Kath has been making the handbrake gaiter for our 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe, ‘Eva’. Kath made this by measuring out a pattern against the old on and working new leather into a gaiter to mimic the old version.
Congratulations Lee Polley, winner of our 1991 Rover Mini with ticket number 410. For your chance to win your dream classic, head to bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/competitions
It’s our gorgeous 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe’ last day with us today. We have a load of work to do before tomorrow night, where she will be presented as a birthday gift to Eva Ranson, wife of our Director; Gordon Ranson. The Mini arrived at our Pettistree workshop this morning looking pretty bare! Although her […]
Our 1990 Austin Mini Thirty winner Courtney Barker couldn’t help but share this gushy Instagram post about her new toy! “Always wanted one of these and still cant believe its mine!” – Well you better believe it Courtney, its certainly all yours! Courtney has been a classic car fan since she was a child and […]
Our Austin Mini has sparked some online conversation! We’ve teamed up with Electric Classic Cars to build the ultimate 300hp electric powered classic Mini. Our 1967 Austin Mini will appear on the upcoming series of Vintage Voltage, due to air on Quest. Bridge Classic Cars has undertaken the bodywork preparation and paintwork. Our Paint Shop finished the vehicle […]
Originally designed for the military, the Mini Moke hit the UK market in the 60’s after failed attempts to be used by the British Army. It’s unusual stripped down chassis, with no doors or windows will certainly tests the boundaries of the Great British weather! Although new technology has been added to the otherwise very […]
Ady, our engine specialist, has completed an entire engine rebuild on our fabulous 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe. “She’s literally had everything done” Ady explains. “Including new pistons, new bearings, a new gasket, an unleaded cylinder head fitted and a reconditioned gearbox.” Now all the technical work on the engine is done, it’s time to get […]
This week, the 1961 Morris Mini had her headliner stripped off by Brian in the trim shop. “I’ve stripped off all the old fabric,” explains Brian, “then cleaned up all the metal frame ready to have the new cover made and attached.” This project is coming along nicely so far, we can’t wait to see […]
Following stripping the interior of the 1961 Morris Mini Deluxe, our trim shop extraordinaire Brian has been hard at work rebuilding this iconic beauty. With the chairs stripped right back to the bare metal, Brian’s rebuilt the chairs starting with new rubber straps fixed to the frame. “I used hessian to line the base and […]
Another major stage in the restoration of our 1961 Mini has been hit. Darren has completed painting the body shell. After a polish it’s looking absolutely stunning in the sunlight. Our Mini has been painted in the original cherry red paint colour. This is a much stronger red than the more maroon tone of the […]
Congratulations to tonight’s winners! Ian Summers, winner of our 1994 TVR Chimaera with ticket number 2214 and Courtney Barker, winner of our 1990 Austin Mini with ticket number 665. For your chance to win your dream classic, head to bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/competitions
Darren has completed the bodywork preperation on our Morris Mini restoration. He’s also completed the first coat of epoxy primer. This will be sanded back to a smooth finish before moving onto base primer coats. Lovely work, Darren
Darren has now completed painting our Austin Mini. He’s now completed the external painting in ‘Surf Blue’. This colour choice works so well on a Mini of this age, simply gorgeous. The cream roof compliments the blue superbly. Wonderful work, Darren. It’s now heading back to Ted at the Mini Centre to continue restoring this […]
Congratulations to Chris Allitt who won our 1974 Austin Mini 1000 with ticket number 1558. To be in with a chance of winning your very own classic, head to bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/competitions
We recently painted our lovely little 1996 Mini. The car has now been fitted up by our good friend Ted at Team C Racing and is back with us to have a few minor repairs and touching up in the paint shop. The work is now complete and the car safely back with Ted to […]
Our 1962 TVR Grantura Racecar and our 1993 Mini Rio have both left the showroom this week. Our gorgeous collectable classic Grantura was registered to TVR in 1962. BEM 885 was raced with an MGA engine until the engine failed. It was taken back to TVR’s factory and changed to a sunbeam rapier engine that […]
Thank you to our good friends at Classic Car Weekly who have featured us in this weeks issue of Classic Car Weekly. (15th April 2020) Always wanting to pioneer within the classic car industry, we are one of the first companies to run classic vehicle competitions. Our aim is to spread a bit of fun […]
Antony has been working tirelessly on fitting up the new panels this week. The new floor pans area, the new rear area and back panels are not fitted. The car is now coming together beautifully and we’ll soon be able to hand over to the paint shop for preparation.
We’ve got another Austin Mini in the Bridge Classic Cars Paint Shop. This Mini belongs to Team C Racing. The body will need to be welded with new metal, shaped, prepared and then painted either Ocean Blue or Island Blue. We will then be sending it back to team C to continue the restoration.
Here at Bridge Classic Cars, we’ve acquired a very early example of a Morris Mini. We’ve got big plans for this Mini. As pictured, there are still remnants of the original, Cherry Red paintwork. We intend to fully restore this lovely little vehicle to original specification and colour.