A Trailsmith is built for mountain houses, coastal errands, and the dogs and children of good taste.
The 245 must remain what it always was — useful — while feeling like nothing else on the school run. We build the driveline for effortless daily service, restore the cargo hold to furniture-grade finish, and hide every modern convenience behind original surfaces.
Heated seating sits beneath original-pattern upholstery; modern climate and audio disappear into a cabin that still looks exactly as it should. Modern driveline reliability, beneath an unimprovable shape.
Every Trailsmith is built once, for one owner. When the commission is delivered, its specification is retired and never repeated.
The brief at a glance
An unimprovable shape.
Concept renders of the 245 estate — the square-shouldered lines a Trailsmith commission preserves while elevating everything within. Presented in the atelier's house grade.
Images are commissioned concept renders showing design direction — not photographs of a delivered car. Final commission photography replaces these on completion.
Yours to specify, ours to execute.
A Trailsmith is a starting point for a conversation, not a catalogue entry. Together we decide how the estate lives with your family.
Five stages, each documented.
The Consultation
A private conversation about how you drive, where the car will live, and what it should say when it arrives.
Sourcing & Provenance
We locate a structurally honest, documented donor 245 and present its full history before a panel is touched.
The Design Commission
Together we fix the specification above — posture, cabin, comfort, and the details only you will know.
The Build
Bare-metal restoration and re-engineering, photographed at every stage. You watch your car come into being.
Delivery & Aftercare
Concierge handover, a bound provenance dossier, and an ongoing relationship with the atelier that built your car.
Commission a Trailsmith.
Allocations for the Late 2027 Drop open by private invitation, and the earliest conversations are the first considered. Tell us about yourself and the car you have in mind, and the atelier will place you on the waitlist for a private consultation.
Five more silhouettes.
P1800 “Progenitor”
The car the marque was founded on, returned to the road stronger than it left.
View the commission → Commission Line I — Grand Touring1800ES “Coastline”
The glass-tailed shooting brake, built for unhurried distance.
View the commission → Commission Line II — Gentleman's Express242 “Nordforge”
The two-door brick, recut as a sleeper of real intent.
View the commission → Commission Line IV — Scandinavian RaritySonett “Skerry”
The sculptural rarity from Trollhättan, restored to its jewel-like form.
View the commission → Commission Line V — The WildcardBRAT “Jackrabbit”
The cult mini-truck, rebuilt for the pure joy of it.
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