Salvage hunters beetle for sale

Nostalgia drove Paul Nicholes on to recreate the family favourite of his childhood

The classics you love, drive and restore

In 1961 the Beetle had 1192cc and had only just received an all-synchro ’box. It had been immensely successful, but nobody imagined it had decades more life in it. And Volkswagen wanted to expand beyo

During four decades of classic car enthusiasm, I’ve personally encountered only three real examples of a barn find: I recall a straw-filled barn (literally) at a Cornish farm we camped on as a child,

Classic values & essential buying advice

Buyers continue to stump up for restored minters – but barn-finds continue to surprise the experts too