Chinese carpenter makes home-made Mercedes Benz 500k replica out of WOOD

M/S Wooden car modelled after 1934 Mercedes Benz 500k, Kaiyuan
M/S Owner Sun driving the car
M/S Sun driving the car
M/S Wooden sports car
M/S Owner Sun driving the car
M/S Car
M/S Owner Sun stepping out of the car
SOT, Sun (Mandarin): "I am a country carpenter. I usually like sports cars. I had the idea of building a wooden sports car. It took me eight years and more than 200,000 yuan ($28511.15/€25772.24) to finish the wooden sports car."
M/S Wooden sports car
C/U Mercedes logo
C/U License plate
SOT, Sun (Mandarin): "My wooden sports car uses four kinds of wood. It is rosewood, thorn hedge wood, red rosewood, jing wood respectively."
C/U Engine
C/U Stick shift
C/U Light
C/U Rear of car
C/U Exhaust
M/S Wipers
M/S Sun adjusting the seat
M/S Owner Sun
M/S Sun and the car
M/S Sun opening the trunk
C/U Stereo system
C/U Steering wheel
M/S Sun sitting in the car
SOT, Sun (Mandarin): "All the conditions are not available, so I am working hard for it. In the first few years, I made several wooden bikes which were collected by people, and I have [had] some start-up capital to invest in this wooden sports car."
M/S Wooden bicycle
C/U Bicycle chain
M/S Sun on the bicycle
M/S Sun doing carpentry
M/S Sun doing carpentry
M/S Sun doing carpentry
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A carpenter from the Chinese city of Kaiyuan took charge of his dream of owning a sports car by making use of his carpentry skills and building a wooden sports car of his own at home.
Sun, aged 62, thought it's never too late to realise his dream and invested eight years and 200,000 yuan ($28511.15/€25772.24) in building the car, which is a homemade replica of a 1934 Mercedes Benz 500k.
"In the first few years, I made several wooden bikes which were collected by people, and I have [had] some start-up capital to invest in this wooden sports car," he said.
Except for the chassis and engine, the sports car is entirely made of wood and can reach speeds of 80-90 or kilometers per hour (49-55 mph).