Our 1968 Morris Minor 1000 Pick-Up arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop yesterday afternoon.
Now that it is here, our team of technicians will thoroughly inspect and assess this beautiful classic before it eventually goes live on Bridge Classic Cars Competitions.
Classic car technician James has been assessing our 1967 Morris Minor Traveller. It came into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop as it would not start.
After charging the battery, James removed the spark plugs and cleaned and regapped them to the correct specification. The distributor cap was removed before the points and condenser were replaced. James then checked the timing and replaced the distributor cap and rotor arm along with the HT lead set supplied by the customer.
Once the battery charged, James started the car and found a fuel leak from where the fuel pipes joined the carburettors. This was removed and the pipe was replaced. The car was then restarted and checked for leaks and all was ok.
James carried out a short road test. He ran vehicle the car for a short time and it was running rough when hot and under load. After substituting the coil pack for a good known second-hand unit the car ran better and not lacking power. The car is now running and starts instantly as the customer requested.
Issues that James found during his assessment were:
Overall the car has had numerous patches welded in many areas, of which, most are now starting to deteriorate again.
Classic car technician Brian has been busy making a new hood cover for our 1965 Morris Minor Convertible.
This beautiful classic wasn’t in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for very long, but it certainly looks great as it leaves us.
After suffering from an unfortunate bump while at home, our 1960 Morris Minor has been needing some repair work completed by classic car technician Mauro.
Mauro has been focused on repairing the front wing that seemed to take the brunt of the impact. Hopefully, it won’t be too much longer before the fully recovered Minor goes back home to its owner.
August 30, 2023 11:14 am
Our 1967 Morris Minor Traveller has arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Work will begin shortly on this very classic-looking vehicle. It will be great to see this one go through the workshop and leave with a new lease of life in the future.
We recently said goodbye to our 1969 Morris Minor as it returned home to its happy owners.
This classic car wasn’t in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for very long but it is now ready for its owners to take back out on the road and enjoy once again.
We hope to see our 1969 Morris Minor again in the future.
February 10, 2023 11:40 am
Since we collected our 1969 Morris Minor and safely delivered it to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, it has been under the care of our experienced classic car technicians.
Dave has continued his work on our Morris Minor Convertible by resealing the exhaust clamp. This is all part of the bigger picture of getting the car running and through an MOT as well as a structured recommissioning over time.
While Dave was working on the exhaust clamp, classic car technician Mauro was giving the wheels of this classic car some attention.
The wheels were coated in epoxy primer before being painted and, as you can see from the photos below, they are looking much better after leaving the paintshop.
Classic car technician Dave has resealed the exhaust clamp on our 1969 Morris Minor.
This is one of the jobs being completed in preparation for this beautiful classic car to return home to its owners very soon.
Our 1969 Morris Minor has had the attention of classic car technician Dave as of late. He drained the fuel from the car and replaced it with fresh fuel. He also removed the old battery and fitted a new one in its place.
Dave has removed the wheels from this classic car too. This was done so they could be sandblasted and painted ready for new tyres to be fitted in the near future.
Work continues on our 1969 Morris Minor and we look forward to seeing it progress through its restoration journey in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
The team recently collected our 1969 Morris Minor Convertible from its owner and delivered it safely to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
While it is here, it will undergo a thorough inspection and assessment, and we will resolve any issues found as a result. We will also be preparing it for an MOT.
It looks very similar to another 1969 Morris Minor that recently left the workshop after being restored. Everyone here is looking forward to seeing this latest addition progress through its restoration journey in a similar way too.
After saying goodbye to our beautiful 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible recently, it’s great to see this classic car back home with its owners.
Everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars loved having this car in the workshop and it was extremely popular with visitors and on our social media channels too.
Now that it is back home where it belongs, we hope that the owners get lots of use out of it and cover many miles in their 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible.
The time has come when we have to say goodbye to our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible.
We have loved seeing this beautiful classic car progress through its restoration journey and we are extremely happy that it is now back with its owner being fully enjoyed as it should.
Our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible looks very different to how it did when it first arrived at the workshop and we are proud of what our team of classic car technicians achieved with this impressive restoration.
Everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars hopes the owner enjoys their restored classic and that they enjoy seeing it every day as much as we did.
When it comes to classic cars, like our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible, there are a wide range of components that have to fit perfectly together to form the beautiful classic vehicles you see leaving the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. While some of these components will be as unique as the vehicles themselves, there are some parts that will be very familiar to modern car owners too.
