Stripping

Out with the seats first.

Once the seats were out, I could get to all the stuff that was abandoned in the car.  This made for a pretty good pile of goodies!

Then I hit the jackpot!  I found the pot of gold under the rainbow.  It was a canvas bag with change, mostly quarters, My guess was it was someones laundry money.  They were in pretty nasty shape.  My wife soaked them in a solution of vinegar and water for a bit and they cleaned up enough to spend them.  There was $26.59 cents in there.

Lots of cleaning and scrubbing and it was looking much better inside.  Then I found it.  Hidden behind the access flap someone had cut into the center tunnel, a giant mouse nest!.  You have to remember, At this point I had already trapped three of the little buggers inside the car.  There is no way this car is coming into the garage with livestock living inside.

I dug it out and sucked it clean with the shop vac.  The "fluf" filled my 15 gallon shop vac completely.  After cleaning and vacuuming, I set the traps again.  Over the next week, I trapped four more.   I think they had a little mouse association going on in the car.  That certainly explains the stink.
After several days of being mouse free, it was decided that the Beetle was to be moved into the garage.  Home for the winter.