MAN DOING LAWN WORK DIGS UP BURIED CAR

John Brayshaw of Heckmondwike, U.K., stuck at home because of the coronavirus lockdown, decided to use the time to build a deck. He was driving a post into the ground when he hit metal. He kept digging and realized it was an entire car, buried in the yard, lying on its side. It’s a 1955 Ford Popular, which was the lowest priced car in the U.K. back then. The license plates and engine are intact. Brayshaw said that the home’s previous owners have passed away, but their son knew nothing about it and he’d lived there for 50 years. The only clue he could provide was that the neighborhood was home to some people who had worked in the British Secret Service during the war, and that the car appears to be painted RAF Grey. Brayshaw is deciding if he should bring in a crane to remove it, or just build the deck around it.
* But Brayshaw is, after all, a man, so we know what he’s going to do.
* Whoa – hold on. Digging this thing out and restoring it could be a reality show!
* The Ford Popular must not have been very popular if people buried them in their yards.
* Or maybe growing in the ground is where Ford Populars come from.
* Somebody tried to drive to China the hard way?
* I guess it’s okay for a kooky story, but it’d be better if the car was full of skeletons.