As our 1974 Volkswagen Beetle nears the end of its restoration, with only a few small bits to do, we though we would take it into the Atelier and set up a photo shoot for the car before it leaves our Suffolk HQ to head back home to its excited owner. ‘Delilah’, as the car […]
Classic car technician James has continued to make great progress in getting our 1974 Volkswagen Beetle ready to leave the Bridge Classic Cars workshop and head home to its owner. The door pin switches were replaced to ensure the interior lamp works when the doors are opened and a new bumper trim was fitted to […]
Brian and Lydia have been hard at work and making good progress on our 1974 Volkswagen Beetle as it moves towards the end of its time in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. Once the headliner was installed, foam was glued to the rear bar before the wires for the heated rear window were fitted. The […]
Brian has continued his work on the headliner of our 1974 Volkswagen Beetle. After fitting the plastic trims to cover the roof hinges, the front edge of the roof inner pad was fitted to the frame. Webbing straps were then stapled to the roof bars and the position of the rear window was marked out. […]
Classic car technician Lydia has been starting work on the interior of our 1974 Volkswagen Beetle. After undergoing lots of work on its body and chassis, it’s great to finally see the interior begin to go into the classic Beetle, known affectionately as Delilah. Door cards have been fitted, carpet has been installed and Lydia’s […]
Work has begun on our 1977 Volkswagen T2 Kombi. As various areas of imperfections have been noted by the team, these will all be rectified before the classic VW becomes a competition car through Bridge Classic Cars Competitions. Campers like this are iconic classics and have a huge following. We are really excited to see […]
We have welcomed another new addition to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop in the form of our 1989 Volkswagen Golf GTI. During its time in the workshop, our team of classic car technicians will be fitting a new ceiling cloth, new sun visor clips, and a new DAB aerial. We are looking forward to starting […]
Adrian Fuller was the lucky winner of our 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco Storm in the live draw held on 27th October 2022 with ticket number 809. We delivered the car to Adrian today and, as you can tell from the photo below, he looked very pleased to have won it. We would like to congratulate Adrian […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working their way through the list of jobs on the 1991 Volkswagen T4 Transporter. The first job, was to work on the rear suspension on the T4. The rear sat considerably higher than the front, so the customer has asked the team to sort it out. […]
Recently arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ deep in the heart of the Suffolk countryside is this glorious 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco Storm. The classic water-cooled VW has come in to be fully inspected and assessed by the team restoration teams who will compile their report on the classic coupe and report back. Keep a […]
Our friend Mark headed over to air-cooled Volkswagen specialists, Type 2 Detectives, over the weekend for their Cars & Caffeine event. The guys over at Type 2 Detectives opened their doors to friends and visitors on Sunday for a meet up of not just Volkswagens but Porsches, BMWs, Lotus and many many more. Type 2 […]
Bridge Classic Cars have welcomed this 1975 Volkswagen Beetle into our Pettistree workshop recently for our in-house restoration teams to assess and report on the condition of the car for its owner. After the team has assessed the car and thoroughly inspected it, they will come up with a list of jobs that need to […]