One such example of this is the latest work classic car technician Scott has been completing on our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible. Scott has recently installed a new clutch pedal and bushes to this very popular classic car.
As you can see from the photos below, Scott spent some time tucked into the front of this beautiful classic car while he was completing the task and he has now bought it one step closer to leaving us to go back to its owner.
Our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible continues to progress through its restoration work.
After a large portion of the external work was complete, Brian and Lydia began their work on the interior of the car. A new carpet was put in, a new roof was made and fitted, and we put a new pinstripe on this beautiful classic car too.
Recently, Brian has been doing more work on our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible. This time, his attention has been on the seats. In particular, he has been fitting stronger webbing straps to the front seat frames.
While this may not be something that changes the look of the seats, it will go a long way in making the seats as comfortable and as long-lasting as possible. The seats will now go on to be installed back into the car ready for the rest of the interior work to be completed very soon.
In addition to Brian’s work on the front seats of our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible, classic car technician Paul fitted a new electric fan. Paul also fitted 2 universal joints to the propshaft.
This classic Morris Minor is proving to be a very popular car. Anytime we share photos of it on social media or we have visitors to the workshop, this is one of the cars that seems to catch people’s attention.
Our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible is a beautiful classic car that continues to make good progress through its restoration journey. As great as it looks in our workshop, and as much as we enjoy seeing it every day, we are certainly looking forward to seeing it back out on the road so everyone has the opportunity to enjoy looking at it as much as we do.
Restoration work will continue so our Morris Minor Convertible will soon be even closer to leaving us and returning to its owner.
Along with its new interior, sun visors, and roof, our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible has a new pinstripe too.
Classic car technician Chris made sure the car was properly prepped before painting on the pinstripe.
The pinstripe may seem like a relatively small thing but, as you can see from the photos below, it makes a huge difference to the overall look of the car.
Our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible has a new roof to help keep its owner warm and dry when the weather isn’t suitable for having the top down.
However, classic car technician Brian also fitted the sun visors into the car for when the sun does come out and a summer road trip is in order.
Once Brian had finished the roof of this classic car, he turned his attention to the under-dash tray. He removed the old tray, along with some other parts to get full access, before painting the ashtrays and front rail, making the new tray, and finally installing it in the car.
The gear stick gaiter was also fitted helping to move the interior of this classic car along the restoration journey.
Classic car technician Brian has been giving the interior of our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible quite a bit of attention lately.
He started by making a new parcel tray and covering it in vinyl to fit in with the rest of the car. He then made a wood insert which would fit the damaged area of the rear wood rail. This insert was fitted into the damaged area and sanded smooth.
Brian went on to staple the cover to the wood rail which, again, perfectly matches the rest of the interior.
Once this was complete, he could then install the new parcel tray before moving on to fitting the rear quarter panels and front kick panels.
Our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible has a new carpet!
Lydia cut and shaped the underlay before glueing it into the car. She then cut and fit the new carpet on top of this.
She also did some work on some of the components that will hold the front seats in place. Lydia sandblasted these to remove the rust and old paint before spraying them with primer. Once they were properly prepared, she then finished them off in a beautiful gloss black.
While she was in the car, Lydia also installed the door cards into the car so lots of progress has been made as work continues.
Classic Car Technician Scott has been busy building up the dash in our 1969 Morris Minor 1000 Convertible. Once he had finished this, he moved on to stripping the brakes so he could check they were in full working order.
After cleaning, greasing, readjusting, and reassembling the brakes, he was happy with them all apart from the off-side front brakes. It was here that Scott found one of the cylinders was seized and another was leaking. A new set of cylinders has been ordered to rectify the issue.
While removing the brake line, the flexi hose was found to be corroded to the point where it broke away from the body of the car as the brake line was removed. Scott repaired the inner wing section and rewelded the bracket in place.
He also began making new front brake lines while the front braking system was apart.
The 1969 Morris Minor Convertible has been back up on the ramps at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop to have a few key jobs sorted out.
The first was to cut out and repair a small rust hole in the underside of the car. Our technician Dave carefully made a patch panel to perfectly fit the car before full welding it in and grinding back.
Once that was complete then the team could begin spraying the underseal to keep the underside of the car in perfect order.
September 9, 2022 1:06 pm
The restoration and reassembly of the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible by the Bridge Classic Cars team has been progressing.
The team are working on getting all the various parts, trims and panels back onto the classic Morris. Scott has carefully and methodically reinstalled the either new or refurbished parts onto the car whilst also hooking up the various electrical and cable systems as he goes.
