring up our 2022 Bridge C-Type Replica. The harness has been routed through the body and frame of the car to be trimmed and connected where needed. The team have also fit the spotlight which will sit behind the grille of the classic racer.
A few months ago, we repainted the bonnet and boot of the 1984 Jaguar XJ for its owner. A couple of days ago the car came back to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop to have the team here repair and refit the chrome work to the classic XJ. Scott, one of our technicians, carefully cleaned […]
The workshop at Bridge Classic Cars has been working on diagnosing and fixing a couple of issues with the electrical system of the 1970 Jaguar XJ6. Firstly, the team carried out a repair on the printed circuit for the instrument dials. Our technician John carefully repaired the circuit before testing the component and found all […]
The winner of our 1966 Jaguar MkII 3.8 has sent in some photos of the car at its first outing at historic Beaulieu. The car took part in the show Simply Jaguar where it was joined by nearly every generation and modern of Jaguar possible. From early SS cars to the newest F-Type, everything was […]
Our technician Jon has been looking into an oil leak at the back of the engine on the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster. After inspecting the engine once it had been run up to temperature, he found the offside rear cam cover was weeping past its seal. After removing it, he found the seal was not […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been working on the Jaguar XK120 with this round of work comprising of a gearbox oil change and looking into a fuel issue. To begin with, the team began to look for a reported fuel leak at the rear of the car. Jon inspected all pipework to and from […]
The workshop at Bridge Classic Cars have been working through the list of jobs on the 1951 Jaguar XK120 in with us. Next up for our technicians is to sort out a binding front brake. Upon inspection, Jon found one of the wheel cylinders was in need of a rebuild, and looking closer discovered an […]
The 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop has had our technicians looking into the source of some noises believed by the team to be coming from the legendary straight-six engine. For this, Jon removed the cam covers on the top of the engine to inspect the tolerances on the tappets which […]
In between the workshop technicians working on the engine and running of the 1970 Jaguar XJ, the paint and body team took the chance to carry out a few paint repairs to the classic Jaguar. In some places, the paint had become very thin in a few areas of the wing on the Jaguar and […]
The restoration workshop have been tasked to look into a few items for the owner of the stunning 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster. To look into some of those issues, the classic Jaguar roadster has been carefully road tested by the team. Firstly, our restoration technician Jon has been testing the car to try and locate […]
The 1973 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 Roadster is due to leave the Bridge Classic Cars workshop any day now so, we thought we would take one final look around the car that the team here have built from the ground up. Fern Grey, as the car is known to us, arrived from the US as […]
Just arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops in our Suffolk HQ is this beautiful 1970 Jaguar XJ. The team are going to be looking into a few running issues on the classic XJ for its owner. Since having the fuel tanks replaced, and servicing the carburettors and engine it hasn’t helped the running […]
The restoration technicians in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop have been looking into a fuel leak from the 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Series 3. The team inspected all the hoses and couplers to do with the fuel system which upon inspection were all found to be okay. From that, the team decided to look inside […]
This beautiful 1985 Jaguar Sovereign Double Six has just arrived at the Suffolk restoration workshops at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. The car has been amazingly cared for by its previous owners but will be completely inspected and assessed by the in-house restoration teams to see if there is anything that this big classic Jaguar […]
Coming soon to Bridge Classic Cars is this stunning 1985 Jaguar Double Six. The classic 4 door saloon will be arriving at our Pettistree workshops very soon to go through its full inspection and assessment by the restoration teams. Expect to see more on the 1985 Jaguar Double Six very soon on the Bridge Classic […]
The technicians in the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop at our Suffolk HQ have been working on a slight issue with the driver’s door on the 1973 Jaguar E Type Series 3 Roadster, Fern Grey. Jon has been looking into the door mechanism which when the window is closed, cannot be opened from the inside. […]
Bridge Classic Cars have recently acquired this beautiful 1954 Jaguar XK120 for sale as a project to be restored. This XK120 was in the process of being restored by its previous owner who could not complete the project, unfortunately. This XK120 project comes with a full V5 as well as a spare chassis and boxes […]
Some of you may remember the 1966 Jaguar 3.8 MkII which was part of a consignment of cars that we received from South Africa. Well, it has now gone through the process is fully registered in the UK! The classic Jaguar now sports its very own black and silver pressed number plates. So, with all […]
Our restoration technician, Jon, has been working on trying to get the heater valve on the 1973 Jaguar E Type Series III Coupe. After finally being able to free off the valve, he discovered that this still didn’t fix the issue of the heater being on constantly. For this, Jon has advised that this component […]
The 1973 Jaguar E Type V12 has been welcomed back into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop recently for our in-house restoration technicians to have a look into a couple of issues and a complete pre-MOT check. Jonn, one of our amazing technicians, has been working on the car. There were some issues with some wiring […]