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.
It’s been an eclectic week here at the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshops, and we don’t just mean the weather. The team have welcomed a 1966 Austin Healey 3000, a 1996 Mercedes SL320 as well as a 1936 Riley Merlin Nine to our Suffolk HQ.
Our trimmer Lydia has been working her magic on the floors of the 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4. With the project moving ahead at quite the pace here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, she’s begun to get the carpet set templated, made and trimmed to perfectly fit the classic British GT car as part of […]
The 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe has been in the paintbooth here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ to get the car to the next phase of its life back in colour. Mauro, one of our incredible paint technicians, has got the rare droptop classic Aston Martin into polyfan – the first step in […]