September 9, 2022 8:43 am
The workshop team have been working on the underside of the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible recently.
The team have been cleaning up the exhaust flange thoroughly and then resealed the downpipe and allowing it to cure after being correctly secured and tightened down.
Also, the team have found some areas of corrosion on the underside of the car which will be repaired and fixed up by the team.
September 8, 2022 11:14 am
The wheels for the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible are the most recent components to be taken into the Bridge Classic Cars paint booth.
The team have been carefully preparing, cleaning and priming the wheels before they were taken into our in-house booth/oven to be shot in colour-matched Snowberry white to match the rest of the car.
These will be left to completely cure and harden before they are mounted with tyres and fitted to the car which is going through reassembly in the main restoration workshop.
September 6, 2022 1:30 pm
The workshop at Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ have been busy getting the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible back together following its fresh repaint.
The team have been getting the body trims in place, perfectly aligning them to each other before moving on to some of the mechanical work.
The team have got the parts out of storage for the car which were taken off during disassembly to inspect further. They have found the edges of the fuel tank have corroded slightly.
The big job was to get the freshly painted engine back into the engine bay but first the team had to get the gearbox mated up to the block. Before this, our technician Scott carefully cleaned up the gearbox casing and bell housing before fitting a new bearing and clutch for the car. Once back together, the team carefully installed the engine and gearbox into the frame of the classic Morris.
Finally, the team could start on rewiring the car now that all of the major pieces were back in place.
September 5, 2022 7:12 am
The 1969 Morris Minor Convertible, which arrived recently at Bridge Classic Cars, has been in the workshop for our team to take a look at.
To begin with, the team have replaced the fuel pump and filter on the classic Morris Minor to make sure that it was getting all the fuel it needed after the team had noted the original pump had corroded around the connectors. After that, the team adjusted the brakes on the car before it could go out on road test. At the same time, they found a nail in the tyre! Thankfully, the nail hadn’t pierced the tyre but had got stuck in one of the grooves.
After this, the car could be road tested.
September 2, 2022 3:02 pm
The 1969 Morris Minor Convertible, which has recently finished up in the Bridge Classic Cars paintshop, has been moved into the restoration workshop at our Suffolk HQ to begin reassembly.
Our technician Scott has been put in charge of beginning the reassembly of the classic Morris Minor. He begun by getting some of the rear trims in place such as the rear lights with the rubber seals before moving on to getting the glovebox in place for later.
Scott also got the doors built up on the car with the new handles and mechanisms along with the window regulators to then build up the frames and put the glass securely in place. After that, it was time to move to the interior where the wiring would begin.
The speedometer has been wired up after a few key wiring repairs were done, then he could begin to trace the wiring through the firewall and up to the various key systems in the engine bay.
September 1, 2022 7:38 am
The Bridge Classic Cars team have welcomed this wonderful 1969 Morris Minor Convertible to our Suffolk HQ for the team to have a look at.
The owner has reported a slight running issue as well as an exhaust problem which our workshop will be looking into and sorting out. Along with that, it will be inspected and looked at by our paint and body team for some bits and pieces.
Also while the car is with us, the teams will carry out a full inspection of the car to check everything over.
August 30, 2022 11:30 am
After the paint and body team at Bridge Classic Cars let the underseal and seam seal cure it was time to flatten back and polish the paintwork on the body.
Our painter Alan, masked off the edges of the panels before using finer and finer grade abrasives combined with special compounds to bring the Snowberry White paint to a mirror-like finish.
August 24, 2022 11:43 am
The paint and body team at Bridge Classic Cars have been making progress on the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible.
To start, the team have finished painting the final bits and pieces of the body. The topside of the bonnet, front panel and side-skirts have all been painted in Snowberry White before being clear coated. Meanwhile, the team have also gone through the shell of the classic Morris convertible to seamseal the joins in panels for added protection.
Once the seamseal had dried and cured, the team could underseal the insides of the wings and arches on the car for added protection against the elements and from any road debris picked up by the tyres.
August 24, 2022 8:03 am
The doors and panels of the 1969 Morris Minor Convertible have been moved and set up inside the Bridge Classic Cars in-house paint booth to be finished in matching Snowberry White to the rest of the body.
Each of the pieces were carefully cleaned, set up and then cleaned again. This is crucial to achieving the best possible finish for the car. The specific shade of Snowberry White has been mixed to purposefully be uniform across the entire car as part of its restoration.
August 12, 2022 12:57 pm
