Gaza blacksmith assembles 200-year-old Mercedes Benz-inspired car

W/S Car covered, Khan Younis
M/S Car covered
M/S Car being unveiled
SOT, Mahmoud Baraka, Car manufacturer (Arabic): "I am a blacksmith and cars like these were manufactured in 1817 by the German company, Mercedes. This car as you see, was assembled inside my workshop."
C/U Seats
SOT, Mahmoud Baraka, Car manufacturer (Arabic): "I want the whole world to know that the Palestinian people are creative with their simple abilities, they can accomplish anything, praise God, despite the siege, praise God, we are progressing in the industry, God willing."
M/S Car being unveiled
SOT, Mahmoud Baraka, Car manufacturer (Arabic): "I came up with the idea because I love old cars and everyone knows that. I had very old cars and I sold some cars. I am determined and progressing in this industry. Thank God, I started this with my sons."
C/U Car's interior
SOT, Mahmoud Baraka, Car manufacturer (Arabic): "Everything in this car is old. It is the same as the Mercedes company would have made. I did all the work myself. It is handmade and I did the work inside the workshop, there was nothing assembled before."
C/U Engine
SOT, Mahmoud Baraka, Car manufacturer (Arabic): "For the car, it was assembled three and a half months ago and the work was done. I want to drive this car and sell it, and I want to manufacture other things, God willing."
C/U Mercedes Benz sign *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Mahmoud Baraka, Car manufacturer (Arabic): "There were many difficulties, but praise be to God, we finished it within three and a half months. We faced difficulties such as lighting, there was no lighting for a car, but, with God's help, we made the lights and mirrors."
M/S Car manufacturer Mahmoud Baraka entering car
W/S Car
W/S Car being driven
C/U Mahmoud Baraka driving
C/U Rear-view mirror
C/U Steering wheel
M/S Car
W/S Car being driven
C/U Lights
C/U Car license plate
C/U Wheel
C/U Mahmoud Baraka inside car
M/S Mahmoud Baraka inside car
W/S Car being driven
W/S Car being driven
W/S Car being driven
SCRIPT
The streets of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, seldom saw such a funky gem as blacksmith Mahmoud Baraka's hand-assembled 1817-inspired Mercedes Benz.
Footage shows the stunning assembled car's big unveiling on Thursday in front of a large crowd, which then joined Baraka on a parade through the streets of the town.
"I want the whole world to know that the Palestinian people are creative with their simple abilities, they can accomplish everything, praise God, despite the siege, praise God, we are progressing in the industry," said Baraka.
The car hit the streets in the Gaza strip after the ironmaster, aided by his sons, spent over three months welding together collected parts and manufacturing others to recreate a Mercedes model he saw 30 years ago on a street in Jaffa.
The blacksmith aims to sell the car to move on to create other pieces and perhaps even create an industry out of it.