Campervan manufacturer Wellhouse Leisure has completed the first export orders for its Ford Terrier campervan.

The Skelmanthorpe-based company has received the order from Ford Switzerland after Wellhouse managing director David Elliott visited the dealership with a demonstrator model. The Ford Terrier will be sold at Ford dealers in Switzerland, with the first delivery expected in September.

Wellhouse Leisure has also visited other European countries and expects to confirm further export orders soon.

It will also be exhibiting its Ford Terrier at two caravan and motorhome shows in Europe for the first time – the Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf, Germany, which takes place on August 28, and the Suisse Caravan Salon in Berne, Switzerland running from August 27 to 31.

The Wellhouse Ford Terrier is based on the new Ford Transit Custom and features the classic campervan layout of a side kitchen and wardrobe and rear seat that converts into a double bed.

The rear seat can seat three people and slides forwards or backwards on floor rails to make more space available for living when camping or loads when travelling. There is another double bed available in the elevating roof.

Paul Fratter, managing director of Ford Switzerland, said: “The campervan market in Switzerland is strong and growing.

“In partnership with Wellhouse Leisure and our distributor, Automaxx, we are very happy to be able to offer customers a product with Swiss levels of quality and refinement based on the award-winning Ford Transit Custom.”

Mr Elliott said: “We are delighted to have our first export orders. Our Ford Terrier is one of the best-selling campervans in the UK and we are confident that it will prove equally successful in the rest of Europe.

“This is not only good news for Wellhouse Leisure and all our staff, but great for the UK’s trade with other countries as we approach the new post-Brexit world.”

Wellhouse Leisure, founded in 2003, is a market leader in compact campervans and an approved supplier of Reimo parts and accessories for campervan conversions.

It produces more than 250 vehicles a year from its premises at Station Road, Skelmanthorpe, where it has its factory, bodyshop and showroom.

In 2015, Wellhouse Leisure announced the landmark of selling 350 Terrier campervans in less than two years since its launch and the addition of five new Ford retailers to the firm’s nationwide UK network – bringing to 22 the number of dealers selling the Terrier across England, Scotland and Wales.

Multi-award winner Wellhouse logged more than £3.4m in orders for more than 80 Terrier campervans in August alone.