In 2024, the “Loder1899” brand, a subsidiary of delta4x4, will be revived: In the years 2005 to 2015, the company gained worldwide recognition with the “Loder1899” division created specifically for sports cars. In particular, his extensive customization of vehicles of the brands Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar and Land Rover contributed to this. In recent years, however, things have become a little quieter around this branch of the company.

A massive off-road conversion of the Ford Transit Custom 4×4 documents the revival.

Extensive customization, based on the entire experience of the last 124 years, is to flow into the realization of the Ford Transit Custom 4×4: As early as 1899, at the age of only 19, Josef Loder I founded his workshop for agricultural machinery, engines and bicycles in Odelzhausen. At the time, the company was mainly used to finance Josef’s passion for racing – be it with horse and sulky or on a bicycle. And this passion for speed has been passed down from generation to generation and is still an integral part of the company’s philosophy. This is demonstrated not least by the participation of his great-great-grandchildren in the next Dakar Rally with a Puch G.

As a Ford dealer from the very beginning, the choice to revive the brand in 1899 fell on one of Ford’s best-selling models, the Ford Transit Custom. Equipped with an off-road chassis, the Odelzhausen-based specialists raise the Transit by 80 millimetres, making room for the impressive Hamna rims on “Loder” AT1 tyres in the size 255/55R18. A striking front bar in accordance with EC guidelines and PIAA LED headlights complement the safety features on and off the road. The off-road package is also rounded off by a sturdy roof rack. This roof rack is ideal for rooftop tents and everything an adventurer’s heart desires.

A street variant is also in preparation.

In the coming weeks, Loder1899 will release the first images of the Street variant of the Transit Custom, which comes with a shapely body styling kit, lowering and 20-inch wheels. Stay tuned for more information.

The parts are expected to be available from mid-2024.