He looks to have done a fantastic job on the car - no wonder he was nervous when the dug it out!
A neighbour told us that a former owner of our place on the IOM did the same thing there! He built a boat in the garage and then thought about Step 2 - getting it out. Step 3 turned out to be some tactical building readjustments. Wasn't helped by the fact he was the local bobby!
I recall a movie from my youth ( think it was called 'The Running, Jumping, Standing Still Film'?) in which one of the characters was building a full scale model of the Old Bailey in the front room of his suburban semi...oh the '60s...