Tuning and Engine Rebuilds
Our team of technicians can deliver anything from a gentle tune to a full engine rebuild, all within our own engine shops here at Bridge Classic Cars.
We use only the highest quality parts and materials on our total engine rebuilds.
Thanks to highly creative team of true craftsman, we strive to ensure every engine is built to the original specification unless upgrades and modifications are requested.
An engine restored by Bridge Classic Cars will look, sound and perform no less than the original designer intended.
Services include:
- Head porting and gas flowing
- Valve seat cutting
- Valve refacing
- Unleading and unleaded conversion
- Reface cylinder head
- Helicoil and timesort threads
- Remove and fit new valve guides
- Reface cylinder blocks
- Rebore cylinder blocks
- Hone cylinder bores
- Crankshaft regrinds
- Balance engine components: crankshaft, pistons, conrods, flywheel, front pulley, clutch
- Lighten flywheels
- Reface flywheels
- Recondition most water pumps
- Recondition carburettors
- Propshafts, replace stake joints, balance
- Engine upgrading
Latest project news

New Arrival – 1955 International Harvester
The Bridge Classic Cars team have welcomed a new arrival for our safe, secure storage facility. This 1955 International Harvester will be headed to ‘The Hangar’ to be put away for winter hibernation by the team here for its owner.
New Arrivals – 2 Sportscars, 59 years apart
We’ve had 2 new arrivals at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration HQ and they couldn’t be more different. A stunning 1949 MG TC and a 2008 Jaguar XK. Both cars are here for the team to tackle some trim work
Front End Fitment – Getting the Grille to Fit on our 1970 Aston Martin DBS
The fabrication shop have been working steadily on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS, this time our technician Greg has been adjusting the appeture that frames the front grille. Greg has made a template of the cars grille that we have,