Man digs up house to remove sports car

A Wisconsin man has dug into his house's foundations to remove a home-made Lamborghini from his basement, reports The Telegraph.

Ken Imhoff built the sports car from scratch over a period of 17 years after becoming enamoured with the vehicle while watching the film Cannonball Run.

Without a garage to drive the car out, Imhoff hired an excavator to dig through his garden, into the house's foundations, and drag out the car.

"As the last blanket and car cover were removed I knew at that moment I had accomplished what I had dreamed about so many years ago and to see it sitting there in front of me was surreal," he said.

"The next day we filled the hole in the basement with new blocks. In no time it was good as new."