Man builds car almost entirely out of wood

A car created almost entirely out of wood has been built by Istvan Puskas in his workshop in Tiszaors, Hungary. The fuel tank is an old beer barrel and even the suspension and gearbox are made out of wood. The car is powered by an engine from a Polish-made Fiat 126, while the steering wheel came from an old Mercedes Benz vehicle.



"I love to work with wood. And I like to create unique things which attract interest from people," says Mr Puskas. Mr Puskas, a 51-year old agricultural worker, was encouraged by his wife, Iron, to build the wooden wonder. Long winter breaks from farm work on the flat Great Hungarian Plains also gave him plenty of time to design and create the car.

"I started to work on it at Christmas and it took me four months to finish it. This kept me busy during the winter time," he says. "My aim was to make it out of wood as much as possible. A wooden car must be made from wood!" Although the vehicle cannot be officially registered, police allow him to drive it around local lanes in his village.


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Puskas, who previously built a wooden motorcycle, has put the wooden car on the market, with a view to using the proceeds to fund his next project – a three wheeled vehicle. "Most probably I will sell it. I have no place to store it. I have no garage, I have nothing. It can be good for a collector, for somebody who likes nostalgia, for somebody who likes to drive slowly, " he said.