Psychedlic hearse /Solent News/Rex Features

A Somerset man has created a psychedelic hearse to offer funky funerals to the hippy generation.

Matthew Shuter, 54, says he saw a gap in the market with the 'baby boomer' generation now reaching their later years. So he bought a Daimler hearse and had it covered in a funky psychedelic pattern.

Mr Shuter, who lives near Taunton, said: "The woodstock generation is now dying out. They really lived a colourful life - they wouldn't want to go to their funeral in a boring black hearse."

As well as funerals Mr Shuter says the unusual vehicle is perfect for festival goers, or beach bums who need a way to transport their surfboards. He said: "I had the idea while I was at Glastonbury this year. I noticed there are lots of flower power camper vans out there in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

"It doesn't just have to be used as a hearse - it's a brilliant surfing vehicle and requires minimum adaption to take a surfboard in on the rollers." Mr Shuter, who owns an electronics business, bought the three door 1989 Daimler from a second-hand dealer before taking it to a printing company to have it vinyl wrapped.

He said: "The guys at the company thought my idea was a bit strange but they went along with it, they saw the sense in it when I explained."

But Mr Shuter does not intend to pursue his unusual business idea himself. He plans to auction the psychadelic hearse on eBay. -- Courtesy of Ananova.Com

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