“it all started with a tired old Panel Van, a vision shaped by nostalgia and a burning desire to create something entirely his own” For some, the dream starts with the open road. For others, it begins in the family driveway, staring at a blank canvas and imagining what could be. For 44-year-old Russell Edes, a self-proclaimed house husband from Hitchin with a serious soft spot for classic German metal, it all started with a tired old Panel Van, a vision shaped by nostalgia, and a burning desire to create something entirely his own.
Born in Norwich but long since transplanted to Hertfordshire, Russell’s obsession with Volkswagens, air-cooled icons, and old-school Porsche cool runs deep. “I’ve always been into older German cars,” he says. “Beetles, camper vans, classic Porsches –…