Creation theory

Re-makes are all the rage these days, from Annie to EMPI. Sometimes, they can be as good, if not better, than the original, but that’s always a matter of opinion.

Re-booting a movie, a bar of chocolate, or even a flavour of crisps, is one thing, but what about building a new version of a coachbuilt car of which only around 100 (and that in itself is only a vague estimate) were ever produced? For this, we have to call on the Metal Master.

For the last 10 years or so, Edwin Jesper (50) has been restoring the bodywork of mostly vintage VWs and Porsches from what we should really call his ‘studio’ in Antwerp, Belgium. He spent the 10 years before that doing similar for Bob van Heyst at BBT, also in Belgium, and in that time was involved in some very cool