A 71-Year-Old Man Built A Fully-Functioning Volkswagen Beetle Out Of Wood

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Wooden Beetle

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71-year-old Momir Bojic crafted a completely wooden Volkswagen beetle from over 50,000 pieces of hand-carved oak.

Every external detail of the fully-functioning automobile is made out of wood, including the tire spokes:

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It's pretty incredible to look at:

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Over 50,000 shingles were hand carved to create the car:

bosnian retiree momir bojic has crafted a completely wooden volkswagen beetle from over 50000 pieces of hand carved oak designboom 04

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The car took over 2 years to create. Bojic called it a "labor of love," says The International Business Times.

The car is perfectly capable of cruising, and draws crowds wherever it goes:

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