“Everyone said I couldn’t make it without a formal education,” Lyndon Fernando said, resolutely ... and almost smugly, knowing that he has defeated the odds stacked against him. The Volkswagen Beetle mechanic and restorer was never one to ride down the hill, but instead, climb up the mountain. It’s the proverbial tale of the over-achieving underdog.
So good is he at what he does that he’s been flown to Bangkok and Sydney to handle assignments, when clients there could just as easily have procured the services of resident technicians.