Mum’s the WORD
“I wanted to create something in her memory that was about as stupid as it could get”
Malcolm speaks for many of us when he says, “I’m pretty good with a spanner, but I can’t do this kind of stuff.”
If we were being pedantic, we could pick him up on casually referring to a nut and bolt restoration with more custom touches than his bank balance would care to mention as merely ‘stuff’, but we know what he means. This radically modified ’68 Beetle is a lot more than a basic restoration, though, it’s a fundamental re-engineering job. And the man responsible for that sort of ‘stuff’ in this instance is Darryn Coleman.
As D C Customs, based in Dudley in the West Midlands, Darryn has carved a living creating exactly this kind of thing and, as we get into the details, you’ll understand why. Malcolm first made contact with Darryn a couple of years ago after sadly losing his mum to cancer. Eileen Clementson was no ordinary mum. They rarely are, but they also rarely blat around in an Audi S4. Malcolm explains: “Mum used to love something stupid when it came to cars.
