This rather special Beetle was handed over to its first owner from Ballwil by the Volkswagen agency Alois Bühlmann on the 7th January 1969. The car was parked at the new owner’s residence before being transferred to the Ticino canton and parked in a garage. Business commitments required the owner to travel to New York where the planned two to three months stay resulted in a two-year assignment. After his return he noticed that in the meantime a tree had grown in front of the garage door which he did not want to cut in any case. Therefore, the nearly unused Volkswagen remained hidden and eventually got forgotten until the heirs of the first owner, which had passed on in the meantime, decided to cut the tree and liberate the car from its enclosure. In 1991 shortly after its “release” the Beetle was taken over by the vendors family who stored the car once again without ever driving it. It May 2024, the Volkswagen was carefully recommissioned in order to be able to drive it across the ramp during today's auction. With a guaranteed 778 kilometres driven in total, this Beetle is in incredible original condition. The original documents are available as well as the transfer licence plates from 1971 and the original warranty sticker is still attached to the windscreen. The car will be sold to a new enthusiast and collector with Swiss documents.