Admittedly, there wasn't much left of it when restoration work started but the oldest surviving VW Beetle has truly been through an odyssey and even survived the turmoil of World War II. Traugott Grundmann's Beetle is thought to be the oldest anywhere in the world and it can be found on display at the collector's home in Hessisch Oldendorf. The owner goes for regular runs in the little car with its 23-horsepower, air-cooled engine mounted at the back and this author joined him for a road trip. "This is driving in its purest form, back to basics, so to speak,"...