At Bridge Classic Cars, all preparation and painting is carried out in-house by our experienced team. From minor scuffs and scratches to complete bare-metal repaints, every stage is handled with the same care and attention to detail.
Our body and paint shop uses our Dalby booth. This controlled environment allows the team to achieve the high-quality finish our restorations deserve, ensuring consistency, durability, and a finish that complements the work carried out on the rest of the vehicle.
Alongside this, we have comprehensive paint mixing facilities, including a specialist vehicle colour matching service.
Traditionally, paint colours are mixed using original factory colour codes. While this provides a starting point, it is not always the ideal solution. Over time, paint naturally fades due to exposure to sunlight and weather conditions. Paint technology has also evolved significantly, meaning modern materials can produce subtly different finishes compared to those originally applied decades ago. In addition, variations between paint suppliers can result in slight tonal differences. In many cases, achieving the perfect match ultimately relies on experience and a trained eye.
To support this process, we use Automatchic Vision, a revolutionary digital colour matching system developed by AkzoNobel. This advanced technology allows us to precisely measure and match the existing colour on any area of a vehicle.
The system combines two key elements: the Automatchic Vision handheld device, which digitally analyses the colour of the surface, and Automatchic Smart Search software, which retrieves the optimum matching formula. The compact device uses the latest digital technology to deliver accurate and reliable measurements, even on curved panels that have traditionally been more challenging to read.
The team have welcomed back an old friend to our Suffolk HQ this afternoon. We built this 1959 Jensen 541R here at the Bridge Classic Cars workshop, and was delivered back to the customer in the summer of 2024. The car has no returned to the workshop for the team to check the car over […]
Our technician Oscar has got himself a boat. His Fletcher Bravo may be nearing a classic, but to Oscar its all new and exciting. He’s spent the afternoon checking over everything and getting things ready for its first fire-up with the fluffs over the intakes to keep water circulating around the 90hp 2-stroke Mercury. He’s […]
The final parts and pieces on the 1972 Rover P6 4500S have been in with the paint and body team to get finished off here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ. The wheels of the car have been prepared, painted and cleaned down before the team started work on the bonnet of the one-off V8 […]