Nine months after buying a sofa made from the back of a Daimler car, Zoe Ball wants to swap it - for a couch made from the front end.

Zoe, who is married to DJ Norman Cook, alias Fatboy Slim, is a big fan of the quirky scrap metal designs of Brighton-based trio, Simon Bennett, Martin Crackson and Clare Barr.

It was love at first sight last year when she spotted the unusual creation, complete with leather seats, headlights and a number plate.

Simon said: "Zoe and Norman were looking for a sofa for their bar and Zoe saw it and said, 'That's the one'."

The TV presenter saw another clapped-out banger-turned-couch on a recent visit to Where?House, an indoor market in Dukes Court, off Duke Street in Brighton.

The new design has a price tag of £2,200 and Zoe was keen to part with the money but her husband was not so keen.

Instead she suggested trading in her old red model.

Clare said: "When Zoe bought the first couch I thought 'Oh my God, I can't believe it.'

"We've only ever made two couches and she bought one and wants the other.

"We put a flyer through her door because we thought she would like the second one and she came and had a look.

Norman doesn't want two, though.

"She asked if she would be able to do a part-exchange but then she decided that might be a bit mean and she should give her old one to someone else or auction it.

"When I last spoke to her she said she needed a week to talk to Norman and was thinking about the part-exchange idea again."

Clare suspects Norman likes the old couch better, but Zoe preferred the colour of the new sofa made from a midnight blue 1972 model.

Clare has her sights set on getting other celebrities in the driving seat.

She said: "I think Posh Spice would like the couches.

"Maybe some of Zoe and Fatboy's famous friends will come round and sit on theirs and decide they want one too.

"We did have a call from David Gray a while ago but he has not bought one yet."

The design trio, none of whom has art training, started out as a clubbers' puppet show touring festivals across Europe with their stunning fluorescent designs.

While living on the road, they decided to convert their old Bedford horsebox into something more comfortable, ending up with a luxury wood panelled motor home.

Simon said: "Converting the old van gave us the idea that you could turn scrap cars into something special."

They began scouring scrap yards for a classic car wreck, chopping out the front end with an angle-grinder and stripping the upholstery.

Their home in Shaftesbury Street became a workshop with headlamps and body parts scattered across the living room and front and back gardens.

They are currently making a bar from the front end of a Mini, called, you've guessed it, a Mini-bar.

Drinks will be stored where the engine bay should be and the bonnet will lift up to reveal an assortment of cocktails.

A wardrobe made from a Ford Transit van is also in the design stages.