Chris Allen from Professional Struggler teams up on a recovery mission to extract a late-1970s Volkswagen Beetle that has sat untouched in a council lock-up garage for 20 years.
The site’s impending redevelopment forced the owner, Martin, to clear the unit, sending the air-cooled classic off to Mathewsons Auctioneers of Bangers & Cash fame to go under the hammer.
Extracting the Beetle required careful winching with flat tyres and an engaged steering lock, using sliders while routing straps around rear suspension tubes to avoid crushing fragile brake pipes.
Paperwork unearthed in the cabin showed Greek service history and late-1980s MOT certificates, before the crew hauled the car up north to Mathewsons’ yard for a forklift unload.
