Stanford Coachworks Newsletter:

Edition 07:25 - July 2025

 

In this month’s edition…

The First SCW Limited Edition Accessible Tour Bus

Introducing our first limited edition wheelchair accessible tour bus converted for our long-term executive chauffeur clients, London VIP Travel.

His Majesty’s Mercedes: Two New Sprinters for the Royal Household

We are honoured to serve His Majesty King Charles III with our latest two bespoke Mercedes Sprinter conversions for the Royal Household.

Our Latest Wheelchair Accessible Minibus Conversion

Info here

The First Limited Edition Accessible Tour Bus

Introducing our first limited edition wheelchair accessible tour bus converted for our long-term executive chauffeur clients, London VIP Travel.

The First of it’s Kind to Enter the UK Chauffeur Market

This innovative wheelchair accessible vehicle will be the first of its kind to enter the UK chauffeur market and will provide London VIP’s clients requiring additional accessibility options, a luxury travel experience.

London VIP Travel

London VIP Travel are a family-run business who provide their clients with a highly professional and bespoke travel experience. These professional chauffeurs have been providing their unrivaled services for generations and are a well-trusted name in the industry for some of London’s most prestigious hotels. London VIP now have six of our Monaco Sprinters but recently they discovered an unmet demand within their market for luxury wheelchair accessible vehicles, so decided that it was time for us to help them design their very own!

The Limited Edition Conversion

Their brand-new fully-accessible vehicle is based on the Mercedes Sprinter L2H2 and can facilitate up to seven passengers plus driver or one wheelchair with some seats removed. The vehicle features premium vegan leather reclining seats, configured around a large centre table. Additional comforts include two televisions with Apple TV, a Bluetooth soundbar and sub-woofer, passenger saloon heating and air conditioning, an LED illuminated electric side step, an internal tail lift and more…

Vehicle Specification

  • Centre table with cup holders.

  • Television with Apple TV & Bluetooth soundbar.

  • Removable passenger seating.

  • Centre console fridge.

  • Wireless charging station.

  • Automatic electric side step.

  • Front cab reupholstered to match the rear.

  • New premium wheels.

  • Internal tail lift.

New Alresford’s New Minibus

We are delighted to showcase our latest colourful wheelchair accessible conversion for our returning clients, New Alresford Town Trust. We previously had the pleasure of converting New Alresford’s last minibus back in 2017.

The wheelchair accessible vehicle has been completely designed to meet the New Alresford’s personalised specification and includes a variety of features to meet their requirements.

New Alresford Town Trust

New Alresford Town Trust operate a local community minibus available to elderly and disabled residents in and around the surrounding areas of New Alresford. The service has been in operation since 1970 and completes approximately 600 journeys per year! Their new minibus will be used to take local residents shopping, to day centres, to club events and even on a number of exciting day trips.

The New Minibus

New Alresford Town Trust’s new minibus is based on the L3H2 Mercedes Sprinter and can transport up to 14 seated passengers or 2 wheelchairs with some seats removed. The vehicle features a colourful blue patterned interior with our exclusive low-entry fold-out side step, a PLS underfloor tail lift, a front luggage pen, passenger saloon heating and air conditioning and more…

We would like to say thank you to New Alresford Town Trust for returning to Stanford Coachworks and we hope that everyone enjoys using the new minibus!

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A Second Ford eTransit for our Returning Customers

This week SCW have had the privilege of delivering a second fully-electric minibus to our returning community transport customers based in Chichester.

e-SCW: Electric Vehicle Conversions

After supplying them with two diesel Ford Transits in 2017, our customers decided it was time to go green when they took delivery of their first Ford eTransit minibus last year. The charity’s latest electric vehicle is also based on the Ford eTransit and will be used to transport both elderly and disabled people in the local area.

Our Conversion

With an underfloor tail lift fitted at the rear, this Ford eTransit is fully wheelchair accessible and can transport up to 9 passengers plus driver or 3 wheelchairs with seats removed. The interior is finished in a colourful patterned blue moquette and features and electric side step fitted beneath the side load door, a custom-built front luggage pen, LED interior lighting and more, see below…

Vehicle Specification

  • Based on the Ford eTransit L3H2with facility to carry up to 9 x passengers plus driver.

  • Patterned moquette seating with removable fixings to make room for 3 x wheelchairs.

  • Electric side step fitted beneath passenger side load door.

  • Front cabin reupholstered to match rear passenger cabin.

  • L-shaped luggage pen in place of front cab passenger seat.

  • Matching blue patterned moquette roof panels with LED blue / white lighting.

  • PLS underfloor tail lift fitted beneath the rear of the vehicle.

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