I spent £10k turning my hatchback into a ‘cute as hell’ mobile coffee shop… I only needed to make a simple modification
A MAN has converted a 33-year-old Fiat Panda into a coffee bar to launch an ingenious on-the-go cafe.
Brendan Cull, 39, has spent 18 years working in theatre but decided to open a "quirky" coffee shop on wheels and travel up and down the UK.
Speaking to , Brendan said: “I started a sourdough business during lockdown and fantasised about a mobile coffee bar.
"Three years later I finally took the plunge.”
The red 1990 Fiat Panda, nicknamed Bianca, was chosen because it "ticks all the boxes".
Brendan said: "It’s cheap to run, the angle of the boot means I can get better access to the espresso machine and it’s cute as hell.”
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The motor boasts a coffee machine, generator and storeroom in the back, and required very few changes to get it all to fit.
He explained: “We had to modify the structure of the inside and remove the back seats, but that’s pretty much it.”
Brendan, whose brilliant coffee business can be found on , now has big plans as we head into 2024.
He said: “My plan is to find a local weekday pitch where it will operate like your local cafe and then hopefully small events and weddings at the weekend.
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"Occasionally a day off, so far I have only done one small event but I have a number of irons in the fire for the new year.”
This comes as another creative mind turned their Ford Fiesta into a campervan using sheets of cardboard and chunks of old wood.
Elsewhere, an ultra-rare toy car that was originally bought for 50p at a car boot sale is now set to fetch a huge sum at auction.
The miniature motor is a scale replica of the Jaguar XJ5.3C that appeared in the beloved espionage thriller series The New Avengers, which ran from 1976 to 1977.