Show & special projects

The brief everyone else called too much.

Show trucks, one-offs, and the projects that don’t fit a category. The more particular the idea, the more we want to hear it.

Some vehicles exist to make people stop walking and stare. Show trucks, promotional builds, the one-off someone’s been planning for years — this is where we get to push the craft as far as it will go, and we relish every bit of it.

Quilted cabins, custom-stitched panels, embroidery worked into the trim, finishes you simply won’t see anywhere else. The brief that another workshop called too much trouble is usually the one we remember most fondly.

It’s also where being a single workshop pays off. There’s no spec sheet to argue with and no department to wait on — if you can describe it, we’ll work out how to build it, and build it once, properly.

The brief everyone else called too much. Those are the ones we remember.

Why owners come to us.

The reasons people choose a workshop like ours over a forecourt option or a cheaper trade fit.

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No catalogue, no limits

Show work has no standard option by definition. Everything is drawn and built from scratch, so the only real limit is what you can describe — and we’re good at the rest.

 

02

Craft pushed to the front

Diamond buttoning, contrast stitching, quilting, embroidery — the detailing that takes time and skill is exactly what show work is for, and exactly what we enjoy doing.

03

One workshop, fast decisions

No sub-contractors, no committees. When a build needs a change at short notice — and show builds always do — you’re talking to the people holding the shears.

 

04

Made to perform and to last

A show finish that can’t survive the season isn’t much use. We build to turn heads and to keep doing it, event after event.

 

05

Branding stitched in, not stuck on

Logos and lettering embroidered into the work for a finish that looks part of the vehicle, not applied to it.

 

What a commission includes.

A typical interior covers most or all of the below — we’ll tailor the exact scope to your vehicle and budget.

Show truck cabins

Built to turn heads and survive the season.

Custom stitch & quilting

Patterns and detailing designed for your build.

Sleepers & pods

Upholstered to match the cabin, to a high finish.

Embroidery & branding

Logos and lettering stitched into the trim.

One-offs & promo vehicles

Limos, displays and the genuinely unusual.

Bespoke panels

Diamond buttoning, fluting and contrast detailing.

Premium materials

Hide, Alcantara and specialist finishes, sourced for you.

Full design service

The whole concept developed with you from scratch.

Materials that suit it.

Show work is where we reach for the materials that make people look twice — and that still hold up to a season on the road.

Quilted hide

Specialist finishes

Embroidered trim

If you’ve seen a finish you love, bring it. Show builds are exactly where we go looking for the unusual.

How it works.

From first call to the day it’s back with you — unhurried, and clear at every step.
STEP ONE
The first conversation

Tell us about the vehicle and how you actually use it. A few photos help; a clear opinion helps more. There's no charge and no obligation — just a straight talk about what's possible.

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STEP ONE
STEP TWO
Design & drawings

We work up the layout and the look with you — what changes, what stays, where the detail goes. Nothing moves forward until you can picture the finished thing.

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STEP TWO
STEP THREE
Materials in your hands

We put samples in front of you to see and feel in the light of your own vehicle. Nothing is ordered, and nothing is cut, until you're sure.

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STEP THREE
STEP FOUR
Built in our workshop

Foam and panels cut in-house on our own machines, upholstered, stitched and trimmed by the same hands throughout. This is where the standard is set.

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STEP FOUR
STEP FIVE
Fitted & guaranteed

Delivered or fitted to the date we agreed at the start — not a vague promise — and guaranteed against our workmanship once it's yours.

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STEP FIVE

What it costs.

We don’t publish fixed prices, and we’re suspicious of anyone in bespoke work who does. No two commissions are the same, and a ‘from’ figure tells you nothing useful. What you get instead is an honest, itemised quote once we’ve seen the vehicle and understood the brief — and no surprises after it.

Scope.

A single seat or a complete interior; a refresh in new cloth or a full redesign from the frame up.

Materials.

Leather and Alcantara sit above fine wools and weaves, which sit above hard-wearing technical cloth. We show you options at every level and let you decide.

Complexity.

Curved panels, deep buttoning, piping and one-off detailing all take longer to pattern and build than flat, simple work.

Condition.

Sound frames and foam cost less to work with than tired ones that need rebuilding before we can even start.

Fitting.

Whether you fit it yourself or we do it for you, and how far the vehicle is from the workshop.

Timing.

A standard lead time costs less than a job squeezed in around a show, a sale or a trip you can't move.

A few we've done

Questions, answered.

They’re some of our favourite work. Limos, promotional vehicles, display builds, the brief nobody else would quote — the more particular the idea, the more interested we tend to be.

Yes, and we’ll agree it honestly up front. Being a single workshop means we can make fast decisions when a build inevitably changes close to the date.

We do it in-house — logos, lettering, diamond buttoning, contrast work — so the detailing is part of the build rather than bought in and bolted on.

It depends on scope, but most private commissions run from a couple of weeks to a few, once materials are in. You’ll have a firm date before we start — we plan the work around your calendar, not the other way round.

Both happen. For many jobs we’ll see the vehicle once at the start and once at the end; for others we keep it here while we work. Consultations are by appointment so you get our proper attention.

Yes — we arrange collection and delivery across the UK, and we’ll factor it into your quote so there’s nothing to work out later.

Every commission is guaranteed against our workmanship. If something isn’t right, we put it right. The same hands that built it are the ones who’ll stand behind it.

Send a few photos and a sense of what you’re after, or book a visit. We’ll come back with honest options and a clear, itemised price — no pressure, and no one will chase you.

Thinking about yours?

Send a few photos and a sense of what you’re after. We’ll tell you honestly what’s possible, and what it’ll cost — no pressure, and no one will chase you.