The Bridge Classic Cars paint and body team have finished with the complete repaint of the 1981 MG B GT LE. Following its time with the fabrication team, the body was worked on and perfected by the body prep specialist before being taken into our in-house paint booth/oven. The team then laid down several coats […]
The fabrication shop at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on the 1981 MG B GT LE at our Suffolk HQ. The team have been going through some of the corrosion that we have found on the bodywork of the car. Beginning with the rear decklid. The team found an area of corrosion in the […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars HQ have begun to refit and adjust the panelwork from the 1978 MG B GT back onto the car. Our technician Rob has been working his way from the front of the classic sports car to the back beginning with the front wings. The wings were bolted on […]
The Bridge Classic Cars team have been making progress on the 1978 MG B GT. Our restoration technician, Rob, has worked on getting the new exhaust fitted up on the underside of the classic sports car. With the whole system fitted front to back, the team could then move on to the next job. The […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on getting the final bits and pieces sorted on the 1971 MG B Roadster before it heads off to its new home. To begin with, the team at our Suffolk HQ discovered a crack in one of the flexi-hoses so that has been replaced with […]
Some of the pieces of the 1978 MG B GT have been refurbished by the team before being handed over to our paint team at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ. The paint team have refinished the parts in hard-wearing and durable black as part of the restoration.
The 1968 MG B GT has been in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop to have several new pieces fitted under the bonnet of the classic sports car. To start with, the team have fitted a new electric fan to the radiator to help keep the engine cool which being enjoyed by its owner. Then, the […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on getting a few bits and pieces from the 1968 MG B GT in the right place. The team have adjusted the door on the classic MG to perfectly line up on the request of the owner. Our technician Jon has got the two pieces […]
The workshop team have been getting the new inner and outer sills fitted to the 1978 MG B GT which is in for restoration with Bridge Classic Cars. The sills are being replaced by the team due to areas of corrosion and damage to the shell which had found their way into the sills of […]
The Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop has been busy continuing the bodywork repairs on the 1978 MG B GT in with us for restoration. The team have worked through the classic MG from front to back removing and replacing any corrosion in the body or sub-structure. Recently the team finished up work on the side […]
The bodywork on the 1978 MGB GT which is in for restoration with Bridge Classic Cars continues while the rest of the car is being worked on by the various other restoration departments. The bodywork on the car has been worked on piece by piece, with any remnants of corrosion or rust completely removed from […]
The restoration technicians in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Suffolk HQ have been busy rebuilding and cleaning up the distributor and carburettors of the 1978 MGB GT. Rob began by carefully disassembling the distributor on the classic MGB. The internals of the distributor was assessed and inspected, with the decision being to entirely […]
The Bridge Classic Cars workshop team have been working on inspecting pieces from the 1978 MGB GT which were removed before it entered the body shop. Our restoration technician Rob has been going through each of the parts to decide if new parts will be required or if they can be refurbished for use in […]
The rear seat of the 1978 MGB GT in for restoration at Bridge Classic Cars has been refoamed and recovered by our in-house trim shop to match the rest of the car. Whilst the body is in with our body shop, the interior is being revamped by the team in the trim shop. Lydia has […]
The trim team at Bridge Classic Cars have been working on very carefully unpicking and deconstructing the rear seat of the 1978 MGB GT. Brian carefully unpicked all the stitching of the rear seat in order to assess and inspect the piece. He also has been making new straps for the car out of handpicked […]
The trim shop at Bridge Classic Cars worked on removing the interior of the 1978 MGB GT before it headed to our body shop to begin its rust repairs. With the interior of the classic MGB removed and safely upstairs into our in-house trim shop, the team could begin working through the interior for the […]
The workshop at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ have been working on the 1968 MGC Roadster. Our technician Jon has been getting a series of jobs completed on the rare roadster ahead of its departure from the workshop. Jon has been adjusting the door handles for the car and realigning the strikers so that […]
The paint team at Bridge Classic Cars have some of the trims and pieces from the 1978 MGB GT in the paint booth to be refinished. Whilst the body of the MGB is having its metalwork completed, the paint team took the opportunity to refinish several of the trims and fixings in a new heavy-duty […]
The sunroof for the 1978 MGB GT is on the workbench of the trim shop here at the Bridge Classic Cars Suffolk HQ and it needs more work than first thought. Lydia had been working on entirely refurbishing the soft top for the Blaze Orange MGB. As she began to disassemble the piece, the metal […]
Now that the aesthetic restoration of the 1977 MGB Roadster is complete, we thought we would pull the 1970s convertible out of the workshop and take some photos to show the work we’ve done on the car. Every panel, piece and seam have been worked on by the teams here at Bridge and it really […]
The metalwork on the 1978 Blaze Orange MGB GT has begun! All of the new panels and pieces have arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for the team to begin work on the classic 1970s sports car. Once all of the welding is complete on the car, it will then be turned over to […]
The new panels for the 1978 MGB GT have arrived at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. These pieces were ordered for the restoration of the sports car being done by our workshop. All of these pieces are being checked and catalogued for the car by the team for when bodywork begins as part of the […]
The 1973 MGB GT V8 is back in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop to get a new fan switch fitted. The technicians noted that the original fan switch wasn’t controlling the electric fans correctly so a new switch was put on order and recently arrived. After the new switch arrived, it was installed into the […]
The final piece of the restoration of the 1977 MGB Roadster in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop at our Suffolk HQ have been fitted to the car. The completely refurbished wire wheels. The wheels are now fitting to the huge amount of work done by the whole team here at Bridge on the Roadster to […]
As the aesthetic restoration of the 1977 MGB Roadster in the Bridge Classic Workshop at our Suffolk HQ gets closer to completion, the in-house trim team have been finishing off the final parts and pieces for the car. Brian, our lead trimmer, has been working on getting the original hood fitted back to the car […]
The Bridge Classic Cars trim shop have put a new rear screen into the original convertible hood for the 1977 MGB Roadster. The use of the original hood was a request from the owner. But, the rear screen was very deteriorated and split in places. So, the trim shop replaced the rear screen and stitched […]
Brian, our master in-house trimmer here at Bridge Classic Cars, has been working on the next phase of the interior of the 1977 MGB Roadster. The rear was the first port of call for Brian on the journey of getting the interior complete. The rear bulkhead panels and carpet had to be put in place […]