Beetle mania at the NEC

A ‘fab four’ of a different kind are making an appearance at The Footman James Classic Motor Show when Silverstone Auctions hosts its classic car sale on 17thNovember. Taking centre stage and hoping to hit the right notes at the auction is a quartet of classic Volkswagen Beetles, the oldest collectable being a 1952 split-window model, estimated at between £20,000 to £25,000 and the recent subject of a painstaking three year restoration in the USA. Also from the same decade is a 1957 model in silver with blue interior and also the recipient of a lengthy restoration programme. Sporting